The Christmas before I married my husband, my man gave me Generation T: 108 ways to transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay (you can buy the book here). I loved seeing all the different things that could be done with an ordinary T-shirt and my favorite projects are still marked with paper clips.
Not only did it inspire me, but I actually followed through with it! I went to Target, picked up two packages of white Hanes T-shirts and headed over to my now-mother-in-law's house.
My mother-in-law is... what is she? She's a quilter, a seamstress, a goddess with a needle and thread. This woman can seriously make anything, and make it good. I had never made clothes before, so of course I enlisted her help in making my dress.
There were some boring moments and some frustrating moments, but overall this was not a difficult dress to make, especially with the book's instructions and my mother-in-law's guidance. The only setbacks were my own procrastination and poor planning skills.
At 10:00 the night before our wedding, I was finally finished dying the skirt. I aimed every fan in the house at the skirt, made peace with getting married with stained hands (Wear gloves while dying? Pfft!), and went home for the night.
The next day was our wedding, and my dress was fantastic.
Would I do it again? Yes. All of it.
beautiful!
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