Crashin' the Party

With D3 on the horizon, I jumped at the chance to order some more of the "Rotten to the Core" fabric; my daughter *loved* the hoodie dress I made her last year with it, but she outgrew it earlier this year.

I missed my initial goal of a new Descendants outfit for the D3 premiere, but D3 juiced my daughter's enthusiasm for the franchise. So the next time my daughter got to pick her own fabric for a dress, she selected this Descendants-inspired print.

And I, having had a long time to think about what I wanted to make for it (and to pick the perfect purple to go with it, thank you PurpleSeamstress) had TONS of options at the ready; a layered off-the-shoulder look, a pretty peplum, and a hooded 'princess' dress with a high-low double skirt.... the possibilities were endless, and I was absolutely itching to try something new after my pre-Disney Hoodie Marathon in September.

So what did my beloved daughter pick? Well... another Haven's Hoodie, of course. Sigh. I'll admit, it dampened my enthusiasm for a bit, having already made one of these in this fabric with these features. Usually I have a drive to finish "So I can see what it looks like," but in this case, all I needed to do was look at old pictures to see how it would turn out.

Also, in my annoyance at having to make it again, I blew straight past my daughter's size-7 measurements and made her a size 8, only to find that it was *still* a little large on her, even though she'd outgrown her Size 6 Haven's Hoodie last year. Not that she minds! She and her Brother both picked fun mom-made customs for the day before Halloween, and had a blast wearing them.

At the end of the day I do have plenty of *other* fabric I can use to try out new patterns, fabric with prints she doesn't have a preconceived notion about. I can still enjoy experimenting with those.

And in the meantime, here's to a dress so loved it got requested twice! And here's to two years of "Rotten to the Core" creations.