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Well, I'll wear it next year for Mardi Gras, anyhow...and a whole bunch of dates in between now and then... Good day all friends! Above you'll see the final version of the dress I made from a gorgeous poly crepe fabric from February's Julie's Picks.  The timing for this particular fabric in my life couldn't have been more perfect, too.  I was set to visit New Orleans with my family from February 11-13, exactly the time of Mardi Gras.  My husband's family lives on the border of Louisiana (in Mississippi), and my husband went to Tulane, so we spend a lot of time in NOLA, but have never gone to Mardi Gras (well HE HAS, but we haven't!).  We decided this was the year to go since it happened to fall at exactly my husband's and my eldest son's birthdays (2/11 and 2/12).  We celebrated two fun things at once, in other words! Some of you may not know why I would call this fabric perfect for Mardi Gras, but the colors most often worn during the celeb...

I am so happy with how this project turned out, can you tell?!  Everything about making this dress was completely enjoyable.  So many of my projects have to be tweaked tiny bits here and there for a great fit.  They may involve pattern manipulation before cutting fabric or small tucks and shifts here or there on an almost finished project, but for this make the fitting was so very easy and the result so fun to wear. The pattern is the Deer and Doe Arum .  This is the first Deer and Doe pattern I've ever made up so I was curious about the fit.  Most of my makes as of late have been with the bigger pattern companies and I pretty much know how they will fit my body type.  It felt like a bit of a gamble when I began grading this pattern between sizes (which I always do to any pattern because my measurements always put me in two to three ranges). But I have to say that I am so impressed with the back of this dress, can you believe that I didn't h...