Easter is ONLY 2 months away

You might ask... Why is Erica saying that Easter is only 2 months away? Well, I am determined to make my Easter dress. This can be quite a feat because I still haven't made a Christmas present for my friend. I know how awful, but you see, I need a lot of time to make something.

Okay, before I get to my Easter dress let me start by saying, "I have done sooooo well with not spending money except on food!" I am so proud of myself, and I find out that spending money on clothes is kind of like a diet. For the first week all you can think about and want are sweets. Brownies, pudding, cake... heck, even just a small scoop of ice cream might do. Well, the same goes for a budget. For the first week all I wanted to do is spend money on anything and everything that I didn't need. Well, I think I'm past my fast!!! YAY!! Now I can move on with my life (for now). However, I know that once I start I won't be able to stop. Kind of like.... No I'm kidding. I'm done with examples (although I have many more that I could give).

Okay, back to my dress, which I know I just talked about how I don't need to buy anything and I'm so proud of myself, and yada yada yada ya... Well, I'm going to buy the pattern for my dress tomorrow. First off, it costs like a whopping $10.00, then I'm going to buy broadcloth or any super cheap cloth to make a first run dress so that when I cut into the beautiful fabric I'm going to buy to make this dress, I won't make any mistakes.

Okay, my Easter dress....

and the fabric that I'm thinking of right now for the body of the dress is...

and then I'm thinking that maybe for the ruffle collar would be something like what follows, probably not the exact thing because this fabric is expensive per yard and my guess is that I will need the maximum yardage to do the ruffle, so I'm going to try to find one close to this...