Cinderella dress

I knew I wanted to make the dress for Maddy's first Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique experience.

But how to find out what she would want without telling them about the trip?

I just have been telling the girls maybe next year we will go.

So, originally (6 months ago) Maddy said she wanted to have an Aurora blue dress. 

I thought out my design and when I went shopping for fabric I got fabric that would look good as an Aurora blue dress.

Well, before I could sew it she had changed her mind and wanted a Cinderella blue dress. 

I thought- great. That will be even easier as I already have an actual Cinderella pattern. 

But when I finished it I just wasn't satisfied. 

I felt like the colors looked weird and the style seemed plain. 

These pictures are from the night I first finished it.... (the bodice is actually a little darker than it showed up in these pictures but not quite as dark as it shows up in the bottom pictures. )

I kept thinking about it and thinking about it and I just knew that I needed to add something. 

Finally I checked to see if I had enough fabric to make ruffles along the bottom in the two colors used for the bodice and the puffs. 

I did!

Now, there wasn't enough to make them as roughly as I kind of wanted and it is imperfect but I think the end result is SO much better.