The Dress

It has been decided! My grandma and I are going to sew my dress! For about a year or so, I have had this romantic idea that I would sew my dress with my grandma. Something about sewing it myself, seemed so wonderful, and the dress in my mind seems really simple. When we got engaged, and then decided to have the wedding in five months, I abandoned the idea because it seemed like it would be too stressful and busy. But then, I was talking to mom and dad about my dress and I, very timidly, told them about my dream of sewing it and how it probably wouldn't work. They were like, "WHY NOT!.. Grandmas has time!" and that sparked my excitement all over again. I asked my grandma last night, and she agreed. So, it actually is going to happen! We are going to still go "wedding dress shopping" so that I can have that fun experience as well as try to find some dresses like what I have in my head, to make sure it actually looks good on me. I'm going to invite my grandma to come with, so that she can better visualize what I have in my head. Then we will go to Hamilton to find fabric, and a pattern and then let the threads spin!

The other key factor in this decision is community. Community is a major value in Brent and I's life and relationship, and so it would only make sense to include that key value in our wedding. Having my grandma make the dress is one example of this value. I'm pretty excited for the endless possibilities. Wow! Amazing!