A Dress Called Obedience

So, after all the revelation and confirmation I received about the Dress A Girl project, I still had some hesitation. Wasn't quite sure why. I had to spend some time praying and pondering about it and it turns out I had a fear of failure. Afraid that I would let God down if the dresses didnt turn out perfect. Afraid that I just wouldnt be able to do it at all. I shy away from the possibilities of failure. Somehow, in my head, it was better to not do it, than to try and mess up.

Then He said to me: "Deb, it's really not about the dresses, it's about obedience." I didnt need to hear anything else.

During my devotions today, I committed to completing at least one dress before doing anything else. I had a 2:00pm appointment so that meant getting it done before then.

It was a stressful yet intersting journey. I got the pillowcases from my neighbour, but didnt prepare any other materials so my plan was to just start cutting then figure out the rest later. Then God took over. He lead me around the house to find all the ribbons and elastics I never realised I had. Just enough to complete the task ahead. Provider!

I made the first cut.

That was pretty basic. Measure a few inches for the arms and cut out a J shape.

I then made the first stitch.

Seemeingly an easy task also, until I took the material out and ooked on the other side. What a mess!!!

You can imagine that at this point I was completely discouraged. I CAN'T SEW!

I sat there with my seam ripper, trying to pick at the stitches one by one to remove them and start over. I was frustrated. I remember mumbling to myself, "God looks like you have to sew these dresses because I dont have a clue."

After about 20 minutes, and realizing I was using the seam ripper incorrectly, I was ready to sew again. I looked at the time and it was 11:30am, I had 2 hours to get this dress done.

I sat for a minute staring at the machine wondering why it was making a mess, and I realized it wasn't threaded properly... silly me! I chuckled and fixed the problem. It was smooth sailing (or sewing) after that. I comleted the dress with time to spare, so I made a bow!

 I felt GREAT! Words can't express.

I went about my business but I couldnt wait to come home and try it again.

I made two more dresses.

So now, I am ready to package these dresses and ship them off to their new owner. I wish I knew her name!