Like Hannibal from "The A-Team" said at the climax of every episode, "I love it when a plan comes together."
I'd picked up a roll of yellow grosgrain ribbon at Hancock's at some point for some reason and made the last minute decision to create a hair barette for Beatrice using one of the art buttons I'd decided against using on the dress itself.
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| That's the bow pinned to the dress. |
The bow ended up being the perfect accessory for Bea's little dress, and after dropping both pieces off with Mom and Dad to be delivered along with Lu's cherry dress, to the girls in Franklin, I felt guilty that Lucia didn't have anything special to go with hers. Yeah, I'd made her a yellow barrette to match Bea's, but it still wasn't "equal," and I felt that to not at least make an effort to put something special together was being a "bad Pammy."
There weren't many scraps from the cherry dress, but I'd already turned the leftovers into some one-inch bias tape, which provided a starting point. I found a length of rose-colored purchased bias tape from a previous project in a box of odds and ends. Using the edge-joining foot from my new set of presser feet and some tinsel thread I purchased because it was fun and sparkly and on sale for half price, I turned the two pieces of bias tape into a unique ribbon.
Digging more deeply into the scrap box, I discovered the remains of the silver cord I used for Lucia's "50's Day" skirt last year as well as a handful of sequins and a small jar of beads and charms from broken costume jewelry.
The bow ended up being so big and heavy, it didn't sit well on the small barrette form I'd used for the yellow bows, so I mounted it on a heavy plastic comb for thick hair like Lucia (and the rest of us) have.
Jack test piloted it over his ponytail to make sure it would stay securely in place.
Dudley test piloted it for our pure, unadulterated amusement. And now yours.
I set the clock for early Monday morning and delivered the new bow with time to spare before Mom had to leave for Franklin.
The smiles on their faces in the photo 'up top' say it all.
