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Day 74 Give It A 100 Dress Crisis, Trip To The Fabric Shop

My mother is making me a 1920's dress for the 1920's Tea and I am going as Lady Mary Crawley of "Downton Abbey." It has a bodice and a skirt and a train. The dress will be purple with lavender glitter. The bodice has snaps and looks like what they wore years ago. I am not doing snaps and corset style. My mother and I went to the fabric shop and I found a nice blouse that will go with the skirt and I think my problem is solved. Maybe I should have rent a 1920's dress but I think it will be alright. My mother is a good seamstress and she should have been a professional. I lack this talent. I know she will do a great job.

A young teen-age girl was with her mother and had beautiful navy blue material with lace. The girl is very pretty and I asked her what the occasion was. She is in a pageant. I remember pageants. I was in a few myself when I was in high school. I remember seeing her picture in the paper. She is in The Miss Blueberry Pageant. The dress is the color of a blueberry. The Blueberry Pageant is a festival with flea markets, singers, games, carnival and everything is blueberry ice cream, donuts, pancakes, shakes, ice cream and all kind of blueberry foods. It is a big deal around here. I wonder if all the contestants wear dark blue dresses. The material was beautiful. The material would be good for a Prom dress as well. I will be reading the paper and see if this young lady is chosen as Miss Blueberry. She does have the look for it.

So this was my day. My husband's supper was late but I was in crisis and he understands. The 1920's Tea will be a big event for me. I am looking forward to it.

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