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100 Dresses - Creating A Me Made Wardrobe Of Dresses

I have been on such a fun quest of curating a hand-crafted modest wardrobe. Last year, it started with sewing some easy maxi skirts and long sleeve tops for winter. I started wearing skirts most of the time and now that we are entering warmer weather, I have tackled making quite a few dresses. Most are cotton, and easy to dress up a bit for church, but simple enough for daily wear.  This was the first dress that I made. This was a wearable toile (or a draft garment for fitting purposes). I had quite a few yards of this fabric that my dad had gifted to me. I have made myself a top, curtains, skirts, pillows, children's clothing all out of this fabric haha. It is a yarn dyed cotton/linen blend and I do really enjoy it, but if it didn't turn out I wouldn't have been upset. I was really happy that I made this version first, before cutting into the peach gingham fabric I had purchased, because I decided to make several fit adjustments. This dress gets a lot of wear, so that is a

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