Dedicated to Frances, Rae & Jacqueline

Last night (January 15) we went to a wedding on the beach at sunset – it was lovely, as you might imagine -- but the rest of the story – how we ended up at a wedding in a place where the only people we knew were our landlord and his wife – will give you the best laugh you’ve had all week.

On Saturday, we came back from the beach to find a note under our door from January (landlord’s wife) saying, “Help, I’ve taken on a project that I realize I can’t do myself.” It seems she was in a dressmaking shop, where a young woman was trying on what was supposed to be her wedding dress. It was made of lime green charmeuse. The seams were all puckered and it was covered with oil spots. Also, the neckline was a deep V which revealed the scars the girl had from breast cancer surgery only two months ago. January listened to the people in the shop assuring the girl – her name was Carla –that they could fix all the problems in time for the wedding in 3 days! Carla is crying, her darling fiancé (Keith) is trying to comfort her, saying she’ll look beautiful no matter what, and January can’t stand it. She tells them there’s no way the problems with the dress can be fixed – let alone in 3 days – but January sews and will help them. She goes fabric shopping with them, and helps them choose a pattern, then discovers that they don’t have it in the correct size. January sews, but has no idea how to alter a pattern – she herself in a perfect pattern 12. Suddenly, it comes to her that “Polley will know what to do.”

So, that pretty much took care of our “spare” time for the next two days! It was worth it though – both bride and groom were thrilled with the dress – I’ve never seen two people happier. However, I am asking myself if in addition to being a cat magnet, am I a sewing project magnet, too ?
Where will it end?

We stayed at the wedding until midnite,at which point the bride went into the pool, in the dress. A number of other people went in too, fully clothed. See photos.