In December I started asking Emmeline if she wanted an Elsa dress for our trip at the end of January. She waffled. Finally 2 weeks before I gave her the final deadline. She looked at me and said very nonchalantly "nah, I'll just buy one there." Yep, no big, $70 dress. Alice didn't care either way as long as she got an Anna dress. Luckily we had enough rewards on our Disney visa to cover them. First order of business upon arrival in Magic Kingdom? Buying dresses. We went straight to castle couture and were told by a very sweet lady, who I'm sure was asked thousands of times a day, that they had none and weren't anticipating another shipment for at least a month. Checked at BBB. For the first trip in about 3 years, we didn't make an appointment. We were afraid that since Alice was so close to 3 and would know what was going on that it wasn't fair to her. BBB lady tells us that they have some on some days but not others AND she couldn't sell me one without an appointment. Sad girls. Luckily (?) we were sick for most of the trip, so that took their minds off the disappointment.
When we got home, I made Emmeline an Elsa dress for king/queen day at school in less than 24 hours because I forgot! 
Not my best work. Seams are already splitting because I used an already cut size 3 and didn't notice until it was too late. I just sewed with a small seam allowance.
I have since sewn another one with the same pattern, McCall's 5499 for my great niece (I swear I'm only 31!). Basically I cut the pattern pieces in half at the waistline (make very sure they're even!) and used a sheer for the top with the sequin pieces over it and used a different fabric for the skirt. I was super bummed that I couldn't find the snowflake fabric again for dress number 2, but other than that I think it was more successful than the first.
Here's my gorgeous great niece in her dress:
I've added Anna's traveling dress (pics soon) for my great niece. My husbands nephew is the same age as us, our kids are the same age. I made her a couple dresses around Halloween for their Disney trip. When my niece (feels so odd to say that) asked me to make Anna and Elsa for her daughters birthday I hesitated because of the designs on the bodice, etc. I finally volunteered after initially saying no if she would do the designs. She's a genius btw. Iron on.
Here she is in Anna's traveling dress (the gorgeous artwork was done by my niece and painted on.
A picture of my daughter modeling it without all the pretty painting.
So now Anna's coronation dress didn't seem so daunting. I bought some light green striped fabric at Joann's and a decorative ribbon that I was going to see to every other stripe. It was the most viable option I could find until I wandered into the home decor fabrics at the big Joann's 45 min away (we have a tiny one in town). There it was, the perfect fabric.
Not perfectly perfect, the green and beige are reversed, but close enough. I have 10 days until Alice's birthday. Time to get sewing.
Tutorial will be in its own post so you have to read all this drivel to get to it :).
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