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Yellow Dress Event
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending and being one of the vendors at the Yellow Dress Breakout Leadership Conference. It was developed and lead by my friend, Delilah Jones-Bardlette, of Delilah's Downloads.
I also had the honor of making her yellow dress. And of course, I needed a yellow dress. Sew fun! Both dresses were made with a lemon yellow scuba knit.
Delilah's dress included a lace overlay for the princess seamed bodice, complete with a lace peplum, self belt and of course lace sleeves! Her dress idea was presented to me in the form of a photo and we took it from there.
You may recall that I made another vision of her's for her wedding vow renewal. It was a white lace high/low tiered dress. Just as for the white lace dress, her fittings were done in the midst of commuting from Hawaii.
Both dresses were self -drafted...a bit of work, but so well worth it!
When she did her final fitting and pick up, I told her I couldn't tell which dress she was happier with! It just filled me with joy to see her face and giant smile when she tried it on that last time! And I must say she looked radiant in it!
My dress was a hack of one of my favorite self-drafted tops (ya'll know I love pattern hacking). 😃
I lengthened it from the high hip down.
It has princess seaming and I top stitched every seam! I even stitched an asymmetrical top stitch on the sleeves (forgot to take a picture of them).
After some trial and error test stitching, I used two spools of polyester embroidery thread on top (I wanted the shine) and a basic polyester sewing thread in the bobbin.
I was more than pleased with the outcome of both of our dresses!
For my vendor table, I spent weeks making Ankara African Print Maxi Skirts and Fold-over Bags as well as a few men's Bow Ties with matching Pocket Squares. Again, it was work that was well worth it.
The ladies were quite surprised that the skirts were adjustable to fit sizes 2 to 22! It was a blast to see the surprise on their faces when they tried them on. 😊
More skirts, bags and bow ties are available on my website https://endlessdznsbycarrie.com/
This event was such a blessing!
The inner beauty of the ladies as well as outer beauty was overwhelmingly evident! All those yellow dresses filled the venue with light! And the speakers spoke even more light into our lives!
Wendy Manning, who holds an adjunct faculty position at Wright Foundation, and is a director of the Women's Leadership Program there, spoke with us about the difference between "wanting" and "yearning".
Lynee Urban, owner/operator of Operation Fix My Life blessed us with information on health and wellness through surrender to God.
And of course Delilah, who has published her 1st book, spoke about surrender and leadership and lead us through some thought provoking exercises. One of which was all of us declaring God's Word over each other! Such a blessing to hear from other women profess who we are in Christ and to affirm each other!
I was blessed to be able to raffle 2 of these maxi skirts specifically to the ladies of Hardin House who were able to attend. Check out the link to see how you can help this non profit which serves men and women with living accommodations prior to re-entry into the traditional world of career and/or reunification with family and friends. 
This 1st annual Yellow Dress Breakout Leadership Conference was a blessing as well as a success!
I left feeling blessed, encouraged and spiritually stronger!
