I got out the sewing machine this year, since Annabelle wanted a "red princess dress" and I wasn't impressed with the overpriced, cheaply-made disney knock-offs in the stores. (Of course I later found a quite nice, affordable dress at Target that would have been perfect.) This dress photographed beautifully, but honestly, it is cobbled together in a most amateur fashion. I can sew, and I actually enjoy it. But I am not truly good at it.