> made in 2009

The dress was bought from Target and hemmed at the knee. (With a zigzag stitch - how little I knew back then!) The tail and stripes were cut from a fur fabric and attached with a zigzag stitch (which took forever because I had no idea what backstitching was... I tied off each stitch by hand). The tights were bought from WeLoveColors. The shoes are from Target, which I first painted, but later covered in a yellow polka dot broadcloth (rather terribly, I might add). The ears were made from the same fuzzy fabric I used for the tail and attached to a headband. I had to hot glue them together because my old machine couldn't handle sewing through two layers of that fabric. I used cut out pieces from a plastic milk jug to give the ears shape and help them stand up - at the time I had no idea what interfacing was.