Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garage Sale Lamps, and the M Shrine

Recently, I decided to ignore the piles of laundry and dusty furniture and pull out my sewing machine. I had been eying THIS dress pattern and wanted to give it a try. I have sewn some very simple things...rag quilts and curtains mostly, and have always wanted to try a dress. The pattern looked simple enough...no zipper and fairly forgiving with it's halter bodice. Here's my finished product:

I found this sweet, floral print at Joann's on clearance and thought it might work okay. Seeing the finished dress, it's probably a bit heavy...the dress isn't as flowy as I thought it would be.

It's a little big on my little model, but after sewing on the snaps twice (I sewed one on backwards the first time...rookie mistake), I wasn't about to move them again.

Here is the back. You can really see in this picture that it's too big.

After looking at these pictures, I realized the fabric was kind of Little House on the Prairie-ish. I Googled "Laura Ingalls Wilder" and this picture (of a Laura Ingalls Wilder pageant) came up:

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Throw a bonnet and an apron on my girl and she would fit right in. Would Laura wear a halter dress??

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Garage sale season is in full swing and that makes me one happy girl! These lamps were a great find...$10 for the pair!

I decided to put them on the buffet in our dining room. The light fixture is this room is pretty dim...the lamps help tremendously with that.

Soon and (hopefully) very soon, the red walls and dark woodwork will be gone! I am going to paint the woodwork white and the walls a muted apple green (still looking for the perfect shade).

That brings us to the moss-covered "M". Kyle is not impressed with my Pottery Barn knock-off. He thinks with the new lamps, it looks like a shrine for the letter "M".

What do you think??