Princess Molly

Finally i have the time to post about this years Thornton Cleveleys Gala Princess, Princess Molly!  After 4 years Molly finally got chosen and she got Crowned Gala Princess. You have seen the float and the hours that it took to get it all ready, then we have been out weekend after weekend representing our area and i can safely say she loved every minute of it and the weeks that followed.

Mollys crown is the second one we bought and Paul picked this one and Molly agreed with him, so as it was gold, i decided to use gold with the pink. For her tayne, i bought these two gold appliques and some gold trim that went all the way around the trayne. I had wanted to bling it up a bit more and perhaps put her name on it, but it just looked right the way it was

Mollys dress the first time she tried it on!!!

I had bought a dress from e-bay for £50, as everything was so busy in the months leading up to the gala. Molly picked it online and when it arrived it was nothing like the picture and you could not fit a hoop under it,it was not well made at all. I was really disappointed. Then i noticed that the style of the dress was the same as one of the other Queens (but hers was really nice and well made!) so i decided to make Mollys dress myself. I got Molly to draw a picture of what she wanted and as we were watching Wizard of OZ that day, it was very much like Gindas the Good Witch, mainly she wanted big puffy sleeves and a big skirt!

I took her off the the fabric shop and we picked out a white chiffon with tiny gold stars on that i used for the skirt and stretchy white velvet, along with the Pink for the trayne. I was not sure at this stage how it would pan out, but it all cam together really well and i made it quite quickly really. I actually made a leotard that fastened underneath and the shirt was a circle and a half skirt (a full circle skirt with an extra side) to make it very twirly, and added a gold belt so you would not realize they were separate. I did them separate so  it was easy for her to go to the loo and get changed as more often than not at the galas they are all porta loos.

I ordered Molly a special hoodie for her to wear.

This parasol wasin the window at a charity shop and was the perfect colour, must have been there just for us!

For her flowers, i bought a bouquet from ebay , but again was not very happy with it, so ended up buying 3 bunches of silk flowers from Wilkos and taping them together and covering the handle with ribbon

So this was Gala Day and her Crowning!

She was crowned by the local MP Paul Maynard, you can see Fred there holding the cushion.

After Molly made a speech and she did an amazing job far better than i did when it was my turn!

I know she loved ever minute of it and she has waited a long time for it, we are so proud of her x