Bursting at the Seams by Chloe Taylor

Author:Chloe Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

After school on Tuesday, Marcus kindly offered to drive Zoey and the wedding gown over to Lulu’s for the fitting. Zoey wrapped it carefully in tissue and then zipped it into a garment bag. She was so paranoid about something happening to the dress that she’d been wrapping it up in fabric each night when she was finished working on it, just in case some dust from her house landed on it.

When they got to Lulu’s, Marcus volunteered to take Buttons for a long walk, so Zoey and Lulu could do the fitting. They headed up to Lulu’s bedroom, where she had a closet with a full-length mirror. When Zoey unzipped the garment bag, unpacked the tissue, and revealed the dress, Lulu gasped.

“Oh, Zoey, it’s gorgeous already! Just look at it!” She paused, staring at the dress with wonder and emotion. She looked like she might even tear up, and the dress was only half-completed! “We certainly chose the right fabric. This pearlescent sheen is lovely.”

“Phew—I’m so glad you like it!” Zoey exclaimed. “You have no idea how nervous I am working on it. I never use white fabric, and definitely not really expensive white fabric, so I’ve been wearing gloves half the time, so I don’t get any finger oil or anything on it.”

“That’s clever, Zoey!” Aunt Lulu said. She stepped out of her suit and began, with Zoey’s help, to pull on the dress. Some of the underskirt was still held together with pins, so they had to be very careful not to rip them out, prick Lulu, or damage any of the basting threads. “Where’d you get that idea?”

“From Jan,” Zoey said. “She mentioned it to me at the store.”

With the dress on, standing in front of the mirror, Lulu looked at herself. Slowly, she smiled and looked over at Zoey. “This is going to be perfect, Zoey. It’s exactly what I want! And that’s so important to me, particularly since we’ve had to compromise a bit on the invitations, and the photographer, you know.”

Zoey nodded. She was thrilled her aunt looked so happy and that the dress seemed to fit well so far. She didn’t see any major problems—just some tweaks here and there. Zoey got more pins and began to check over the seams in the underskirt, which needed to be loose enough to allow her aunt to dance, but strong enough to support the shape of the overskirt.

“How’s your dress coming along?” Lulu said. “I hate to even ask! Have I overloaded you?”

Zoey shook her head. “No! I’m fine. My dress is . . . well, not done. I’ve cut out the pieces, but I haven’t done anything to it yet. I’ll get to it.”

“If it’s too much, Zoey, just tell me, and I’ll run out and buy you a dress. I want you to have fun at this surprise wedding, too, you know!”

Zoey smiled. “I will. Don’t worry! I’m so glad this dress is working out and we don’t see any problems. I’m sure I’ll be able to get everything done, and it’ll be fine.

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