A New Temple Dress

I've lost quite a bit of weight recently and have had to buy new clothes.  About a month ago, I decided it was time for a new Temple dress.  Mine is beautiful, but it is huge on me now.  I plan to take it in, but I want to wait until I'm done losing weight so that I only have to do it once.

After doing a little Internet research, I decided to make my own Temple dress.  I used this pattern (recommended by an LDS blogger):

It required a bit of adaptation as it is closed with drawstrings in the back and the neckline was a tad too low, but it wasn't too hard to put in a zipper and raise the neckline.  I promised my mom I'd take some pictures, so here they are.

It looks much better on than it does on a hanger.  I'll try to remember to take a picture of myself while I'm wearing it.