93
Unit 6
ruler. She showed it to me and I smiled timidly. Without losing time, she took a picture of me,
made more calculations and changed the design on paper. Then she transferred my photo
and the design on the computer. After that it was just magic! The design and colour changed
several times as Miss Wendy clicked on the icons. When I was satised, she told us to sit
and wait.
Miss Wendy called her assistant and they started the work. The assistant used pins to x the
design on the cloth and started cutting it. Once she had cut the different parts of the dress,
she stitched some parts of the dress by hand. Miss Wendy sewed the rest using the sewing
machine. They did everything quickly but with precision. My eyes moved from the skilled
dressmakers to the dummies wearing beautiful dresses. I did not feel the time pass. I was
observing an iron from which steam was rising when Miss Wendy called me. She exclaimed,
“Your dress is ready, bridesmaid!” They had made the dress in two hours!
I tried the dress to see if it tted me. It was the most beautiful dress I had ever worn. I left the
place in wonder. My dad was impressed and said, “That dressmaker must be a magician!” All
the tailors in my family wanted to know how Miss Wendy worked.
At the wedding, everybody admired my dress and I felt like a princess. After my uncle’s
wedding, I made the wish to become the best dressmaker in the world.
Activity 1c: Read the story again and ll in the blanks with appropriate
words from the passage as you do so.
Fiola grew up in a family of ___________________. For her uncle’s wedding, nobody had the
time to ________________ her dress. Fiola and her mother went to a _________________.
Miss Wendy took her ________________ and created a ______________________. Then
Miss Wendy and her assistant worked very quickly and with _______________________. They
made a beautiful dress for Fiola. At the wedding, everybody __________________________
her dress. After the wedding, Fiola made the ______________________ to become the
best dressmaker.