diving in for a rescue:
one beloved dress had become too small for one little grown-up princess…
two skeins of cotton of the perfect color were stashed…
three beads were passing by…
And the dog, too !!!

Many seams in this pattern, but don’t even think about making an applied i-cord instead: it’s perfect the way it is. I saved 2 seams picking-up stitches after binding-off for the front & back edges