David Herron saves prom by making daughter Mariah Herron's dress David Herron with daughter Mariah and the prom dress he made for her. Mariah Herron poses with her dad, David, and the prom dress that he made her. HOW many of us can say we have a dad like this? When 17-year-old Mariah Herron couldn't find her dream prom dress her military dad David made her one from scratch. The Wisconsin teenager had her heart set on a camouflage-print dress for her end of the year dance but after looking online she found everything to be too expensive. I jokingly asked my dad if he could make me a prom dress. When he said yes, I was surprised," Mariah told the MansfieldNewsHerald. Having been in the military Mr Herron had sewn stripes on his uniform and hemmed his trousers in the past but he was still daunted by the task in front of him. (After) I decided to take on the challenge ...my next thought was: 'Oh God, what have I done?' Mariah's ideal design of a corseted back needed to be reworked after the woman at the fabric store the father and daughter went to said that it would be too complicated to make. So with $US97 ($94) worth of fabric Mr Herron took over the family room, sitting for hours consulting sewing instructions. My wife would periodically ask, 'Do you need help? We should probably call a professional' but I'm a perfectionist and wanted to do it myself," Mr Herron told Yahoo! Shine. A few weeks in, she pulled me aside and said, 'Mariah's getting nervous.' I think everyone was. But after six weeks and countless hours in front of a sewing machine Mariah was presented with a strapless, black satin dress with a white and black camouflage print and a white underlayer with black tulle. Mr Herron even made a black ruffle for the top of the dress and a black satin bow. He couldn't putting an extra personal touch - lining the waistband with shotgun shells. Mariah's verdict? "She loves it," Mr Herron said. She even asked if I'd make her wedding dress. We'll see.