Creating Heather’s Custom Shoulder Accessory
After the design and sketches were approved, it was time to start making Heather’s custom bridal accessories! I love how a process like this starts off as a huge mess and then the chaos eventually turns into something stunning and unique. The creation process started with the bases for both the belt and the shoulder accessory. […]
I’m Featured in Seamwork Magazine!
You know that gorgeous issue of Seamwork magazine that just came out? Guess what: I’m in it! Seamwork Magazine is the new online magazine from the amazing team at Colette Patterns. Though I draft my own patterns, I’ve always loved Colette’s style, packaging, and most of all their blog: The Coletterie. In my eCourse, I often […]
Sketches and Mockups for Heather’s Custom Accessories
As I mentioned in my previous post, a beautiful bride named Heather hired me to create unique accessory statement pieces to add personality to her plain thrift store dress. After learning more about her and her ideas and inspirations, I was able to come up with the sketch above! Pretty cool, huh? Heather’s Asymmetrical Shoulder […]
Introducing Heather: My Latest “Accessories” Bride!
Every once in a while I get an inquiry from a bride who already has a wedding dress. Since most wedding dresses are designed to appeal to an average of their potential purchasers, they often lack personality. Heather, however, has personality in abundance! She’s smart, she’s vivacious, she’s artsy, she’s creative, and she’s a small business […]
DIY Professional Ironing Table
I’ve been blogging at BrooksAnn.com for a little over 6 years now. While most of my posts are following the story of a bride and the creation of her custom wedding dress and/or accessories, I often throw in sewing posts or personal posts in every now and then. One of my most popular posts ever was […]
Small Sewing Space Solution: Portable Ironing/Cutting Table
As I work with my students through my online courses, we often talk about solutions for working in small home sewing spaces. While it’s fantastic if you have room for a large professional pinnable-top sewing/drafting/cutting table (like the one I show you how to create here), I also understand that most people don’t have the […]
Summer Offerings
After completing the blog series about Caitlin’s custom wedding dress and before I start sharing stories of more recent brides, today’s post is an update of what I’ve been doing lately, including ways that you or someone you know can join me this summer. [separator2] First off…
Caitlin’s Wedding Day!
Hooray!!! Caitlin’s incredibly beautiful wedding day was captured by Lulu Lovering Photography. Caitlin was married in November at an apple orchard in New Hampshire. As you may remember back when we first met Caitlin, she didn’t want a big “show” of a wedding, but instead “wanted everything to be us, and to have meaning, hence me […]
Final (Family-Filled) Fitting for Caitlin’s Custom Creation
After all the work and all the fun of designing and creating Caitlin’s custom wedding dress (follow the journey starting here), it was finally time for the Final Fitting and Delivery Day! This is the day where the dress gets its final inspection before leaving the studio for the wedding venue. Caitlin invited her mom, […]