Vanishing Tie – Patternmaking & Mockup
Tutorial posts
How To Create Custom Sketching Croquis from Photos
Padding a Dress Form As Your Body Double: A Condensed Guide
How to Choose and Use a Thimble
Two Myths of Learning To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns
DIY Professional Ironing Table
Small Sewing Space Solution: Portable Ironing/Cutting Table
Sewing Technique Spotlight: Underlining (pt. 3)
Sewing Technique Spotlight: Underlining (pt. 2)
Sewing Technique Spotlight: Underlining (pt.1)
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My 7 Year Quest to Custom Jeans (+ more about those pockets!)
Duplicating the Vintage Dress’s Pattern (without taking it apart)
I Made Myself the Coolest Dress pt. 1 – Pattern Design & Mockup
My 10 Year Blogiversary! (pt. 2)
Deborah’s Wedding Day!
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Crafting Deborah’s Skirt
Creating My Own Dress for Cameron’s Wedding Reception
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Helping Brides Make Their Own Wedding Dresses
How to Choose and Use a Thimble
Two Myths of Learning To Make Your Own Sewing Patterns
My Sewing Machines
DIY Professional Ironing Table
Small Sewing Space Solution: Portable Ironing/Cutting Table
Caitlin’s Couture Bridal Buttons, Linings, and Waist Stay
Sewing Technique Spotlight: Underlining (pt.1)
DIY Professional Sewing Room Table
Retrospective: My years as a custom picture frame craftsman
Finishing Loula’s bustier!
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Retrospective: The making of a dress, a blog & a business
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Retrospective: My Own Raw Silk & Cotton Lace Wedding Dress
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The Construction of Lila Rose’s “Space Bustle” pt. 2 (Ta-da!)
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The Construction of Lila Rose’s “Space Bustle” pt.1 (Prep)
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Using “wiggle bones” in Lila Rose’s stand-up pleated collar
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Two weddings and a funeral
Initial Consultation pt.2 (Strapless)
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Hi there! I'm Brooks Ann.
I’m a former professional costumer and couture dressmaker for one-of-a-kind bridalwear located in rural North Carolina, who teaches custom garment sewing to sew-curious solo-sewists online.
My blog mostly follows along with the couture process of how each heirloom-quality custom wedding dress was made from idea to wedding day, as well as personal sewing projects and other couture curiosities.
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Popular Posts
My 7 Year Quest to Custom Jeans (+ more about those pockets!)
Contrary to what you might think, I don’t have a lot of clothes and I tend to wear the same (old) things over and over. Almost all of my custom...
Duplicating the Vintage Dress’s Pattern (without taking it apart)
In my previous post, I introduced Jenn and the custom bridal wear project(s) for her wedding weekend. Check out the full story for all the deets, but to catch you...
I Made Myself the Coolest Dress pt. 1 – Pattern Design & Mockup
Though my personal wardrobe is mostly “the dressmaker has no clothes”, when I do make something for myself, it’s usually an epic project. I’m so excited to finally share this...
My 10 Year Blogiversary! (pt. 2)
I’ve been blogging for TEN YEARS now, ya’ll! In “My 10 Year Blogiversary pt. 1”, I share links to each bridal blog series that I’ve created over the past decade....
Deborah’s Wedding Day!
It’s finally time to share about Deborah’s wedding day! HOORAY! Deborah and Blake were married in November 2017 at a church in Greensboro, NC with the reception at a nearby...
Crafting Deborah’s Skirt
While crafting Deborah’s bodice, I also began crafting the skirt of her custom wedding dress! Her skirt was designed to have the loveliest deep pleats with gorgeous lace panels hidden...
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Sewing Stories
New Bridal Blog Series: My (kinda famous) friend Jenn!
Brooks Ann, Jenn, & Charles January 2017 Going Way Back… To begin my next bridal blog series, let’s head into the Way-Back Machine. And we’ll head farther back than this...
New Bridal Blog Series: Tiffany!
The bridal blog series is back! In each bridal blog series, you meet a new bride and I slowly post-by-post recount the process and share the behind-the-seams story of creating...
New Bridal Blog Series: Designing for Deborah!
The bridal blog series is back! In each bridal blog series, you meet a new bride and I slowly post-by-post recount the process and share the behind-the-seams story of creating...
New Bride Blog Series: Creating with Cameron
The bridal blog series is back! In each bridal blog series, I recount the process and share the behind-the-seams story of creating a one-of-a-kind custom couture wedding dress from start...
New bride blog series: Sewing for Sally
Sally is someone special. Back in December, I got an email from a dear friend named Sally that I had lost touch with. The subject line: “dear lord i’m getting...
Meet Erin: My Seersucker Summer Bride!
As it starts to get cold, it sure is nice to think about summer! Gin and tonics… BLTs… beach trips… seersucker… Earlier this year, I worked with a bride who...