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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…
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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…
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Caitlin’s Custom Wedding Dress Photo Shoot
The dress! The dress! After the journey from when Caitlin and I first met and started brainstorming, through the design process, pattern making, fitting, constructing,…
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Final Finishing for Caitlin’s Couture Creation
At this point in the couture process… I was ready to finish Caitlin’s custom wedding dress! After adding the lining and all those buttons all that…
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Caitlin’s Couture Bridal Buttons, Linings, and Waist Stay
After Caitlin’s final fitting… …it was finally time to do all the couture finishing work. I love this part of the process! Couture finishing requires…
Caitlin’s Custom Wedding Dress Fittings
Continuing the story of Caitlin’s custom wedding dress creation… …it was finally the part of our process where she’d get to try something on! …
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Creating Caitlin’s Custom Patterns and Mockups
Once Caitlin said “yes” to the dress… I invited her back to my studio to take some measurements. I take approximately 40 measurements of each…
Caitlin’s Custom Wedding Dress Sketch and Inspirations
As I mentioned last week, bride-to-be Caitlin wanted to use the fabric of her mother’s 1960s handmade wedding dress in her own Grace Kelly inspired…
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Something Old, Something New: Introducing Caitlin!
In the Spring of last year, just when I was finishing up Diane’s bridal ensemble and moving into my new Sewing Room, I was contacted…