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Gutsy Moves: Inside Sally’s Stripes
After all the fabric was cut and underlined for Sally’s asymmetrical striped custom wedding dress, it was finally time for construction. I love being able to…
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Cutting and Underlining Sally’s Stripes
After our two mockup fittings, I was finally ready to start cutting and preparing Sally’s custom wedding dress fabrics! During our design process, we spent…
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Creating Erin’s Beachy Bridal Belt
As you may recall from Erin’s design proposal and sketch, her custom wedding dress included a unique belt. Erin shared a few Alabama Chanin appliqué…
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Erin’s Wedding Dress Takes Shape
After Erin’s mockup fittings, the fabric for her custom wedding dress was cut and underlined. If you are wondering about the hot pink, see my…
Erin’s Unusual Underlining
Having flashbacks of Lila Rose’s custom wedding dress? Contrary to how it looks in these photos, I am not making another hot pink wedding dress. So…
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Creating Heather’s Custom Belt, Veilette, and Bridesmaids’ Brooches
While making Heather’s statement piece shoulder decoration, I was also working on several other custom accessories to dress up her thrift store wedding dress: a…
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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…
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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…
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