A Couture Tour of Sally’s Wedding Dress
After all the designing, patternmaking, fitting, and finishing, Sally’s custom wedding dress was finally complete. Before the fancy photoshoot and Sally’s final trip to the…
- A Couture Sewing blog
Other Offerings:
Browse by topic:
Category: Couture Techniques
Finishing Touches for Sally’s Dress!
After the linings and closures were complete, there were still a few finishing touches to add before Sally’s custom wedding dress would be ready for…
Buttoning Things Up: Sally’s Closures and Linings
In my last post about Sally’s custom wedding dress, most of the major seams were permanently constructed. This is a bit different from the custom couture process…
“Sew Like A Pro” in Seamwork Magazine
I’m excited to announce that I’m published in Seamwork Magazine again! Seamwork is the online magazine from the team at Colette Patterns. Though I draft my own…
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…
- Brides ·
- Business ·
- Couture Techniques ·
The Custom Couture Process
Before I get into blogging about my newest bride, I thought I’d write a general post detailing an overview of my process and what to…
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…
- Accessories ·
- Brides ·
- Construction ·
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…
- Accessories ·
- Brides ·
- Construction ·
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…
Stay in Touch!
Sign Up for my FREE Newsletter!
You’ll get blog posts right in your inbox, plus extra goodies in your roughly twice a month. Plus, “Peek Inside My Sewing Library” in the first email!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
As seen on:
BROOKS ANN BESPOKE, LLC | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY POLICY | SITE CREDITS