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…
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“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…
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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…
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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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