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Category: Couture Techniques

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…

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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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