Construction · Couture Techniques · Design · Creating My Own Dress for Cameron’s Wedding Reception (Okay, so I’ve been away a bit while creating my newest eCourse but…) After the final post in my blog series about creating Cameron’s gorgeous… Keep Reading →
Brides · Cameron · Drafting · Draping and Patterning Cameron’s Overdress Once the design and sketch for Cameron’s custom wedding overdress was complete, I was ready to start my favorite part of the custom process: patternmaking.… Keep Reading →
Brides · Custom Dressforms · Drafting · Adventures in Patternmaking (and Stripes!) Once the design was approved by the bride, I was ready to roll on Sally’s custom wedding dress! Finding the perfect stripe… Throughout our design… Keep Reading →
Brides · Caitlin · Custom Dressforms · 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… Keep Reading →
Custom Sewing · Design · Drafting · My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 1- Design and Draft) Whenever I attend a wedding in which I made the bride’s dress, I always try to also make the dress that I am wearing. Inevitably,… Keep Reading →
Brides · Custom Sewing · Drafting · The Loulage In creating a wedding dress for someone I have known and loved for decades, I got to experiment with some things that I wouldn’t normally… Keep Reading →
Business · Construction · Design · Retrospective: The making of a dress, a blog & a business Leah’s wedding dress was the first real wedding dress that I created for someone I did not already know. It’s funny to think of… Keep Reading →
Brides · Drafting · Lila Rose · Pattern drafting for Lila Rose’s mockup dress Now that I have my moulage and my custom dressform created using Lila Rose’s unique set of over 30 measurements, it is now time to… Keep Reading →
Brides · Custom Dressforms · Drafting · Creating a Body Double Have I mentioned that I love pattern drafting? The first thing that a patternmaker needs to do after taking a full set of measurements is… Keep Reading →