Brides · Construction · 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… 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 · Construction · Erin · 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… Keep Reading →
Brides · Construction · Couture Techniques · 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… Keep Reading →
Brides · Construction · Diane · Diane’s Ensemble: Underlining, Cutting, and Using the Grain Once we were finished with all of the work on the mockup versions of Diane’s bridal ensemble, it was time to start prepping the real fabric… Keep Reading →
Brides · Custom Dressforms · Diane · Diane’s mockup fittings and shrinking patterns Those of you who guessed that Diane would choose the neutral palette for her custom bridal pants ensemble were correct! The pic above is of… Keep Reading →
Construction · Custom Sewing · Fabrics · My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 2- Draft to Dancefloor) Yes, I got to wear a wrist corsage! This is the second post about the creation of the dress that I wore to Loula’s wedding, shown… Keep Reading →
Brides · Design · Fabrics · Working with Loula’s fabrics Once Loula’s bustier was finished, it was finally time to start working on The Dress! I took Loula’s mockup apart and used the muslin as… Keep Reading →
Brides · Design · Fabrics · Fabric Shopping with Loula Loula and I visited two fabric stores while she was in town for her first fitting. Usually the first fabric shopping trip comes a little… Keep Reading →