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Gutsy Moves: Inside Sally’s Stripes
After all the fabric was cut and underlined for Sally’s asymmetrical striped custom wedding dress, it was finally time for construction. I love being able to…
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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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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…
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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…
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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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…
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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…
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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…
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…