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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…
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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…
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Margaret’s design! A dress is born!
WE HAVE A WINNER! In our third mockup fitting, Margaret chose the Rounded Asymmetrical Collar look for her custom mother-of-the-bride ensemble. After viewing the new…
Underlining: The Couturier’s Friend
Underlining! If there is one step that takes a garment from homemade to couture, it is underlining. If you sew and don’t know about underlining,…
Iceberg Blue Silk Jaquard
When I last wrote about the process of creating Greta’s custom couture wedding dress, I was still waiting for the main dress fabric to arrive…
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Working from the Inside Out: Underlinings and Linings
One of the techniques that really makes a garment couture is the use of underlining. Though it adds many hours to the dressmaking process, it…
(Travel back in time for) The Making of Greta’s Wedding Dress (and why I love the laundromat.)
Whew! It’s been so long since my last real post, I hope I remember how to blog! Greta’s one-of-a-kind custom couture wedding dress is now…
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Wedding Dress in Progress
Whew! After Michelle’s special order fabrics arrived, I began working like crazy on her wedding dress. So much so that I haven’t blogged in a…
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Balancing Act
By now in the process, I am in the couture dressmaking phase. I have marked all of my stitch lines, prepped and cut out all…