Helping Brides Make Their Own Wedding Dresses
If you follow this blog, you know by now that I love making wedding dresses for others and I loved making my own wedding dress. You also know I love teaching. So naturally, I love love love helping crafty brides make their own wedding dresses! In this post, I’ll share how I helped three local brides create […]
How to Choose and Use a Thimble
There are many great pleasures in my life and sewing practice that I originally resisted. I would never have learned to sew at all if it weren’t for a college professor who assigned me to work in the costume shop against my wishes. It wasn’t until someone said “You must do this” that I realized […]
Sally’s Wedding Day!
Sally and George were married in their own backyard on a gorgeous day in late spring. Suzanne Rossi Photography was there to capture the day. It was not only a pleasure to be able to create Sally’s custom wedding dress, I was honored to also attend the beautiful celebration. And I love that both of her […]
Sally’s Photo Shoot and Final Fitting
HOORAY!!! After months of sewing and scheming, Sally’s custom wedding dress was finally finished and looking like the sketch. It was time for the photo shoot and final fitting! Even though these events happened on different days, I decided to make this post a full-fledged photo-fest sharing staged shots of the dress on the form […]
A Couture Tour of Sally’s Wedding Dress
After all the designing, patternmaking, fitting, and finishing, Sally’s custom wedding dress was finally complete. Before the fancy photoshoot and Sally’s final trip to the studio, I took some detail shots on the table and on the dressform as a little tour. The nature of the wrap dress made it uniquely easy to show off […]
Finishing Touches for Sally’s Dress!
After the linings and closures were complete, there were still a few finishing touches to add before Sally’s custom wedding dress would be ready for delivery day. The waist stay The first was to add a waist stay. A waist stay is essentially a little belt hidden inside the dress so that the dress’s waist […]
Buttoning Things Up: Sally’s Closures and Linings
In my last post about Sally’s custom wedding dress, most of the major seams were permanently constructed. This is a bit different from the custom couture process I usually follow. Once I got into construction phase of Sally’s custom wedding dress, with all the asymmetry and stripe matching, I realized that skipping a step (that I never skip!) […]
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 see all the guts of the garment before the lining is added for a beautiful clean finish. Don’t you? While it is impossible for stripes to match everywhere in a fitted […]
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 a lot of time searching for the perfect stripe. We finally found a silk organza with the exact width of stripe that Sally was looking for. It had a solid […]
