Retrospective: Katie’s bias cut silk charmeuse wedding dress
This is my gorgeous sister-in-law Katie. She got married in 2006 and wore the very first Brooks Ann Camper Bridal Couture dress ever made. Before the blog, before the website, before the logo, and almost before the studio, Katie accepted a wedding gift of a custom wedding dress, a feat I had never attempted […]
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, once you try it you’ll see that it makes all the difference in the world in your quality. Underlining is often also known as flat lining, interlining, or innerlining. Not […]
Fit Week pt.3 – Mockup Fitting #2
Lila Rose came to my studio one last time before heading back to Boston. This was for our second mockup fitting and she brought along her two best friends!
Fit Week pt. 1 – First Mockup Fitting
As you may remember, Lila Rose is from Boston and I am located in North Carolina. When I have an out-of-town bride, I do my best to work around her schedule and to make the most of visits in order to keep them to a minimum. My dresses ain’t cheap and when you add the […]
Lila Rose’s Custom Wedding Dress Mockup Preview!
Lila Rose’s mockup was finally ready for our fitting! This is the test version of her custom wedding dress that I made out of muslin. We try on a test dress to make corrections for the perfect fit and to refine the style on the body before cutting the real fabric. Everything on the mockup […]
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 start drafting her pattern. Pattern drafting is one of my very favorite parts of the bespoke process! Since this dress is a sleek design, my first draft was to create […]
Loosely Threaded pt.1
I’ve been blogging specifically about Greta’s wedding dress for many months. This post will feature other projects that have been going on in my life, all at least loosely related to sewing and/or weddings and then loosely threaded together. As soon as I finished Greta’s dress, I began handcrafting the dress that I would be […]
Fitting and Shopping with Mom
I love it when my bride brings her Mom to the fitting! Especially when she is as fun as Greta’s Mom. (I love it so much and have so much fun that I often forget to take photos for blog posts. I must get better about that!) Greta and her Mom came to my studio […]
Mockup Madness
I’ve been working like mad on Greta’s mockups! I have found that I often get so wrapped up in the dressmaking process that I neglect to blog about it. To fill you in, I will share with you the few photos that I took while working on Greta’s mockup(s).
