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 above with my handsome husband Charles. It’s an asymmetrical color-blocked wool sateen pencil dress. You can see the inspirations and learn about the pattern drafting in my previous post. Caught […]
My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 1- Design and Draft)
Whenever I attend a wedding in which I made the bride’s dress, I always try to also make the dress that I am wearing. Inevitably, someone attending the wedding will ask the dressmaker about her own clothing: “Did you make this too?” I feel like the answer should be “Yes”. Bonus: I get a cool […]
My best friend’s custom wedding dress: Introducing Loula!
The custom wedding dress I’ve been working on recently is one that is very special to me and I can’t wait to share its story with you! I’m currently creating the dress for the upcoming wedding of my best friend from college. Meet Loula!!! Where do I even begin??? Loula and I met in 1993 […]
Update!
Sorry I’ve been away from the blog this past month! I’ve been so busy crafting a perfect ensemble for Margaret’s mother-of-the-Bride dress that I haven’t had time to check in and tell you all about it! TODAY was the successful delivery of Margaret’s completed dress and jacket! It looks gorgeous. I can’t wait to share […]
Retrospective: The making of a dress, a blog & a business
Leah’s wedding dress was the first real wedding dress that I created for someone I did not already know. It’s funny to think of it that way, because since working with her on her dress, Leah has become one of my most treasured friends and someone I hope to always have as a part […]
Retrospective: My Own Raw Silk & Cotton Lace Wedding Dress
Yes, I made my own wedding dress. After making his sister Katie’s wedding dress and his sister Melissa’s wedding dress, I got engaged to my wonderful amazing handsome husband Charles. Our wedding was held on the afternoon of the Ides of March 2008. It was our seven year Kissaversary. So what does the wedding dressmaker […]
Retrospective: Melissa’s Silk Chiffon Maternity Wedding Dress
As you may remember from my first “retrospective blog post” last week, the first real wedding dress that I ever made was for my (now) husband Charles’s sister Katie. Well, Charles has more than one sister! Not long after Katie’s wedding, his sister Melissa announced her engagement. I had such a great experience working with […]
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 […]
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 […]
