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Christmas Subway Art Pillow

1/3/2012

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For some post-Christmas fun, check out this post over at The Modern Seamstress, featuring this awesome subway art pillow I made!
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Cassie's Wedding Dress

10/15/2011

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Well, it's been almost a year since Cassie's wedding...Happy Anniversary, Cassie and Justin! Finally, here are some photos of Cassie's wedding dress!!
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The happy couple!
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A little last minute seamstressing! :) I'm happily sewing Cassie into the dress! :)
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Cassie was gorgeous as her dad walked her down the aisle.
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A long, lace-edged mantilla veil acted as Cassie's train as she and Justin celebrated their wedding.
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The fun bride shows off her little tribute to the Halloween season!
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Something blue...a keepsake tag inside the dress.
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Cassie's Wedding Dress, Part 2: The bodice

10/27/2010

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I've been hard at work on Cassie's wedding dress...and as her wedding is this Saturday, I thought it'd be safe to post some more "in progress" photos, as her future husband will be seeing the finished product in just a few days.

There were a few more bodice fittings, but those pictures are pretty boring, so here are some pictures of the lace being appliqued to the bodice.  A bodice can be made out of solid lace fabric, but appliqueing the lace on this way hides all the seams and makes for a gorgeous finished look.

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Just the middle section completed. Placing all the pieces of lace is kind of like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.
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Carefully sewing each piece of lace to the bodice, careful to avoid all the beads and pearls!
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The lace on the bodice, nearly complete.
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One of the final bodice fittings before the skirt was attached and the zipper sewn in.  Isn't it gorgeous!?
Stay tuned for more on Cassie's wedding dress!
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Bridesmaids Dress Revamp

9/28/2010

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I'm pretty excited about this! This summer my cousin got married and I was a bridesmaid. Melissa, the bride, did a pretty decent job picking out bridesmaids dresses for us: great color, simple strapless A-line dress...nothing offensive at all! :)  Except that sometimes, these solid color dresses just read "bridesmaid."  So, I decided to add some embellishments to it, to see if I could make it wearable again.  I figured I had nothing to lose...if it didn't turn out well, then it would suffer the fate of all my other bridesmaids dresses and remain in my closet indefinitely.

However, I am liking the results!  Here is a preliminary picture. If I do wear it this weekend, I'll try to get some good/better pictures of it!
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I'm debating whether I should keep going with the embellisments, or leave it how it is.  Any thoughts?  I'm loving how it's turning out!!

(Also, let me just say, to all my friend and family brides who might read this: none of you have ever put me in a dress that I didn't like, and I am thankful!!) :)
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Cassie's Wedding Dress, Part 1

9/1/2010

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Well, I've been out of the blogging world for a few days, (I am going to have to set a real routine for myself with this blogging stuff!), but I have a good reason, wedding season!  So, I thought I'd  post about the current wedding dress I'm making!

I wasn't sure about posting throughout the dressmaking process, but I thought it might be interesting for you guys to see the progression of a custom made gown!

This is my future cousin, Cassie.  She's really petite and she had some great dress ideas in mind, so she asked me to make her dress, rather than trying to buy one off the rack. 

We started working out ideas about this time last year, and her wedding is in October.  I got her into the first muslin mock-up a few weeks ago (we went through a few different styles!) and these pictures are from the first time she saw the lace I chose for her skirt.  

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She's wearing the muslin mock-up with her full petticoat, and we're just holding the lace over it to mimic the skirt.  Getting a dress made involves a lot of using-your-imagination during the creation process. :)

The dress will be satin, with lace over the bodice and then this great bordered lace on the skirt.  She chose ivory to match with her great-grandmother's pearls.  She's the only girl on her dad's side of the family, so those pearls are really special to her!  (Of course, I don't have the pearls pictured! Sorry!)

Now that we have the design and fit somewhat finalized, (I say somewhat, because the beauty of making a custom dress is that it can be tweaked all along the way), I will transfer the fit adjustments to the pattern I made, then I can begin to work on cutting and assembling the dress out of the final satin fabric.  

I will keep you posted!!

(I think she looks pretty happy!)

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