While sewing a lace overlay over a strapless bodice is quite involved for a woman’s dress, sewing one for a little girl is pretty simple. In the past, I’ve only made dresses like this for women and they involves creating a structured, boned corset under a lace overlay. It is very time consuming! But not […]
Sewing a French Bustle or Underbustle
I finished the dress with three days to spare and all went well at the wedding. I had packed my needle and thread just to make sure I could remedy any mishaps that might occur at the wedding, but it was smooth sailing! One couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful setting for a reception […]
Sewing a Chantilly lace overlay A delicate subject
Hello readers. After a two month break from blogging I did miss it. It’s the first long break I’ve taken since 2010 when I started blogging. It’s nice to be back. I’ve been taking my time with the latest project and haven’t been working on any other projects this past summer. Except for working with […]
Drafting a lace bodice over bustier from scratch: Rosarios first muslin
Hi readers! I have a new sewing adventure this week. Isabelle’s classmate from high school, the lovely Rosario, is getting married! I’ve know her since she was a tween, and boy does time fly, doesn’t it? Rosario already bought a dress at BHLDN in Beverly Hills but after that, she realized she didn’t like it […]
Links to over twenty in print bridal gown sewing patterns!
Hi readers! As some of you know , I take bridal gown commissions from time to time when something interesting comes my way. While I’m not pursuing a bona fide business, I decided not to, I am working on something now that I’ll be blogging about soon! I mostly end up drafting or draping my […]
Queen Victoria Wedding Dress Trendsetter
Many people assume that the tradition of getting married in a white wedding gown is an ancient one. But actually, it’s a relatively recent idea, and only became popular in the latter half of the 1800’s. For this, we have Britain’s Queen Victoria to thank . She was actually quite the wedding fashion trendsetter! Queen […]
Adding A Lace Overlay To A Strapless Wedding Gown:Thread tracing and applique seams on lace
Annie came to me back in March about making her wedding gown. Annie is Maria’s cousin, the young woman I made the lace wedding gown for a couple of years ago. I was super busy at the time, and wasn’t sure if I could swing making a full dress for Annie. I had a play […]
Wedding Dress link up Party!
Hi everyone and welcome to the wedding dress link up party! For the last couple of months I was making a wedding gown and thought it would be a fun way to wrap up the whole project with a photo party of readers’ dresses through the decades. Let’s start from the newest to the oldest […]
Wedding Dress : Finished !
I finally finished Maria’s dress. I didn’t get any photos of her in it but it does looks beautiful on her. I’ll have to wait for the wedding pictures. I added horsehair braid to the hem of the lace to make it more crisp. Everything that was made on this dress was learned either from […]
Wedding Dress Tutorial Links
Hi everyone. Well, I have wrapped up my wedding gown project and will be posting some final pictures soon and I’m ready to move on to something else. I did want to share with you some great links and tutorials on wedding sewing I have found during my wedding dress sewing process. If you should […]