Welcome back to Making my Wedding Dress. Today I’m finally getting down to the real deal, making the actual dress. It’s a wordy one without too many visuals since looking back at my photos, there’s a lot of tea and not a lot of technique!
Read MoreBy now I was happy enough with my toile to begin and cut out the real thing. Eeek! As mentioned in Part II - Selecting my Fabric, I decided to go with a beautiful silk triple crepe for the main dress. I decided to line it in silk habotai and interlined it with silk organza.
Read MoreWe’re all being encouraged to slow down. Yes, it’s popular and on-trend to be all about #slowliving but it’s something I feel is actually important.
Read MoreI was a little hesitant to make my own dress at first. I had pretty harsh memories of still sewing my Debs dress at 2am the night before the event and absolutely hating the dress by the time I put it on me.
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