Five Handmade Bridesmaids’ Dresses! (B6453, M6713, M7350)

The official wedding photos are back from my uncle’s wedding! And I got permission from the photographer Chelsea (at Storied Exposure) to use any photos I wanted on the blog, so here we are. 🙂 Chelsea was really lovely to work with and really put everyone at ease during the event. You can check her out on her Facebook page…
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Chambray Aubépine Dress (For My Mum!)

I’m nearly done all the dresses for my uncle’s wedding, which is six days from today (August 25!). I had the final fitting for the final bridesmaid dress today, and had to cut ten inches off the hem and change the armhole shape a bit. I’ll get to those alterations in the next couple days. But the sixth dress I…
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Making Bridesmaids’ Dresses, Pt. 2

I’m here to give an update on the bridesmaids’ dresses situation! I’ve deviated from my original plan of trace patterns > make test versions > do fittings > make final versions. I get bored by rigid plans and routines and so I’ve been jumping around a bit. As I wrote about before, I did get all the tracing done before…
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Making Bridesmaids’ Dresses, Pt. 1

My uncle and his fiancĂ©e approached me a few months ago to ask if I would be willing to make the bridesmaids’ dresses for their wedding in August 2018. They were going to pay me, and each bridesmaid would pay for their share of the materials used. I said yes, but that I’d like to do the labour/sewing as my…
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