Published August 8, 2013 “Made in Honor” Dress The maid of honor dress for my sister’s wedding ( tomorrow) will be extra special! The top portion of the dress was my babcha’s Ukrainian embroidery. After my babcha passed away, my aunt gave me some of my babcha’s unfinished embroidery. At first, I was torn on what I should make out of it. So I left the embroidery aside until I was...
Bridesmaid Dress Progress: Excitement and Discontent
Posted September 9, 2013 Part of the Katie’s DIY Wedding Series Floral Bridesmaid Dress Patterns: McCall’s 6518, Simplicity 1606 Needles Broken through this project: 1 I couldn’t wait to get started on this project! Every week that I saw the fabric laying next to the other fabrics, I itched to get started patterning, cutting and sewing! I loved the colors with all the other fabrics, jewelry, shoes, and threads! Below we...
Blue Bridesmaid Dress
A couple weeks ago, a lady asked me to (literally) whip up a bridesmaid dress for her! Published on November 27, 2013 Blue Bridesmaid Dress with Bow and Sleeves On Sunday, she approached me and asked if I could make her a blue bridesmaid dress before her wedding on Saturday. Her original dress no longer fit her and the style/quality didn’t suit the occasion. I told her if she bought the fabric and pattern before...
Retro Dress
Buy Dress Pattern here Spaghetti Strap Party Dress Easter Dress 2014: Mad Men, Retro & Babcha Inspired Published 03/16/2014 A Few Notes About the Video Before I begin sharing my project, I want say thank you to my old friend from Notre Dame friend, Pat McKillen. He gave me permission to use his song Found for my video. Even though it’s one of his older songs, it’s still one of my favorites as...