Handmade Lace and Silk Wedding Dress

Couture lace silk wedding dress

Pub­lished 08/28/2013 Writ­ten By My Father: A busy sum­mer got busier with the mar­riage of our daugh­ter Katie last Sun­day. It was a beau­ti­ful day with con­tri­bu­tions made by many fam­i­ly and friends, and I would be remiss if I did­n’t acknowl­edge a few that I have not already thanked publicly. The good peo­ple of St. Michael’s Ukrain­ian Catholic Church were extra­or­di­nar­i­ly hos­pitable, and its choir excep­tion­al as they wel­comed...

Ukrainian Bridesmaid Dress

Ukrainian bridesmaid dress

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

how to sew your own bridesmaid dress

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...