Recent­ly, I cre­at­ed a cus­tom #5810 ivory alen­con lace wed­ding bolero for a bride in Colorado. 

The top­per’s neck­line was made to show off the lace’s beau­ti­ful scal­lop edge. 

It took a cou­ple mock-ups and a few adjust­ments before I nailed down the final design and fit. 

The pho­to above shows the last mock-up, before the final cut. As you can see, I need­ed to take it in a bit in the cen­ter back.

I spent hours cut­ting and hand sewing appliqué to fin­ish the seams and hem. I also added appliqué if I thought there was too much open space on the lace. 

I left the bodice side seams and inner arm seams free of hand sewn appliqué. I did this so that future alter­ations would be easy. 

Thank you, Katherine!