Suspenders: History and Fixing My Dad’s
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It’s shock­ing to think that some­thing which seems so basic as sus­penders, could be traced back to a designer/inventor! Sus­penders were first invent­ed by Albert Thurston in the ear­ly 19th cen­tu­ry in Hay­mar­ket, Lon­don. Because the sus­penders  allowed men to wear high-rise dress pants while remain­ing hid­den under a jack­et (almost like an under­gar­ment piece),  they  grew in pop­u­lar­i­ty among the upper­class and roy­als and even­tu­al­ly grew into a house hold name....

Tying the Knot(s): Last Minute Sewing and Hand Stitching Before the Wedding
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Beige Silk Wool Mother of the Bride Dress Marusya

The week­end began with late night sewing and an art show. (Yes- I was in an art show with all this work ahead of me! I inad­ver­tent­ly reg­is­tered for the event last spring before I real­ized I had 2 wed­dings one week after the show!) Despite the lack of time & prepa­ra­tion, the day was very nice & successful!   Less than 5 days until the wed­ding! (Only 2 more work...

Wedding Attire Update
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10 Days until the wedding! Time is run­ning out and we’ve resort­ed to plan B: Kate wears this. What do you think? Total­ly Jok­ing! This well endowed dress was con­coct­ed at my sis­ter’s bridal/lingerie show­er . It was too fun­ny to not share with you! This activity/game was so much fun! I high­ly rec­om­mend it to any­one throw­ing a bridal show­er (espe­cial­ly for the seam­stress­es out there)! “News­pa­per Wed­ding Gown” Rules:  Split the par­ty into 5 teams....

Sewing a Wedding Dress
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Sewing wedding dress

Week 3 of My Sis­ter’s Wed­ding Dress Last week was packed full of work, projects & fun! Again I’m find­ing it extreme­ly dif­fi­cult to sit down and write a full post to guide you through week 3 of the wed­ding dress build. But here goes… First, I fin­ished stitch­ing the hem using a rolled hem­ming foot. I typ­i­cal­ly hand stitch my hems, but due to lack of time and the silk being...

Mother of the Bride Dress…Ready Set Go!
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My sis­ter and I picked up the silk/wool fab­ric for my mom. It will look beau­ti­ful on her olive tint­ed skin! And even bet­ter, the silk wool will look beau­ti­ful and breathe very nicely. My mom owns a blue shift dress that fits her extreme­ly well. I will attempt to cre­ate a pat­tern from this blue dress or (since the dress is a basic shift dress) I may even draft...

Bridesmaid Dress: A Little Something For Myself
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We are get­ting clos­er by the day, and there is so much sewing to be done that it’s actu­al­ly start­ing to feel like work (just a lit­tle bit). Tak­ing a break to make my own dress is the per­fect med­i­cine…my excite­ment is ful­ly restored and I am back to the draft­ing table! My sis­ter and her fiancé will have no bridal par­ty, only their two wit­ness­es. Tra­di­tion­al­ly, they are called “atten­dants”. But...