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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...
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...
I quickly finished my “Maid of Honor” dress before the wedding. I didn’t have the time or energy to think hard about what kind of top I should design. Instead, I free handed a simple bodice pattern for the top portion of the dress. I plan to use the embroidery piece for a more traditional Ukrainian blouse, so I wasn’t too concerned about fit or quality. The skirt hemline was...
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...
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...