Projects from the Past: Wedding Rehearsal Dress & Silk Floral Dress

Over 2 years ago, I made my sis­ter’s wed­ding rehearsal dress. I used Vogue’s V8766 pattern. I used ivory raw silk for the under­lay, poly bridal lace for the over­lay, and a light­weight ivory poly­ester fab­ric for the lining. This dress was pret­ty heavy from all the layers! I adjust­ed the pat­tern to have thin straps and short­er hem length. Also, I did not attach the sleeves to the raw...

Traditional Maltese Lacemaking

Recent­ly my dad took a busi­ness trip to Mal­ta & Gozo, islands off the coast of Italy in the Mediter­ranean.  Mal­ta & Gozo are well-known for their tra­di­tion­al bob­bin lace called “bizzil­la.” So when my dad first told me he was trav­el­ing to Mal­ta, I imme­di­ate­ly request­ed that he return home with Mal­tese lace and video footage of the Mal­tese lace­mak­ers in the streets! Many years ago, I remem­ber an old­er...