Ivory Silk Cocktail Dress

ivory silk cocktail dress

Pub­lished 07/19/2013 Pat­tern: Vogue 8848 Mate­ri­als: 1 yard of Twill Silk 1/2 of Silk Charmeuse (I found it on super Clearance!) 1- 18″ White Invis­i­ble Zipper 3 yards of Inter­fac­ing (20″ wide) 1 1/2 yards Lin­ing fabric Wash­able Mark­ing Pen Sewing Machine & Scissors Silk Cocktail Dress I fell in love with this silk twill fab­ric! I chose this pat­tern because 1) it had a fuller skirt and required very lit­tle fab­ric 2)...

Ivory Alencon Lace Bolero Topper for Bride

A custom ivory/white bridal wedding alencon lace topper bolero jacket with three quarter long sleeves and off the shoulder with scallop neckline for winter/fall

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...