Hi all! My New Year’s resolution is to give more time to crafting, including posting what I have made! I was on Craftster a long time ago (but mainly a lurker), so hope to be more regular here.
I am from the UK, and my best friend recently got married in the San Francisco area, so I wanted to make a dress which was super special to wear at her wedding.
I don’t really like using patterns, so I draped this. I based it on a dress I’d seen one of the women wearing on Selling Sunset (love that show!), and also a wrap dress I wore to a wedding the year before. I’d originally planned for the dress to be full length all the way around with a split up one side, but I ran out of material and had to adapt it.
I was so pleased with how it turned out - I made myself do all the sewing properly and made sure I didn’t cut corners. I also did my first automated buttonhole which I was really excited about!
The location for the wedding was absolutely gorgeous! The three of us girls from the UK all wore blue, (which was completely unplanned) and so we were dubbed the bride’s “something blue”!
I am getting married (in the UK) in October this year, and will be making my wedding dress! Eek!
Oh wow…you did a phenomenal job on that dress. It fits you perfectly! Congrats on your upcoming nuptials…and I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your wedding dress.
That dress looks absolutely gorgeous on you! I’m so impressed you made it without a pattern (I’m so impressed you made your own dress full stop!). How lovely that you were your friend’s ‘something blue’.
@Immaculata thank-you! It’s just a bit daunting, and I tend to put things off until the last minute!
@loves2experiment thank-you! I have decided to use a pattern for my wedding dress and have bought it and cut the paper pieces out so far. I just need to get some old sheets to make a practise run and then I can buy the expensive material!
You did a beautiful job and it looks gorgeous on you, bravo! You are ready to tackle your own wedding dress for sure, give yourself plenty of time and have fun with it. We’ll all be excited to see your final creation I’m sure :).
This is a beautiful dress! You did an amazing job. I love everything about it, the cut, color, design. I can’t wait to see what your wedding dress looks like!
Love how you constructed this dress. Absolutely beautiful!
Lynx
(In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)
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Welcome to LC! Thank you for posting such a gorgeous dress. I mean, it’s fab. You look so happy and beautiful in it.
Can’t wait to see your dress. I made my wedding dress many years ago (with a LOT of help from my husband’s grandma) and it was a very simple pattern (probably easier than your dress here). I’m sure yours will be magical.