New bride blog series: Sewing for Sally
Sally is someone special. Back in December, I got an email from a dear friend named Sally that I had lost touch with. The subject line: “dear lord i’m getting married…” I met Sally back when I was getting my Master’s Degree in Costume Construction from UNC-Chapel Hill. At the time, Sally was an undergraduate […]
Meet Erin: My Seersucker Summer Bride!
As it starts to get cold, it sure is nice to think about summer! Gin and tonics… BLTs… beach trips… seersucker… Earlier this year, I worked with a bride who got married on the beach in June. I’m excited to share the story of the design and creation of Erin’s custom wedding dress![separator] Bride-to-be Erin contacted […]
The Making of my Mom’s 50th Anniversary Dress
During all the transitions and projects of 2014, I created a very special dress that I’d love to share with you. It was for my beautiful mom. She and my dad have been married for 50 years.
Inspirations and Sketches for Diane’s Bridal Ensemble
Diane and her fiancé met me at my home studio for our Design Consultation just before the New Year. We talked a lot about what she was looking for in a wedding ensemble and her preferences in colors and fabrics. It would be an evening Spring wedding and the ceremony would be outdoors at Fearrington Village […]
Do you follow?
So much has been happening lately with me and my business! Are you following along? Did you know that I’ve just moved out of the Sewing Room in my home (where I’ve been working for the past 8 years) into a brand new Sewing Room in the Eno River Mill? My hero/husband and I have been renovating and moving every […]
My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 1- Design and Draft)
Whenever I attend a wedding in which I made the bride’s dress, I always try to also make the dress that I am wearing. Inevitably, someone attending the wedding will ask the dressmaker about her own clothing: “Did you make this too?” I feel like the answer should be “Yes”. Bonus: I get a cool […]
Loula’s custom wedding dress sketch!
THE ONE! From the many images that we shared with each other on Pinterest, down to the two preliminary sketches, we finally ended up with ^this^ revised sketch as THE design for Loula’s custom wedding dress. Basically this new design is a bit of a simplified version of the best of both of the […]
Two Sketches for Loula’s custom wedding dress
After playing around adding images to our Pinterest group board, I narrowed the inspirations for Loula’s custom wedding dress down a bit. I added our absolute favorites into a Pinterest board called “For Loula (for Real).” I began to see that there were two competing styles: an architectural style and a romantic style. Since there […]
Getting Inspired!
I visited my best friend Loula in New Orleans late last year to start delving into creating her custom wedding dress. We had each been using Pinterest to share favorite images, and now it was time to sort through them a bit, take some measurements, and (a first for both of us) go to bridal […]
