Hi all you wonderful crafting & sewing fellows!
It’s crazy, I haven’t posted anything in here for years, but the great big white deserves a mention, methinks 😉
My inspirations for this dress was all over the place. I was looking at Edwardian wedding gowns, 1930’s drapes and flowy sleeves, 1950’s circle skirts and 1970’s hippie layers and lace stuff… You can imagine the confusion and headaches I had over design choices!
In the end I went for a completely self drafted design, with added details from all the periods I was inspired by, and I think it worked pretty well! I used my standard bodice pattern for starters, cut it up to find the “perfect seam lines” (and of course that meant having a seven-piece bodice. Smart), and then made a few muslins to try to perfect it.
The skirt is four layers – four different fabrics – full circle.
For a bunch more pictures, come over here:Â http://sewewellyn.blogspot.se/2015/12/finally-wedding-dress-pictures.html
And here’s the post with some of my inspiration:Â http://sewewellyn.blogspot.se/2015/05/wedding-dress-inspiration.html