After my terrible nightmare last week, I cut out the muslin for my friend’s wedding dress and had it assembled in one evening. Then I had to wait. She was out of town and couldn’t come try it on until tonight. Fortunately, I haven’t had any more wedding dress nightmares in the mean time! And tonight, I should be able to dream happy wedding dress dreams because the dress fits her like…well a good dream!! I was amazed, absolutely amazed, and she was ecstatic. I have two very minor, minor adjustments to make to the pattern. So minor I can’t even describe it. She had so many concerns about the way she wanted to look in a dress, and this dress was the absolute perfect style for her. All her concerns vanished under the drape of the fabric. If you are ever concerned about getting a good fit in a dress (ladies that is!) pick one with princess seams.
I’ll cut out the actual dress this week and begin to construct it. Now I just need to pay close attention and say many prayers that I don’t do something silly like melt the fabric with my iron. Looow settings, looow iron settings, and a pressing cloth please!
This dress will definitely be added to my New Things in ’08 list. Let alone have I never really made a garment for anyone outside of my immediate family (toddlers and babies not included) I’ve certainly never tackled anything so important as a dress for a bride!
Yeah I knew you could do it and not many adjustments way to go! The first time I did a wedding dress we were overseas and the selection of material wasn’t all that great. One of the girls in the party was pregnant and she was stateside and wasn’t coming back til just before the wedding we had no idea how big she was going to be so we made extra room in the seams for adjustments. Then there was the time I had to make 6 bridemaid dresses for girls from everywhere. I only got to see one to measure the rest we had to guess and make a muslim and mail it to them for adjustmets. It always made me nervous but God always came through and everything ended up perfect.
I did learn from the best! 🙂