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2014-03-13 (Thursday ( Read more... )

Y’all! Thank you so much for your feedback in my last post. You had several good points, so much so that I ended up cutting out BOTH cups out of my real fabric (I have plenty), to see what it would look like. I didn’t pay particular attention to layout, and, as a result, some of my splotches look a wee bit funky, but overall, I was surprised at ( Read more... )

Ugh. Y’all. Sooo close. I’ve been saying that, but damn!

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Squeee!!!!! I got my dress form in last night!!!

Teaser . . .


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So, I was fixing to lay out my fabric last night, and I took one last look at my pattern. My custom, from-scratch, so-mocked-up pattern. And I compared it with my sketch (remember that?) and realized I’d forgotten about drafting that front diagonal, from the underbust to the bottom center-front. So I drew a slanting line on my mockup, not too ( Read more... )

2014-03-03 (Monday ( Read more... )

Okay, further (minute) progress on my wedding dress build ( Read more... )

Oh, poor little neglected LJ. I really should work on keeping you more updated, but seems like few people read and/or comment. Oh, well ( Read more... )

Hello community! I am coming up for air and rest after a month and a half of non-stop sewing. I accepted a custom corset wedding dress commission at the beginning of January for a wedding Valentines Day weekend (yesterday was the wedding), and then let my weak-willed heart sucker me into an 11th-hour wedding dress for a friend whose fiancé was ( Read more... )