Here is a recap and some final pictures of my dress
The final product:
top detail
By the way whoever got us the portable wine cups in the red box thank you!(there was no card attached.)
side detail
Back detail
The back after the wedding (One of the pick-ups was accidentally taken out and there are a couple of holes chewed in the organza thanks to a certain evil cat >:()
top detail
My advice and what I would have done differently:
If you are planning on making your own wedding dress it will be easier if you:
1. Try making any kind of formal dress that requires boning. Specifically if you have never made a formal dress and aren't sure how to structure it. I would suggest buying any pattern and going through the steps so that you understand how formal dresses are made.
2. Work with the fabric you will be using on your dress before you start your dress. Even if you just make a little hand bag out of the same material, it is good to get a feel for what the fabric is like.
3. Make sure you are using the right kind of thread and needle for the material. This will save you a lot of headaches!
4. If you have never worked on a specific element that will be on your dress practice first! (ie. zippers, buttons, beading, etc.)
If I could do it again I would have...
1. Used panels for the top part and the zipper would have been in back so the dress wouldn't have looked so bulky from the side. Instead I used one big piece of taffeta underneath one big piece of organza and put the zipper down the side so that I could get the diagonal gathers.
2. Pinned a lot more when I attached the organza to the taffeta. I pinned a lot but not enough! There was too much organza which made the dress look bulky :(
3. Paid more attention when I was attaching the bottom organza to the top so as not to catch pieces that should not have been attached. I accidentally sewed more organza right where the beading is along the front than I intended which made the dress tighter in that area. Instead of taking those stitches out and trying again, I sewed the beading on and squeezed into it which made the dress look even worse from the side than it already did.
4. Spent more time on it!! I really wish that I would not have waited so long to put the lining and zipper in because then I could have had more time for everything else and some of my mistakes would have been fixed.
5. Planned on putting boning for structure in and done it right from the beginning. I did end up adding boning to hold my dress up but I should have done it right and added the boning to my lining before attaching the lining to the dress. This would have saved me such a headache!
6. Lastly, I would have kept my dress far far away from my sisters' room mates' cat.
I hope my blog is helpful to at least on person out there! I think I will continue to blog about my sewing adventures for those interested in hearing about them :) I am out of town until further notice so until I make it back to my sewing machine I may just post about hooping :)
Side Note: hooping is fun!
Thanks for reading!
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