Several of my nieces follow me on Instagram. When I was making my Mood Lace Project Dress, one of my nieces took particular interest because she wanted to have her prom dress made instead of buying one at retail. So after contacting me earlier this month, we met to discuss what she was looking for in a prom dress. This is a quick sketch of what we decided upon...
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My niece's parents are Pastors and I was struck by how she repeatedly said that she wanted an elegant dress that wouldn't disrespect her parents' ministry or the congregants. Wow! How many 17 year olds do you find that have that kind of thought process?! After looking at the pattern companies online together, she chose this dress pattern (Butterick 4343) as a starting point...
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I found some swatches at Mood's NYC store. Then after some back and forth she finally settled on a fabric. I made a quick trip to Mood Friday evening to pick up the fabric and a coordinating trim. This is what came home with me...
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Sunday was the first fitting of the dress. The base of the dress is a beautiful medium weight silk crepe back satin. I picked the embellished lace based upon my conversations with my niece. So I was a little nervous about her seeing the dress and it's components since she'd only seen a fabric swatch. I was also concerned about stitching the dress together for the fitting. Silk can be a little temperamental to work with and I didn't want to leave stitching holes in the fabric.
After routing through the stash, I found a spool of silk thread (gotta remember to buy more!) which I used to make a sample seam. I stitched it. I pressed it and then I removed the stitches and pressed it again. No noticeable damage. So I proceeded with machine basting the pieces together after cutting them out.
Here are pictures from the fitting...
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We (my niece, my SIL and my DD) were all thrilled with what I have so far. She has asked for one sleeve. So I will find a sleeve pattern to pair with the dress. Everyone loved the embellished lace - bigsighofrelief! So this is what I will be working on during my five day Memorial Day weekend.
...as always more later!
My niece's parents are Pastors and I was struck by how she repeatedly said that she wanted an elegant dress that wouldn't disrespect her parents' ministry or the congregants. Wow! How many 17 year olds do you find that have that kind of thought process?! After looking at the pattern companies online together, she chose this dress pattern (Butterick 4343) as a starting point...
I found some swatches at Mood's NYC store. Then after some back and forth she finally settled on a fabric. I made a quick trip to Mood Friday evening to pick up the fabric and a coordinating trim. This is what came home with me...
A med wt silk crepe back satin & an embellished mint lace
Sunday was the first fitting of the dress. The base of the dress is a beautiful medium weight silk crepe back satin. I picked the embellished lace based upon my conversations with my niece. So I was a little nervous about her seeing the dress and it's components since she'd only seen a fabric swatch. I was also concerned about stitching the dress together for the fitting. Silk can be a little temperamental to work with and I didn't want to leave stitching holes in the fabric.
After routing through the stash, I found a spool of silk thread (gotta remember to buy more!) which I used to make a sample seam. I stitched it. I pressed it and then I removed the stitches and pressed it again. No noticeable damage. So I proceeded with machine basting the pieces together after cutting them out.
Here are pictures from the fitting...
We (my niece, my SIL and my DD) were all thrilled with what I have so far. She has asked for one sleeve. So I will find a sleeve pattern to pair with the dress. Everyone loved the embellished lace - bigsighofrelief! So this is what I will be working on during my five day Memorial Day weekend.
...as always more later!