Showing posts with label Bridesmaid dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bridesmaid dress. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Bridesmaid Dress

Here in the land of Sew Ariane I have been asked to be a bridesmaid in an upcoming wedding scheduled for March. The bride let us choose our own dress, the only constraints were that it had to be black and knee length. So I decided that I would like to make my own! I basically have everything planned, along with the fabric, underlining, and lining.

Here is my inspiration dress~
Ok well I couldn't get this picture to show on here so I am sorry but you will have to click here to look at the Inspiration Dress!
Now here is the two patterns that I am planning to morph together to get this look.
New Look 6644 and 6589
On the 6644 I would like to take the top bodice part and then on the 6589 I would like to take fitted empire gored skirt and put these two together to make the dress.
For fabrics I am using Silk Dupioni underlined with Silk Organza and Lined with China Silk. Just to let you all know I DO plan to wear this dress MORE than ONCE. So over at patternreview.com I posted a question on how to pre-treat the silk dupioni. It can be seen here, if anyone has suggestions please let me know!
I also thought about entering this dress in PatternReviews RTW Knock-Off contest. I guess I will see how the muslin goes. Wish me luck!