Make a wedding dress

When you're shopping for your wedding dress, remember that the gown's material is just as important as its cut or embellishments. Confused about the differences between tulle and organza? Here, we put together a comprehensive glossary of wedding dress fabrics and materials to help guide your shopping experience.

In this post, we’re taking a couture techniques deep dive into the hand sewing that was involved in sewing the bodice of my wedding dress! two lines of basting stitches, three layers of silk, and one very pretty result!

These wedding dress sewing patterns will make your big day special. Find the best pattern to sew to create the dress of your dreams.

On a budget and planning a wedding? Maybe sewing your dress would be an option for you. Here are FREE wedding dress patterns that might get you your best dress. Good luck.

Americans spend on average $33,391 on their wedding day. And while most lovebirds are willing to pay $540 on average for the cake, the wedding gown can set them back $1,509. If the pair are high spenders, the budget for the dress can soar up to $3,158, according to a study by The Knot.

Last week my littlest came across our wedding album for the first time. She was captivated as she carefully turned each page and studied each photograph. She took it to bed with her and flipped through the pages as she grew drowsy. That night I found it placed carefully on her nightstand. There’s something magical about weddings, but for three-year-old little girls, one thing holds all the magic.The dress.

Hi wonderful community! Are you thinking of making your own dress? If you are, I admire you! Here are a few steps to get you started to make your own dress: STEP 1: PICK YOUR PATTERN STEP 2: PICK YOUR FABRIC You can take a look at this discussion to...

This DIY tutorial will show you how to change a zipper to a lace up back. You'll also learn to make your own corset back panel.

If you’re interested in learning how to make your own wedding dress stick around! I’m going to take you through what I did to make my wedding dress and give you my best tips now that I’ve done it.

Hello Darlings! While I don’t share much of personal details on this blog (we gathered here for sewing and nothing else, right?), but the event that took place on June 1st is just too significant not to share - after getting engaged on midnight of New Years, on the first day of Summer I got married! For this very special occasion, I decided I would make my own dress - though far from perfect, it was so true to my essence, that it made me feel even more special on the big day. I started…

Wondering how to pick a wedding dress that’ll make you feel confident and beautiful? Check out our guide.

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I have a few refashioning projects to showcase this month. One of the things I like about refashioning garments, is that there is usually a story involved. The projects come with a shot of nostalgia. Back in April I previewed a wedding dress I had taken on as a refashioning project. Our bride Jamie really wanted to wear her mother's wedding dress. I don't think she actually liked the dress all that much (and her fiance actively disliked it), but she really liked the idea of wearing something…

Every brides dream is to have an amazing princess wedding gown with a long impressive train or an incredible mermaid wedding gown with a complex lace or tulle train. This is the perfect look for th…

AMBER TIFF| fashion & beauty 👼 on Instagram: "Day 9/12- who remembers my bridal shower dress?👀‼️ this was such a fun idea to incorporate my dress into decor! Linking everything on my Amazon sf under “wedding diy” FOLLOW along for the diy series leading up to our big day!!✨💍‼️ #weddingdiy #weddinginspo #weddingideas #weddingplanningidea #diyseries #diy #bridaldiy #bridalshowerdress #dressdiy"

Mackenzie on Instagram: "MIL gifted me her old wedding dress to upcycle into mine so here’s part 1 of how I gently took it apart something special to her to turn into something special for me ❤️ I’d also like to personally thank @abba , @disney @disneyplus , and @critical_role for getting me through this intense project ❤️ . There was a lot to cover so I did have to breeze over some parts. The parts that are new are the sheer corset since I love corsets so much and some of the beaded…