Kelsey’s Champagne Nude Silk Wool and Ivory Lace Wedding Rehearsal Dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

As I watched Kelsey mak­ing sure every guest at her wed­ding was hav­ing a good time, well fed, and com­fort­able, I couldn’t help but smile and rem­i­nisce. Some things nev­er change.

After my first year of col­lege at a small pri­vate uni­ver­si­ty in my home­town, I trans­ferred to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan. I was very ner­vous that I wouldn’t be able to find my place at such a large and com­pet­i­tive uni­ver­si­ty. Yet, in my very first class at Michi­gan (which was a small sem­i­nar that I had no busi­ness being in…must have been fate), I met Kelsey and Michi­gan felt less intimidating.

Kelsey, being her kind and friend­ly self, came right up to me and our friend­ship began. We had so much in com­mon. We were both ath­letes, Mid­west girls, and dri­ven. Kelsey’s friends, team­mates and fam­i­ly quick­ly became my friends (and even room­mates) at Michigan!

So when Kelsey asked me to make her wed­ding rehearsal dress, I was more than hap­py and thrilled to oblige! It was per­fect to do this for her because she was one of my very first sup­port­ers and wrist­let owners!

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

After look­ing over designs and fab­rics, Kelsey and I came up with this dress design.

The dress is based off of Burdastyle’s Design­er Pat­ter 1/2014 #124. I made some adjust­ments to the bodice and fit of the dress.

I used ivory alen­con flo­ral lace and nude 100% silk jer­sey for the bodice and cham­pagne silk/wool and silk charmeuse for the skirt.

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

I absolute­ly LOVED the bodice and upper skirt!!

Orig­i­nal­ly, all the skirt pan­els were silk/wool.

But unfor­tu­nate­ly, the silk/wool pan­els flared out and (accord­ing to my sis­ters) the skirt looked very space age with the silk wool bot­tom half.

So ulti­mate­ly, I switched out the silk/wool with a cham­pagne silk charmeuse I found in my fab­ric stash. If I had more time, I would have found a dif­fer­ent mate­r­i­al for the low­er half of the skirt! (I would’ve found a stiffer mate­r­i­al that did­n’t wrin­kle easily.)

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

KELSEY’S REVIEW:

Ana­gras­sia dress­es are one-of-a-kind! If you are want­i­ng a unique dress that will fit your every curve and flat­ter your body—no mat­ter the shape—Anagrassia is exact­ly what you need. Mary Grace will sketch a design based on your pref­er­ence, and her artis­tic per­spec­tive, and she will even involve you in the selec­tion of the fab­ric if you so desire. Her cloth­ing is stun­ning, classy, chic, and fun all at the same time. She made my rehearsal dress for the night before my wed­ding. It was nice to have a unique vari­a­tion oth­er than all white. I received so many com­pli­ments and felt like a bride!”

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dressWedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress
Hand stitched hem

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Wedding rehearsal champagne silk wool jersey ivory alencon lace dress

Thanks for reading!

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2 thoughts on “Kelsey’s Champagne Nude Silk Wool and Ivory Lace Wedding Rehearsal Dress

  1. Carol Knutson

    The dress was AMAZING! Every­one that saw a pic­ture of Kelsey in the dress could not believe her good friend made it. She was a glow­ing bride on rehearsal night.
    Mary Grace, thanks so much for mak­ing her wed­ding so SPECIAL!

    Reply

    1. marusya

      Thanks so much Car­ol! I was so hon­ored to have made her the dress. She was so beau­ti­ful in the dress and on her wed­ding day! 

      And I will have to come vis­it again! I LOVED LOVED LOVED Iowa!!! ????

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