Projects from the Past: Wedding Rehearsal Dress & Silk Floral Dress

Over 2 years ago, I made my sis­ter’s wed­ding rehearsal dress. I used Vogue’s V8766 pattern. I used ivory raw silk for the under­lay, poly bridal lace for the over­lay, and a light­weight ivory poly­ester fab­ric for the lining. This dress was pret­ty heavy from all the layers! I adjust­ed the pat­tern to have thin straps and short­er hem length. Also, I did not attach the sleeves to the raw...

Mother of the Bride Dress, Jacket & Shawl

 I met Jimi­ta last year because of my sewing skills! I met her when my friend invit­ed me to join the Junior League Hol­i­day Ball Com­mit­tee (which Jimi­ta was a mem­ber of). Basi­cal­ly my role as a com­mit­tee mem­ber was to help dec­o­rate and sew the table­cloths for the cock­tail tables at the din­ner event.  Dur­ing our last Hol­i­day Ball Com­mit­tee meet­ing, Jimi­ta asked me to make her dress for...