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I really wanted to share more pictures and comments along the way.
It is also a great place for clients to share their own pictures and
experiences having me as their seamstress.
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I have to say this one is a very special gown. This one had to be hemmed from the waist. I know you can't see the detail well enough in a picture but this was a challenging situation. It needed to be brought up 4" in the front and nothing in the back. It had a lace and tulle overlay on satin. The satin had to hemmed from the bottom and the lace hand sewn and re-beaded at the waist.
I really liked this dress! To do a bustle on a gown like this, one automatically wants to tie that beautiful sash into a big bow. But, the bride did not want a big bow on her derriere. Honestly, I don't blame her! So we found another solution that proved to be beautiful. We brought up the sashes into their own hidden bustle points.
This was fun! This lovely little flower girl had a dress that was to the floor for the ceremony but needed a little lift for the reception, after all kids are kids! Conveniently the dress was full of pick-ups, so I put a bunch of french bustle points around the bottom of the dress. And of course, they were color coded for Mom's ease. This is also a good display of the way I most commonly do french or underbustles. It reminded me of a white cupcake with sprinkles.
The following pictures I took as an example of someone who really wanted support in this strapless fashion era. She was very pleased with the results.
This gown needed the straps shortened which posed a slight problem. The straps that cross originally hooked on the top of the two side hooks. If only shortened, the straps would have crossed over her shoulder blades causing the straps to look not only unbalanced and unsightly but uncomfortable. So by attaching the supporting straps on the bottom hooks, the accenting strap on the top, and repositioning the beaded applique we solved the problem.
When a girl loves a dress, she loves a dress! What do you do when a client just has to have a certain dress but it's way too small to be let out -- lace up back to the rescue! Unfortunately I did not get before shots of this dress, but it simply zipped up the back. I took out the zipper, made spaghetti straps for the loops, covered a back board with hem scraps, located a matching lace that just happened to be extra at the bridal shop and voila, a dress that fits!