Here’s a little peek at what I’ve been working on this week…I’ve been filling lots of orders for this dress, which is a fun one, but very labor intensive.
This part takes forever. After making each strip individually, they are carefully placed on the dress’s base and woven at the bust.
Once all the strips are pinned on, I play a fun game called “Does that look symmetrical to you?” (In reality, this game is actually…not fun.) Then I sew them each on one at a time while making sure the stitching is directly in the center of each meandering line.
The next step is to make and attach the hidden bustier, which gives the dress its structured, va-va-voom fit.
The finished product! Ta-daaaaa!
There you have it!
Happily Yours,
CH
When I am rich and famous, I will only wear your clothes. So amazing!
That’s a beautiful design! Thanks for sharing a “behind the scenes” look with us. I really like this kind of post. Hope to see more like these.
Take care!
That dress is GORGEOUS! You are very talented!
Absolutely Beautiful! Love it!
That was sweet to share with us. Looks like tons of fun to make. Hours of pinning and minutes to sew
You do have talent! – Now I have to go blog about this to share with my sewing friends.
Enjoy your sewing moments ~ Cindy
Carol,
Awe I love this, we get to see how you actually sew these dresses together. Thank you because I am not the best sewer but through others I am learning!
Your dress is amazing and beautiful.
Susan
Also, where are your dresses going to be available? Like only botiques? Specality Stores? Upscale Stores?
Thanks!
Susan
You, my dear, are amazing! The dresses you make are super fab and I am so glad you shared that lovely with us.
Another absolutely fabulous dress.
Low and behold you’re being copied on Project Runway. So many bodices were similar to yours last night.
This dress is amazing! I love how you showed the steps involved in making it. I, too, hope you have some time to do more posts like this!
Thanks you guys! I will try to do more posts like this one in the future for sure.
Susan- Check the “stores” tab at the top of the site for locations. More are coming soon.
So elegant and beautiful! Wonderful attention to detail. Fabulous modern update to the classic “little black dress”! You rocked it!
Love the dress and the peek into the behind the scenes process. Hope you will do more posts like this, it’s exciting to see more of what you guys really do. How do you source your fabrics for you items?
W-O-W. First of all that’s a glorious dress I only wish I had the balls to wear. Second, I appreciate you sharing part of your world with us. Very cool
What a gorgeous dress! So interesting to see the work in progress aswell. Makes u appreciate it even more knowing all the work that’s gone into it! Love it
Wow!! I’m stunned! This was SO beautiful!! And thanks for the little tutrial May I ask what kind of fabric you used here? I, btw, was rooting for you to win PR6 – I thought you deserved it more than anyone!
Once again – i loved the dress!!