Hi! It’s been a while! Welcome to 2021, where the Sewjo is hotter, the projects are weirder, and almost everything is hot, hot pink! Today’s episode is all about ruffles, and where the heck I’ve been since April.
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Handmade Wedding Dress Chapter 13: The Hem Party and Finishing Touches
The big day! This week’s post is the last of the dressmaking (though not the last of the wedding dress posts!) - I’m showing you how my friend Jay helped me level off the hem, how a group of eight fabulous sewing ladies got together to help me hand hem the dress, and a few other finishing touches.
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My Favorite Summer Fibers
In which our blogger drafts a chevron sundress, a tencel jacket, and takes both into the city for pictures.
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Project Wedding Dress, Chapter 3: Padding my Dress Form
Today, I've finally padded out my dress form in preparation for the dress! I've made a quick time lapse video detailing the progress of recreating my measurements in foam, and also found some helpful links if you're looking to pad a form of your own.
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