Heidi

This is the beautiful and fabulous Heidi.  She was really a joy to work with and so easy-going.  That's not an easy trick to master when you're prepping for your wedding.  Heidi came to me with ideas for what she wanted in her wedding dress.  She has a very elegant, simple, and clean style.  After a few revisions we ended up with the dress that had the elements she wanted, as well as a fun blue sash to add to her beauty.

What a lovely bride!

Adding Straps

Silly me for not taking a before picture of this dress, but I do have the after. This particular dress started off strapless and the bride requested straps. After cutting fabric off the bottom to shorten the hem I used the excess fabric to create the straps. I thought the effect was great and that the pleated straps looked like they could have been original to the dress. (click on the picture to see it in better detail)

Blue Babies

This was just a quick project of matching dresses for my daughter and niece to take pictures in. The girls only cooperated for one shot, but at least we got the one. I love their matching blue eyes and their sweet little faces.

Change the Dress

Th general alterations I do on most wedding gowns are simple things like the hem that aren't really noticeable in a picture. This gown required work that shows very clearly. The bride loved the dress, but not all the fabric on the skirt. I made it into one layer over the top and then hemmed both layers. The other change was in the bottom of the bodice. The dress originally ended in a V-point in front and the bride wanted it more round. The "after" picture of the dress looks like it has a lot more shine to the skirt, but the real difference is just in the use of natural light in the "before" picture and a camera flash in the "after" picture.

Before

After

Halloween

These are a couple of costumes I did for Halloween of (I think) 2007.  My husband and I were Aragorn and Arwen from Lord of the Rings.  I didn't make the boot covers, but I did cut the fabric strips for my husband to wrap his boots. :)  The look I was going for in the picture was melancholy, but it comes across as irritated.

For Halloween this year we didn't dress up (life was pretty hectic), but I couldn't let my baby skip out on the festivities.  Here she is as Cinderella.

She makes a cute princess.

Heather

Heather was my first bridal gown customer and a dream to work with. She is a fabulous seamstress. You can find her blog here. Heather wanted a unique dress and had chosen some great fabric with stripes. I appreciated that Heather knew what she wanted for her dress. Her chosen design elements were a full skirt, dropped waist, Queen Ann neckline, petal sleeves, and a band to separate the skirt and bodice. We worked together to find exactly the right look (especially the skirt) and were very pleased with the outcome. After the bridal portraits were taken we decided it would be fun to add a matching band at the bottom of the hem. She looked fantastic.

Buttons down the back are a classically beautiful look.

Isn't she fun?

Heather sent me some great photos with pictures of the band. I couldn't decide which was my favorite, so I've included several.

With her lucky groom.

Close up shot of the band

Full length

I just thought this one was cute.

Children's Clothing

Most of the sewing I do for children is for my daughter, Blue Eyes.  She's so cute and so fun to make clothes for.

This first picture is from the Freedom Festival Baby Contest.  Yes, she did win a prize. :)

The second picture is a one year portrait.  I made the pettiskirt she's wearing.  Yards and yards and yards and yards (I could keep going) of fabric go into making this adorable bit of fluffy goodness.