05/27/2026
The Mom was so thrilled by the end results of the ensemble for her daughter with her own wedding dress lace appliqued all over it.
This wedding dress was quite a bit of work. The bride needed it shortened 5" but wanted to keep the beautiful scalloped edge lace hem. I cut it off & sewed it back on at the right length, hemmed the inside lining fabric & cut the crinlon lace attached slip. I put a button & loop for the bustle, took off some rubbery material inside the bodice that bothered the bride & put in underwire padding for the bodice. Her sister's dress only needed to be hemmed 2 inches, but there are 3 layers of fabric, the outside & two underskirts. The neck strap needed to be shortened 1.5" as well. The Dad has me fix his clothing all the time & insisted that I do this work for them as I am the best - ahhh!! :) They brought it to me a week ahead of Spring Fling & I pinned everything & said I can do it if you can wait. The bridesmaid was performing with the dance group we had so they knew Spring Fling was just around the corner & were happy to wait.
Whew! I am exhausted!