How Can I Spice Up the Bottom of My Wedding Dress?

Express yourself through your wedding dress embellishments.

Wearing the dress of your dreams for your wedding day is something most women think about from a young age. For the more adventuresome bride, making the perfect dress into a one of a kind statement that expresses her individuality is the epitome of the perfect dress. Choose an item, symbol or color that has special meaning to you, and make that a flawless integration with your wedding day vision.

Things You'll Need

• Fabric in color matching your theme (optional)
• Small fabric flowers, stars, or other embellishment (optional)

Instructions

1. Choose a color that matches your theme or has special meaning to you. The fabric should match the original fabric of the dress. Sew the color onto the hemline of your wedding dress.

2. Choose a symbol that has significant meaning to you; flowers, stars or hearts are easily found pre-made at fabric shops or online. You can choose to have the symbol match the color of your dress, or be a contrasting color to add a more dramatic effect to your wedding dress. For example, satin symbols can work very well being sewn on a tulle skirt.

3. Sew the symbols onto your dress. You can choose to have the fabric symbols line the bottom of the dress or scatter them around the lower portion of the skirt to have a more sprinkled effect.

Tips & Warnings

• Hire a professional seamstress or tailor sew your embellishments on your dress if you are not experienced with sewing.

References

• Chiff: Design Your Own Wedding Dress

Resources

• Bradford Potter: The Flowers