How to Make Your Future Wedding Dress
A wedding dress is probably one of the only dresses in a woman's life that has to be perfect. For a lot of brides, they get to the point where they feel like they will never find the perfect dress. Many set out to make their own dresses. Making your own dress will be time consuming, and frustrating at times. There are many steps to making a wedding dress, and having a trusted seamstress on hand will prove extremely beneficial during this time. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Draw out your dream wedding dress. If you find a pattern for a wedding dress that you love, you can use that, but for custom dresses, you need to sketch one or cut out pictures that you can combine to create your dress.
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Take your measurements or have a close friend take your measurements in order to begin building your dress. Make the dress piece by piece. Separate the dress into several sections including the bodice, the skirt, the sleeves, and the train.
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Build the first "rough draft" of the dress in a muslin fabric. This will be the base of the dress. Pin and altar the dress to your body until you are satisfied and sew the fabric in place. The dress will not be flattering at this point.
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Choose your fabric that you want to make the dress out of. Cut and sew the fabric to each piece of the dress. Line the dress as you desire and fit the dress again, making any last minute adjustments.
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Make and add accessories such as ribbons, bows, waist cinchers and ruffles. Perform a final fitting with a full length mirror.
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Tips & Warnings
You may choose to draw a sketch of the dress you want and enlist a seamstress to sew the entire dress. If you want a couture dress, this may be the cheaper way to have one. You can go online to dress creators and play around with different styles of bodices, skirts, and necklines.
