Posts tagged worthy design studio
Fabric Swap 2021

Having a big fabric collection is something that can be both a positive and a negative. It’s fun to be able to pick from to make a new project but it can also be overwhelming when your project list gets longer and the fabric starts to stack up higher and higher. Fear not, #fabricswap2021 is here!

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Making my Wedding Dress - Part VII - The Final Reveal

Wow, seven editions later and we’ve made it to the final reveal. Well if seven books are good enough for J.K Rowling, then I’m ok with it taking this long! Thanks so much for sticking with me through this series of articles.

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Making my Wedding Dress - Part VI - Veils

Welcome to Part VI of Making my Wedding Dress where today I’m going quickly bring you through my thought process and construction of my veil.

As I mentioned in the previous edition, Part V - Making my Dress, flash back of my Communion day were not going in favour of me wearing a veil! It’s not that I don’t like veils, I do, I think they can look amazing. I just wasn’t sure a veil was for me.

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Making my Wedding Dress - Part V - Making the Dress

Welcome back to Making my Wedding Dress. Today I’m finally getting down to the real deal, making the actual dress. It’s a wordy one without too many visuals since looking back at my photos, there’s a lot of tea and not a lot of technique!

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Making my Wedding Dress - Part IV - Cutting the Fabric

By now I was happy enough with my toile to begin and cut out the real thing. Eeek! As mentioned in Part II - Selecting my Fabric, I decided to go with a beautiful silk triple crepe for the main dress. I decided to line it in silk habotai and interlined it with silk organza.

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#theslowsew

We’re all being encouraged to slow down. Yes, it’s popular and on-trend to be all about #slowliving but it’s something I feel is actually important.

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Making my wedding dress - Part III - Design Process and Making the Toile

I had chosen a stunning silk triple crepe in a buttery champagne colour as my main fabric but that was the easy bit. I still had to actually design the dress.

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Making my Wedding Dress - Part II - The Fabric Hunt

My design process really kicks off once I have a fabric in mind. If I know the fabric I want to use, the design develops from there. I knew at this point that I wanted something with a beautiful drape but with a decent bit of body.

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Making My Wedding Dress - Part I - Starting Point

I was a little hesitant to make my own dress at first. I had pretty harsh memories of still sewing my Debs dress at 2am the night before the event and absolutely hating the dress by the time I put it on me.

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The story of the Iconic Bomber

Earlier this year, I released my first sewing pattern in collaboration with Jill & Gill to promote slow and ethical fashion in Irish Design. This is how it happened.

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