My First Wedding Dress

This past weekend I attended the wedding of Justin and Linda Brown.

Well, I was IN the wedding of Justin and Linda Brown - seeing as how Justin has been my husband's best friend ever since we adopted him from college - and I also made Linda's wedding dress.

This is the first time I've made a dress this fancy for another person, and something about it being a 'wedding dress' added to the stress of the project - a LOT - but overall we had a great time working together on it.

We didn't use a pattern. Linda described to me what she had in mind and I designed the rest. She only knew at the start that she wanted the red sash, I ended up adding all the little details like the beading on the bodice on my own.

It is 100% satin, and it laces through satin loops on the back and has a red train and red trim around the bottom of the skirt. Another fun thing about this project is that I finally had a legitimate excuse to buy a fabric steamer, which I LOVE.

Overall, the dress turned out great, there were no wardrobe malfunctions, nearly everyone made it that was supposed to be there and Justin is finally married off to a great gal that I'm pleased to call family. :)

For pictures of the photo shoot I did of the dress, see this post at my live journal.