this weekend is going to involve frantic sewing….
firstly, there is this quilt to be finished…. i’m giving it to my mum who is going to raffle it off to raise money for the ‘Banish the Black Dog’ bike ride. This ride is an excellant initiative, coordinated by Rotary Club to raise money to promote awareness and research around mental health. (please excuse the very poor quality of this photo)
and next there is the wedding dress. i really do not profess to hold many, if any dressmaking skills beyond sewing a straight seam- a curvy seam if lucky. but in the spirit of having a handmade wedding, i thought i would try going the old fashioned style of making my dress. i had tried the whole buying a wedding dress concept, but the whole process felt artificial and horribly wrong somehow. there is so much symbolism around wedding dresses, and it is supposed to be an incredibly exciting part of the preperations, so i decided that this would be the most meaningful way to go….
it has progressed a little futher than this picture but is still in calico stages. next mission is to make a dress form… i have just bought the plaster strips and plan to make over the next week or so, using instructions from this website- http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3665/molded-papier-mch-form. there is going to be a fair amount of fitting required for the dress, and i think a dress form will be particularily handy to help with drapping to create a bit of a bustle for the skirt.
Have you finished the quilt top? I’m eager to hear about your ideas for quilting it.
Take photos of the dress form process – that should be documented and shared!
The quilt top looks fantastic Flo, make sure you hit me up for some raffle tickets.
Congratulations on the wedding dress – you are a braver woman than me. I will look forward to weekly updates on your progess on Monday nights.