Weddingbee

Line of the day: “We’ll make it so the hem just *kisses* her toe”.

Yippee! My second fitting! During the first fitting, the pattern maker made a pattern based on my friend Karla’s sketch. She fit the pattern on me and then tweaked it to my body. This time she made a revised pattern based on those revisions and completed the shape of the skirt.

I walked down the hallway and up to the door. I opened up the door and there was My Dress. It took my breath away. I could see the potential in it already and it’s still only sewn in muslin.

I was giddy as can be. I was all smiles from ear to ear for the entire fitting. The hem and train still wasn’t cut at this point - they put it on me first and then cut it.

So they pinned the one sleeve on me again and spent some time pinning the sides and bodice.

Excuse the expression and snow suit arms. This picture shows the shape of the front of the skirt really well. This is exactly what I wanted. It has almost a greek goddess look. I can’t emphasize how important the shape is - it really takes an experienced pattern maker to do it right. The pattern is what the sewer will follow.

The pattern maker dotted a chalk line to where she thought the hem should be; just kissing my toe.

They fluffed the train out and then began cutting the shape right then and there. My mom would have a huge kanipshin if she saw this picture of the pattern maker taking a scissor to the dress while I was wearing it. I can’t believe what a little bit of cutting does. At first it was too round (very 80’s looking). She took a little more off and it was PERFECTION!

Then they began discussing the bustle. Honestly, at the point I totally zonked out and began day dreaming about the wedding day. kekekeke

This is something new. The pattern maker came up with this one on a whim. She created an upside down “V” and out comes a wide piece of silk chiffon over top the taffeta. I thought the whole dress was taffeta and chiffon. Hmm…Oh well. I love the way it looks. I am glad it’s gray here, so you can all see it.

Here’s the mock up of the bustle. We thought it would be pretty to have 3… as Mr. Monkey said, “Badunkadunk“. It will start higher though. It’s too low here. The bustle reminds me of the dresses from The Age of Innocence.

Here’s another view. The one thing I was adamant about was having ribbon ties instead of hook and eyes or snaps. I hear so many stories of trains ripping during the night. It’s such a pain when that happens, so there will be ribbon ties to hold up the badunkadunk and snaps to hold the chiffon open.

This Saturday, I am going back and trying the dress on again but this time sewn in cheap taffeta and chiffon. After they tweak that, they will cut the real fabric (heavier taffeta and silk chiffon). I didn’t realize how much thought and care had to go into this. They were telling me how they *want* the sewer to take her time sewing because each time she sews, she MUST clean her machine and the surrounding area since the fabric is white/ivory.

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