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Mrs. Hummingbird, Toronto Age and Occupation: 25, Publishing Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Videogame Designer/Cartoonist Engagement Date: May 4, 2007 Wedding Date: June 28, 2008 Blogging Since: September 18, 2007 Venue: A garden wedding followed by a tented reception on Mr. Hummingbird's father's property. About Me: I’m a pop culture loving, vintage obsessed foodie living in Canada’s biggest city with my fantastic fiancé and our lovable fluffy cat Bettie. I’m stoked to marry my best friend and to throw what I hope will be the most fun and colourful party of our lives.
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As I mentioned previously, I ended up deciding to get my dress made. A very lovely friend of Mr. Hum’s is a seamstress so since she is awesome (and because I am picky), we’re working with her to construct not only my dress but the dresses of both our Best Lady and Matron of Honour.

It took me a long time to pick what I wanted, but finally, after I did, I arranged to go fabric shopping with the girls in Toronto. (For those of you who are reality show fans, we went to the store where contestants of Project Runway Canada shop for their supplies to pick out the fabric that would become our dresses.)

So, some pics of our trip as taken by Mr. Hum’s BL (since I am seriously camera impaired, we ended up taking a couple of snaps on her camera phone, so please excuse the slight graininess.):

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Me and MOH Erin looking at what the store had to offer. So many choices!

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The saleslady preparing our fabric for us.
(If you can see the kind of bluegreen fabric in the background, that is the silk shantung we’re using for the BL/MOH dresses.)

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Me and my seamstress watching the action.
I am a little nervous at this point, but Allison is talking me through it.

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All of the dress fabric in a big pile.
The large pile on the top is actually lace, which is the fabric we bought the most of that day and also the fabric which ended up making up half the cost of my bill! Ouch!

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Me smiling like a gigantic dork now that my wedding dress plans are on their way.

Fabric-wise, in that one trip, we ended up buying the lining and silk shantung for the girls’ dresses, lining, silk and lace for my dress and some inexpensive broadcloth for a mockup. While in some cases, doing a mockup is not necessary (our bridesmaid dresses are going straight from pattern to dress), getting broadcloth for my dress was an essential step because when you’re working with an expensive/delicate fabric like lace, you don’t want to be sewing and resewing it over and over again if you need to change the pattern.

After we went fabric shopping, it was time to sit back and wait for my seamstress to sew a broadcloth version for me to be able to try on. I was so excited to see what the dress would look like. The waiting was a little difficult, but finally this weekend I got to go and see the mockup of my lovely, lovely dress. To help me be able to picture what the finished dress will look like (I am the worst visualizer ever), we picked a broadcloth that is a similar to my actual dress colour so I could get an idea of what the final dress would look like.Check it out!

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As you can see, I am a little bashful, especially since the fabric was slightly transparent (hello underpants!), and we are still making modifications to the pattern (at the end of the day, I decided to have the dress modified slightly so that I didn’t need to be so worried about booble slippage), but after a slow start dress-wise, I am excited to get things underway!

I have my second fitting in a few weeks, at which point I should have my shoes and proper undergarments, so I’ll take more pictures then, but this is where I’m at so far. What do you think? smiley1

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19 Responses to “Dressmaker, Dressmaker, Make Me A Dress!”

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Miss Sundae (message)  198 posts, Blushing bee

It’s lovely! And so exciting that it’s unique to you.

 
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kim

aw you look so pretty :)

 
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Alex

I see London! I see France! I see Jill’s underpants!

 
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GorgesViola

Your figure looks so stunning in that shape! And the color is really nice with your coloring, too. :-) I have to admit, though, that my favorite part is the tiny armchairs in the background… any way to incorporate those into the wedding decor?

 
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CarFar

it’s going to be LOVERYLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the style seems so YOU to me (or at least from what I’ve gathered from your blog and chats ! LOL)

 
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Guilty Secret

I *love* that shape. Can’t wait to see the real thing!

 
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Summer2008

Oooh…very pretty. It’s very similiar to the dress that I got a Lowon Pope on Queen West. Great minds think alike! :)

 
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Summer2008

PS - when do we find out who won the book you donated? I want it! ;)

 
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beanchar (message)  549 posts, Busy bee

Yay! Isn’t it exciting to see it coming together?? You look FAB. Can’t wait to see the next step!

 
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shannonpants

awww beautiful!

looks like your underwear could be your something blue! hehe just kidding :)

 
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Erin

Yay - you’re a bride! It makes it very official. It looks great! Love the blue underwear.

 
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pinky (message)  65 posts, Worker bee

It’s perfect for you! My dress was inspired by ML’s Miranda too! Getting it made was the best decision I made

 
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kimberly

What’s the name of the fabric store you visited?/ Where is it?

 
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Miss Hummingbird (message)  193 posts, Blushing bee

@kimberly: Sorry, I just realized I never responded to this question: I went to the Designer Fabric store (the one with the orange bags) in Parkdale.

 
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Making The Dress: Step By Step » Weddingbee

[...] little while ago, I went for another fitting to continue the work I had started back with my seamstress Allison back in February. This time, I tried on a new broadcloth mockup with the changes implemented from last time to see [...]

 
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Chrys

Hi,

I am looking for a seamstress and stumbled across your blog. Do you think your seamstress would know of anyone in Toronto who could make me a bridesmaid dress? I dont where to look for a seamstress…help.

thanks!
Chrys.
kayiac@hotmail.com

 
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Renee

I live in Long Beach, CA and am desperately trying to find a dressmaker to recreate Deborah Kerr’s orange and white dress from “An Affair to Remember.” So far I’ve had no luck. Anyone that knows anyone, please help point me in the right direction. I have several pictures and a DVD burned with the dress from all angles. I am sort of panicking.

Thanks!
Renee

 
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Leslie

Hi there, i love your dress.
i’mm also looking to get mine made……can you tell me who is making yours…..i’ve been looking for someone forever…
hope you can help…
Leslie
leslieferranti@yahoo.com

 
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Maty Carter

looking for an evening (long) tassel gown. Looking for black or red

can you help?

 


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