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And I “collect” it. Yes, I’m one of those people- a “fabric hoarder”. As is evidenced by this:

I wanted to incorporate fabric into the wedding because, well, I love it… and I love to sew. Conveniently, since I knew I wanted to avoid using fresh flowers if at all possible, I had a solution. I decided to make our (and by “our” I am including the bridal party as well) bouquets and boutonnieres from fabric. I searched many sources online (including Martha Stewart and Etsy) to get ideas on what fabric bouquets and flowers should look like, but I really didn’t find anything that inspired me enough to produce an exact replica. The solution? I worked from scratch to create my own design.

The fabric:

I plan on using dark and light purples in my bouquet, and browns, ivory, and shades of pale blue for the ’maids. I tried to choose fabrics that varied slightly in texture and color and complemented one another. Carrying bolts of fabric around Jo-Ann’s was the simplest method of accomplishing this. I also picked up some green fabric (mostly because it was on clearance):

I’m not sure if I will work it in or not.

I created a “trial” ’maids bouquet (not yet sure if I will use it):

I’m still working out a design for the stems and I like the overall shape and color scheme. Originally I was going to make all the ’maids’ bouquets the same, but I think I’m going to vary each of them slightly. I’ll keep the same color scheme, but I will be using different textures of fabric and different flower forms. As I continue the process of making/adding onto the bouquets, I will post them. I haven’t come up with a solid idea for the bouts yet, so I think I will wait until all of the bouquets are finished and then make complementary bouts for each bouquet.

How have you incorporated your hobbies into your wedding?