Weddingbee Blog

This is me, working hard on the dress of my dreams! Ohhh yeah! The best part about my dress is that I’m making it with recycled fabric, and basing my design on the bottom half of Monique Lhuillier’s Swan Lake dress.

I’ll also be making the crinoline and undergarment. And the best part? So far it’s costing me just $75 American dollars. Isn’t that great!!?? (Yes!! For everything!) I already bought all the fabric and accessories I’ll be using.

You might be wondering: What kind of fabric costs that little?

If you are Mr. Poodle, please don’t scroll down and read the rest of this post!

Yes, it is really cheap - some of the materials are great leftovers I had from previous projects, but all the fabric I bought was from a store that went broke, so they had a huge sale! I bought 40 metros of tulle for  $12.000 Chilean pesos - That’s about 131.2 feet of tulle for $24! Wow! Luckilly I ran into this sale right after I decided to go with a puffy bottomed dress… about 6 months ago.

I’m officially done with the bottom part (the main part still has some work left to do). I’m showing the bottom here, so don’t pay attention to the corset I’m using. The rest will be coming soon!!

{ I’m terrible at surprise pictures! }

In this picture I was listing all the things I had left to do that day!

Don’t pay attention to the COLORFUL corset; it was the only one I had on hand that had a shape I liked.  I know it’s hard to imagine the finished dress now, but stay tuned! It’s coming!