Wedding Blog

The sewing frenzy is ON!

I figure that since I’m asking for your advice on the dress I’ll wear to “make it legal“, I should start on the pending projects I have in the sewing department so I can physically be able to sew my “other” dream dress.

If you remember, I showed you all my MOH’s dress not too long ago. After I posted about it I, realized that I had failed to mention one little detail I was attempting to conquer. I wanted my MOH’s dress to be REVERSIBLE!! how cool would that be? Of course, she was excited about the idea too, as she would have the purple I wanted as one dress, and the purple she picked (a much darker one) on the other side as dress number 2! Here is a little peek of my MOH’s dress and a close-up of the inner fabric color and texture.

{ I really liked the contrast of the different colors and textures of the fabrics }

But now, on to the dress story I wanted to share!

This is Poodle sister! She is a 15-year-old girly girl, crazy over the Jonas Brothers, and one of my best friends. She means the world to me, but when it comes to designing a dress for her, she can be a pain in the butt. Like any normal teenager, she changes her mind probably every day. Um… OK, I do that too, so I should not complain! LOL

{ Poodle sister and me at her middle school (Educación Básica here) graduation }

Anyway, we probably looked at 50 different dresses so she could get an idea of what she wanted, and in one month she changed her mind 6 times. So even though I knew that she might change her mind again, I started cutting fabric with no turning back. We started with the bottom of her dress. She wanted pockets and a different feel to what I did with the bottom of my MOH’s dress.

{ For the bottom I cut two big circles, folding the fabric and leaving one color 2″ longer }

I sew everything like she wanted and moved on to the top. As usual, I used newspaper to make my pattern and measure it on my sister.

{ I measured and played with the newspaper and tape to shape the desired form }

{ Then I cut the fabrics to the newspaper pattern. I also made a little piece to tie the center with. }

{ I pinned everything in place to sew it easily . On the left you can see the details of the bottom part. }

I sewed everything together really quickly, so by the time Sister Poodle was out of the shower she could not change her mind!

{ Here’s the first fitting. I still needed to sew the details on the front. }

I cut Sister Poodle’s face out of that picture because she was not happy with the way the dress fit her.

A little behind the scenes - While I was figuring out the dress and sewing like a crazy woman, guess who  was on my lap the whole time!?? CURLY! Every time I made him leave, he would wait until I had to sew again and jump to my lap.

{ There’s no way to make him leave when he’s comfortable! hehe }

I finished the front, sewed the straps to the back, and forced her to take her pajamas off to really get a feel for the fit of the dress.

{ Second fitting and FINALLY, a happy face!!! }

After the second fitting, she loved it!! I still need to iron it, but I really like the way it looks.
Happy BM = happy bride!

{ Final dress! Two done, two to go! }

Now the dress is done, but I thought we could spice it up a little bit by adding a sash with some little flowers on the waist. So in order to convince Poodle sister that this idea could work, I had to show her the flowers I wanted to use. Trying not to burn my fingers like I did with my hair flower, I created 4 of these flowers in different sizes.

{Sealing - sewing - ready! }

This is the story of the second dress so far. I still need to convince my sister we can do something else to the dress, but I’m happy with it for today. I got her to like the dress, and I’m happy with that. Mission accomplished!!

I could really use any input or ideas. What else would you add to this dress?

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Previously:

My Girls’ Dresses - Part 1: MOH