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I found a picture of the original dress I made, unfortunately I am rather annoyed that I did not taken one when she had it on.  It looked absolutely stunning on her with her tanned skin and dark hair.  It fitted her beautifully, unlike the model :(

The pattern needed a lot of alteration .  The lady came to me with the pattern and fabric from a shop.  Unfortunately, I do not think the shop employs someone who is a dressmaker and the lining was not suitable for the design, also, because of the pale colour of the chiffon, everything needed to be doubled so that it did not look washed out.  It took me a long time to work out how to alter the pieces and cut out the fabric so that it would all be able to come out of what she had bought !!!! 

I would always suggest someone speaks to a dressmaker first before they purchase anything, could save time and money .

It really is a beautiful dress, but if you are tempted to get the pattern, make a sample one first.

One of the things I did was to use a skirt size 2x bigger than was suggested so that the skirt folds were nicer.

I still struggle to look at this picture as I know how nice it looked on her.

  She brought the brooch with her, a friend of hers makes jewellry, nice to have friends like that :)

It finishes the dress off lovely.

If anyone does buy the pattern and needs advice, feel free to get in touch.

For the Wedding Dress I had to downsize a 14,16,18,20 pattern, down to a size 10.  Instead of a brooch I decided to put on lace and beading.  I also made the skirt long, with a slight train on the back and one day will take a picture properly :)  I am very pleased with it .

Happy Sewing x

Oooh, Wedding Fayre Cakes

I have been to another Wedding Fayre.  This time it was at the lovely Leigh Park Hotel, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.
The weather was absolutely horrendous on the day, but luckily it meant that the turnout was quite good.

I do have some photos of some of my work but have not uploaded them yet, so I will share with you some delicious cakes.

There seems to be a bit of a habit forming here !!!! My previous post was about cakes.

This time I got to take some of the cupcakes home, now that does not normally happen, but I happen to know the lady making the cakes, although when I met her she was not doing it.
I met her when I made her Wedding Dress. 
It was lovely meeting up and her cakes are lovely, so light and tasty.  Not only did I get to take cupcakes, but I also tried the carrot cake and fruit cake.  All just scrummy .

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Take a peak xx