Thursday, July 11, 2013

Train Roots: Grandma texture me to sash sis

Last summer I posted a teaser photo of a wonderfully creative 1950's pin-up inspired dress with a lot of texture.  The couple will soon be celebrating year one, while photos and stories are trickling to me.   The brides sister (whom I am making  a sash for from the same grandmother's dress for her wedding this October) wrote this post about J's dress.  http://www.weddingbee.com/2013/06/27/heirloom-wedding-sash/#axzz2XRRH3QoD

Bellow are some of my process photos to better share the detail. 


 One thing that J was crazy about the 6 yards of lace from her grandmother's dress.  She wanted to use as much of it as possible.  We created a way to blend it into the skirt pleats and trim the pockets.  They were only visible when J's hands were in them.

 
 
J, also wanted color and texture.  She had spotted the chiffon ruffles I had done on three dresses years earlier and wanted to incorporate it.  She loved the light fringed quality from the raw edges as the ruffles fray. These ruffles are all made my by hand from cutting thin strips of Chiffon.  Very time and labor intensive.


I wish I would have counted them all.

I lay the ruffles out balancing color and height.  Pin each one on.  Some are hand sewn and some on machine.

Mirrored close up