Sarah's Techno Wedding Dress

It really is true that time flies when you're having fun! The summer has been a whirl-wind of weddings, sewing projects, construction and gardening. Some fantastic projects have wrapped up and here are some pictures and a video from the first wedding of the summer, Jeff and Sarah O'Donnell.

If you want to know what it's like to have a a dress custom made for you, this is the post to read!


Sarah's techno wedding dress, walking down the isle with her dad in a stunning rooftop ceremony over Puget Sound in downtown Seattle.

"The dress is amazingly perfect! I could have never envisioned such a beautiful finished piece. You are my fairy godmother of wedding dress wishes! Your unbelievable talent, great taste, fantastic work ethic is going to take this world by storm."

Sarah Jones
www.productionbysarah.com

Sarah had tried on dresses for over a year before contacting me about making a custom gown. We got together, looked at pictures and talked about what she was looking for. She put together a great presentation showing the full range of what she wanted both for the dress and the ceremony, which you can find here. You can also check out sketches and swatches from previous entries on my blog. It was important to Sarah that the dress be modern, sexy and bridal without being overwhelming or heavy. In addition the grooms mother is a dress maker and it was important to both of us that she appreciate and respect the gown.

We went through a few rounds of sketches while drafting and fitting her moulage. Because the dress had so much detail in the patterns and a lot of little pieces cut on "random" grain lines I made two muslin mock ups of the pattern before cutting into the fashion fabric. This allowed me to make subtle adjustments to the style lines and shaping of the bodice that I knew I had to nail down in advance. You can see the first fitting in the fashion fabric here.

And finally, a video tribute to the dress!


Such a beautiful and fun wedding!

NW Textile show

Last week in Portland we had the NW Textile Show at the Portland convention center. I have to say that I was totally amazed! Most of it was way over our heads bling crazy Addidas and Nike oriented stuff, but the materials were amazing and some of the vendors had low or no minimums on their stock materials. There were crazy hologram materials for shoe insets, amazing webbings and laces, 3D laminated printing technology AND the whole reason we went, Schoeller Fabrics.

Schoeller Fabrics is the cutting edge in fabric technology, making textiles for gear, shoes, equestrian and what we're particularly interested in, stylish rain gear. I dream of a day when I can wear a cure retro looking jacket in a bitter winter rain and keep warm and dry. The samples are on their way to us and the designs are flying for the "Cycling Jacket" that all my guy friends keep requesting. What we've found is a wool stretch blend, laminated with a waterproof layer that stretches too! Drop in a cozy bamboo, wool, silk knit or fleece lining and oohhhh boy! Men's, Women's and Children's lightweight waterproof wool with classic styling.

Drop me a line with thoughts and ideas on what you like most in your favorite clothes!

EM