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Civil Partnership Outfits x 3!
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We wanted to co-ordinate our wedding party and I really wanted to make my dress and my partner’s outfit. We also bought fabrics for our 3 best ladies, 2 of whom lived too far away for me to help them (they had dressmaker’s do theirs), and so I did 1 of those as well!
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I made up a 3-piece for my partner in silver-grey silk dupioni and red acetate lining fabric, a classic pencil-skirted halter dress for my best lady (on the far right of the photo) out of a grey cotton mix and red silk dupioni, and a halter-style semi-circle skirted dress with back panel for me out of red silk dupioni, with a silver grey tulle petticoat underneath - thank you to Sugardale for her amazing tutorial on this "Sugardale"http://sugardale.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-make-petticoat.html Apologies for my dummy as well, she is accommodating everything from my size 12 best lady's dress to my size 20 one!! Finally, huge thanks to our photographer Ronelle Rhode for her amazing work with a very grey day!
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Sep 22, 2010, 05.13 AMby pirateamy
That suit is seriously the Coolest Thing Ever. Love it all!
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Sep 22, 2010, 07.47 AMby k8b1982
thank you so much, the suit was my favourite outfit by miles- I loved doing the binding on the waistcoat!!
Sep 8, 2010, 09.13 AMby corinneski
Wow! What a great looking group – all happiness and blessings to you both.
Sep 8, 2010, 04.33 AMby caramia-made
This is so fabulous! Great work – and congratulations to you both!
Sep 7, 2010, 04.26 PMby carottesauvage
All is in perfect harmony! the colours, the skills, the humour! Congrats on your wedding
Sep 7, 2010, 04.03 PMby alden
Everything about this is so beautiful! Congrats to you!
Sep 6, 2010, 10.02 PMby ichigogirl
Beautiful! I love the mix/match of the oufits. And congratulations to you both!
Sep 6, 2010, 08.25 PMby bopippdo
Just one word….Damn, they are beautiful outfits…!! Simple colour, grey with red (red coloured fabric is always good) and welcome to this site, I will warn you..you will get a lot of thing to learn and to inspire from all people here. I learn (and still) a lot from them…:-D
Sep 5, 2010, 11.02 PMby Christina Salina
Fabulous coordination! I love the colours, I love the design. Congratulations to you both, on your union and the sensational style you did it in!
Sep 5, 2010, 09.03 AMby skratchd
wow! i LOVE the suit! it all looks so fantastic. so very co-ordinated. very pretty. congratulations!
Sep 5, 2010, 07.31 AMby sokkenmonster
Wow, you all look perfectly coordinated and yet all unique, I love it. Wonderful sewing and styling!
Sep 5, 2010, 06.17 AMby smartalex999
congratulations!! and i love every outfit! so great!
Sep 5, 2010, 04.44 AMby sophie11
Sensational – what a glamourous civil partnership!! (congrats too!) Great job on the 2 piece – my goodness what talent!
Sep 5, 2010, 12.34 AMby kelepso
This is so freaking fun. I love the colors. What a great job.
Sep 4, 2010, 11.16 PMby lindagc
Love the cap sleeve dress in the middle. The whole party looks great, smart and individual. I hope you have a fabulous life together!
Sep 4, 2010, 10.57 PMby momsgotanewhobby
Congratulations and many blessings to you both! The dresses and suit are terrific and the petticoat is perfect (I am now inspired to make one for my daughter).
Sep 4, 2010, 10.03 PMby fairytale-thirteen
Congrats – love the red dress + all your red shoes – you all look amazing x
Sep 4, 2010, 09.30 PMby Alexis Ward
Excellent! I’m glad I found your project. I found Dupioni silk for extremely cheap and wasn’t sure how to use it The person who said they loved the fact that each of the ladies had a different style of dress. Makes perfect sense, not everyone is shaped the same and there is no reason to make people look weird on your special day….:D
Sep 4, 2010, 09.06 PMby bijouxbetty
I really like the colour combinations! they all look lovely & I like your group pic on the swings.
Sep 4, 2010, 08.42 PMby Ralf Schmitz
this is adorable! i love it! congrats on the partnership AND on the outfits!
Sep 4, 2010, 08.07 PMby tabyaby
Thank you SO MUCH for the link to the petticoat-tutorial!! I was searching and searching the net for weeks now to find one and couldn’t. And you all look great! Lovely colour-choice and good work!
Sep 4, 2010, 04.31 PMby pamchar
beautiful, I love it :)
Sep 4, 2010, 04.10 PMby skeeler
Fantastic. I love all of them, and I really love the vest! Congratulations on your wedding…
Sep 4, 2010, 04.02 PMby k8b1982
Thanks guys for the kind comments – this was my first post to Burda, I think I will do more :-)
Sep 4, 2010, 03.41 PMby cquinn13
They look wonderful! Very well done. And congrats! :)
Sep 4, 2010, 03.39 PMby janene
Gorgeous outfits. Fabulous colour combo and I love that the best ladies dresses are different styles. Can I ask what pattern you used for the best lady dress that you made please?
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Sep 4, 2010, 04.01 PMby k8b1982
Certainly – I honestly think this was the easiest dress I have ever made – McCalls 3584 view B. If I had her figure I’d be making a few for myself :-)
Sep 4, 2010, 03.37 PMby camberwellgal
Congratulations – on the partnership, and on the outfits! You all look AMAZING!! The red dress is delicious (I have a huge weakness for that shade of red) – as are the Best Ladies’ dresses. I love the unity of colours and three different shapes of Best Ladies dresses. Oh – and that’s a great spot for the pics too! It looks like a really happy day!