Burda Style For people who sew
Description
This is the 2nd dress that I made for my models to wear to the races (The other one is a version of Azalea – you can see it in the pics above.) The theme of the day was “My Golden Summer”.
The model pictured above(In the ballgown) actually won the best dressed at the course and was in 2 local newspapers.
Unfortunately in these pics she had loosened her corset (so she could breathe) so it isn’t sitting as flat as its supposed to be.
I made the corset pattern by 1st adjusting my dressmaker doll to the models measurements.
Then I pinned paper onto it and adjusted it to the corset shape that I wanted by pinning and cutting the shape on the doll.
As for the skirt – Its easy to find tuturials on making tutus – Just google it.
Material Notes
Raw silk for the corset (plus boning and ribbon for the back tie); layers and layers and layers of Tulle in differant shades of gold and a top layer of glitter Tulle for the skirt. I lined the skirt for comfort (Tulle itches) and put in a zip and a satin ribbon belt to close it.
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
Credits
FTV for asking me to make the dresses and my model for making the dress look good
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Dec 13, 2008, 09.45 AMby arete999
Beautiful!!!!Great work!
Dec 11, 2008, 03.36 PMby x-mops
VERY, VERY, VERY GORGEOUS))))))))))))))))) I love them
Dec 11, 2008, 01.24 AMby ghainskom
Gorgeous! And is it you in the middle of the last picture? I like your dress as well!
Dec 11, 2008, 12.27 AMby loren-rat
Thanks :) They were really fun to make too!
Dec 10, 2008, 10.50 AMby thora47
Oh my! This is absolutely amazing; I love it!
Dec 10, 2008, 10.27 AMby nicole55
the ball gown is soo beautiful! you could sell lots of those for prom dresses
Dec 10, 2008, 09.55 AMby taffetasilk
wow these are beautiful, i especially love the ball gown one :D what did you use for boning?
Dec 10, 2008, 08.22 AMby allygally
Both dresses are stunning! Great work!
Dec 10, 2008, 07.48 AMby lunatepetal
gorgeous gown!!
Dec 10, 2008, 06.45 AMby justmica
Wow… You done all this!?! Wonderful, congratulations for this dress!!!
Dec 10, 2008, 06.01 AMby hazelhoney
beautiful dresses makes me want to give sewing clothes a try. I mainly sew purses.
Dec 10, 2008, 03.32 AMby doitmomma
Beautiful, really love these!
Dec 10, 2008, 03.05 AMby machelefranklin
Super class, very nice one…
Dec 10, 2008, 02.23 AMby catmagalhaes
both dresses are beautiful. They look like wedding dresses.
Dec 10, 2008, 02.14 AMby erdronen
so beautiful! amazing dress :)