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Moira's Wedding Gown
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The lovely Moira, looking resplendent in the green changeable silk chiffon wedding gown that she and I designed together. The top layer is changeable green silk chiffon from B&J Fabrics, ruched at the shoulders and tacked into pleats at center front, and then released into a full-circle skirt. The middle layer is lime green charmeuse from C&J, and it is fully lined in lime green china silk.
I used silk thread to tack the center front pleats in place so that it wouldn’t bite into the fragile chiffon.
I made the pattern by draping directly on her. It was a long process, and the final dress looks nothing like what she came to me with when she first contacted me, but I think it came out splendidly.
Material Notes
silk chiffon, silk charmeuse, china silk
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Nov 10, 2009, 09.55 AMby Milkyway
Is absolutely gorgeous!! the color is perfect, and all the handywork looks so neat and pro, Well done, definitive a great job!!!
Nov 8, 2009, 06.30 PMby xnickerxje
Gorgeous dress. I love how it flows.
Nov 8, 2009, 02.27 PMby Liedemaaf
It is beautiful! I love non white and especially green wedding dresses :D
Nov 8, 2009, 06.00 AMby kquade
it’s beautiful. it reminds me very much of a dress of my grandmother’s that my cousins and I would fight over when playing dress-up with her clothes that no longer fit but were too precious to throw away.
Nov 8, 2009, 04.10 AMby fabricaddict
It’s stunning – well done! love the colour and all that detail!
Nov 8, 2009, 01.51 AMby mountainhoney
I love that it is green and not white. The design is so beautiful!
Nov 7, 2009, 09.01 PMby Almatinka
Amazing dress!!!!!!! I love the shape of the bodice and the full skirt!!!! The details and the work you put into creating them are stunning!!!
Nov 7, 2009, 07.48 PMby pinup
stunning, such a lovely vintage feel to it, well done!
Nov 7, 2009, 07.10 PMby Joboenvogue
She looks positively radiant! This is one of the only handmade wedding dresses I’ve seen that I truly love, and in green nonetheless!
Nov 7, 2009, 07.07 PMby inthewordinc
Beautiful