I spent this past weekend in Washington, DC, visiting my daughter and taking care of some standard mother/daughter pre-wedding business. We visited my daughter's hairdresser and hit the Bobbi Brown counter at Macy's--all for DIY hair and makeup tips.
Many thanks to Ashleigh at Bang and to the lovely Grace at Macy's.
We enjoyed several great meals, the best of which was prepared by my son-in-law to be. We downed a cocktail or two; we did some power walking in the neighborhood, which includes the DC Zoo. We got pedicures! Good times.
But the main event was the trying-on of the dress, with breath held and fingers crossed. I'm happy to say that things are indeed looking good. One big sigh of relief.
The dress looks rough here--all the seams are hand-basted, and nothing has been pressed. The drapey neckline:
Side seaming:
The back. The only real alteration will be to ease in back neckline gappiness that is pinned in this picture.
Feeling pretty good about all this! Of course, now I have just about a month to actually make the dress.
9 comments:
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The drapes on that dress are lovely. The slim model, wearing the drapes, doesn't hurt anything either. Beautiful dress! Congratulations - it will be perfect.
The dress looks beautiful! I take my hat off to you for tackling such a huge project.
The dress looks lovely and the bride beautiful (and favors you quite a bit, I think). I salute your skill and nerve for taking on this project!
I made a bridal gown once. Never again, tho. You are so brave.
I'm impressed, Kathy. Beautiful. Such gorgeous workmanship. I might even be a little jealous (though you would never catch me biting off such an intimidating project!).
The countdown begins...
The dress is going to be wonderful. What a project, though! You're brave, Kathie.
This dress is going to be amazing!
Wow! It looks fabulous and elegant! So impressive!
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