Wedding Poster 1
Here’s our wedding invitations that we had made as postcards.
Here’s the beads I’m using for my shawl. I bought more yesterday since I didn’t want to run out. I got them from The Beading Frenzy here in San Mateo. They are Miyuki Delica size 8/0 beads. Creamy opal color with a gold lining.
Here’s the beads on a sample square of the fabric that I think I’ll be buying for my dress.
Here’s the sample I knit trying to figure out where the beads should go and what design to use.
This last weekend I managed to get a muslin fabric version cut out and partially sewn together. The reason I am making the dress out of muslin for now is to check the fit and see if there is anything I want to change before I get the real fabric.
Here’s the pattern pieces spread out on the fabric on my floor.
And here’s a few pictures of the main part of the dress hanging up. I like the ruffles down the back that wrap around the side. I think I’ll chance the top front a bit to make a different neckline. I have another pattern that has those pieces that I could swap out.
I want to sew my own dress using a vintage pattern. There are a few places that sell reproduction patterns of vintage styles. I wanted something from the 1930’s that would look sort of art deco and unique.
Here’s a few patterns that I bought from Eva Dress www.evadress.com
I like this one the best. I’d make it without sleeves.
Here’s another.
Here’s a picture of the pattern spread out all over the floor.
These patterns are printed with only 3/8th of an inch seem allowance so I added a bit more to make the normal 5/8th allowance.
Next step will be to make a version out of plain old muslin fabric to make sure it fits. I will probably do that with both patterns and see which I like best. I may have to try other patterns or alter these to fit but we’ll see.
Here’s the yarn that I’m going to use to knit my wedding shawl/stole.
I bought this yarn from knitwitches yarn in Wales. http://www.knitwitchesyarns.co.uk/
It is seriously gorgeous yarn. I have some of her hand dyed yarns too and they were fabulous to knit with. So when I wanted to knit myself something for my wedding, I thought of using the natural silk/cashmere yarn.
Here’s a close-up before I wound the skein.
Here’s how I used my laundry basket to help keep the skein from tangling.
Here’s the ball after I wound it.
