After a full few months of dance costumes and commissions (take a look at a couple of my projects here and here!), I'm jumping in to the last project of my spring wedding series! Check out the original concept for the series here, and the first two completed projects here and here. For the final project, I'm starting with this inspiration board: an afternoon garden party, inspired by a 1920's garden tea, with a color palette of blush, champagne, and white. This project will be a custom-designed wedding dress build. My initial design sketch gives the basic silhouette, and the materials I chose for the layers of the dress will help define the details of the design.
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It's one of the ultimate personalized graduation presents: a tee shirt quilt crafted from the shirts marking the sports, clubs, activities, and events of high school or college that you want to remember most. I get to create one for the high school graduation of my godbrother, who I remember being born (I feel far too young to be able to say things like that.) I'm mid-way through the project, and I'm really excited about how its coming together so far! Instead of laying out a traditional grid, I'm using the different sizes of logos and pictures to create more of a crazy quilt design. I started by marking off a grid with 4" x 4" squares, and then measured out all of the tee shirt designs, keeping them in multiples of 4" (4" x 8", 12" x 16", etc.) It's given me the opportunity to use a lot more of the shirts and create a much more unique design! This is the original sketch to lay out the different sizes I ended up with. And here it is, translated to tee shirt squares! Each shirt was cut apart into flat pieces, and then I used iron-on interfacing to give the stretchy fabric more structure. Finally, I cut out the exact dimensions with a rotary blade - much easier for the crisp edges! - and lay them out to double check how it fit together. The empty spaces will be a coordinating cotton. Once the top is sewn together, I'll lay it out with the batting and cotton backing, and tie it to finish the quilt! I've said before that I love sewing clothes for children, and this project was no exception! This is a lovely little dress for a family picture setting, and the blush tones, light and airy material, and shimmery accents are perfect for summertime.
A long A-line skirt and fluttery sleeves finished the dress. I added two fine lines of beading around the sleeves with just a little shimmer, and a narrow gold/ivory ribbon around the waist. I love how the colors and textures of the dress are fresh and modern, and the style is still fun for a little girl to twirl in!
A simple summer update! Lightweight cotton eyelet coordinates with the other materials in the space, and lets plenty of summer sunlight in.
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