Today I thought
I would share with you something a little bit different. My oldest
daughter had prom this Saturday and the darling girl actually agreed to
allow myself and my dear friend Annie to make her dress, but not just
any prom dress mind you... but a QUILTED prom dress!!!
Now
she did have one stipulation, if she didn't like the dress she would be
allowed to purchase a dress to wear to prom, I agreed because after
all, it is her senior prom, her last one. The one that MATTERS!
Now
my first disclaimer is this I CAN NOT and DO NOT sew clothing, Oh hell
no! But I am lucky enough that my friend Annie just happens to be an
excellent seamstress! So she handled the construction phase, while I did
the actual quilting and crystallizing of the dress. And like a dummy I
didn't get a single shot of the dress on the frame!
Instead I have these photos to share, No mind you prom is not for a
couple of days, these are of Torrie this evening after a day in outside
in the rain taking photos for her school....
This
is a close up of the bodice area before the crystals were put on. You
can see the quilting fairly well in this shot, but it really doesn't do
much for the dress....
This
is my lovely daughter, like I said she spent all day in the rain taking
photos for yearbook! I will post better pictures after Prom!
This is the quilting down the thigh, it tapers off at the knee, it is the same floral design as the bodice.
This
is the bodice, filled out and with crystals, I had to be very careful
of the floral placement when stitching this... did not want any awkward flower centers....
And the back, the band is quilted as well as the straps.
Oh and the good news, she loves it!
Thanks for stopping by today...
Happy Quilting,
Ginny