Dress Making Report: 1970's Secret Garden Shoot

As those of you who follow me know, I love my collaboration shoots! It's great to be able to get a team of incredible creatives together and bring to life moments like these. THIS dress was so much fun to create. From finding this perfect lace, which challenged me because I had never worked with it before. It had quite a stretch to it and with the beautiful lines it has, patience and a good eye really needed to be used for this one. I wanted to do a 1970's piece because I think it is so wonderful to create from different eras, so be prepared to see some other staple pieces from specific times. The sleeves, neckline and hemline make this dress exactly what it is meant to be, timeless. Take a gander at what our amazing team did together and with only 15 minutes of light on the day of the shoot. 

Photo Credit Brendan McFater

Floral Design Raindrops on Roses 

Make & Hair Beauty by Sacha
Model Catherine Flanigan

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Dress Making Report: Oh my Lace

Who doesn't just LOVE lace?! It is definitely one of my favourite fabric, it comes in all different textures, weights and colours. You can use it to dress up any dress, top, skirt, or even jean shorts. When your a designer fabric shopping is your happy place. Where you can find that perfect one to create something basically out of nothing.

Every single time I shop for a client and I find that exact fabric I was looking for, O-M-G such an awesome feeling! I know she's going to love it and it gets us so much closer to making all her dress dreams come true. Now, some clients can be very vague when it comes to the fabric, colour etc and others can be so specific, I may have to dig through piles and bins to find that needle in a hay stack. BUT, when finding that exact colour in the lace overlay and lets say a satin underlay, it's like the universe knew I would go crazy if I don't get exactly what I am looking.

That's when this amazing dress for a Momma on her baby's baptism day was born! I love the uniqueness of this dress and oh that keyhole back. My client loved it oh so much.

"Getting my custom dress from Amanda was great. The dress was made for my daughters baptism and I received a lot of compliments on it! Having two kids doesn't leave me with a lot of time but Amanda was accommodating knowing this. She also altered and changed the bow on my older daughters dress to match my dress. My whole family matched :) The Dress made me feel pretty and it was very comfy. What's great is, it can be altered if I ever need because it's custom! Love it!" 
- Catherine Spagnuolo

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My Own Projects: A Princess Costume

I was asked and I offered, to make my nieces Halloween costume. I knew, because she loves frozen, it should be a princess-esque dress, so that is what I did.  She's two but she loved it and I treasure those excited moments! I hope you enjoy!

My Niece as Elsa.

I hand painted all the snowflakes.

Dress Making Report: A Dress for Two Weddings

I recently made a dress for a client which she will be wearing to two weddings! I am very excited about this one and glad that every dress I create is different and I learn something new. She looked absolutely stunning!

Dress Making Report: The Baptism Dress

Here is the process of making the Baptism dress mostly from scratch. I had to make sleeves and enlarge certain parts of the pattern. I also hand beaded along the lace and made a headband to add a little something extra. Please enjoy and stay tuned for pictures from a photo shoot.  

The Batman Dress Photoshoot

I'd like to share a sneak peek with you of the photoshoot that was done for the 'Batman Dress'. Enjoy!

The comic book effect is so wonderful! I can't wait to see how that rest turn out!

Another wonderful photo from the shoot!

The Batman Dress

Here is 'The Batman Dress' complete with alterations done, I am waiting on a photo shoot to get some shots of the client in this awesome dress. But for now, enjoy this awesome picture :).

Dress Making Report: The Batman Dress

A few friends of mine decided to get this dress for a friends birthday.  I am totally in love with batman and had to accept! This fabric is amazing, and was totally wonderful to work with (100% Cotton, Batman pattern, perfect!). Also, with this one I got to put the images together as best I could to make it look like a comic, which was awesome.  Maria loves the joker so I put him right in the middle of it all.  Happy Birthday Maria!! I hope it is everything you wanted and more!

Fabric

Cutting Pattern

Pinning Pattern to fabric

Cutting Fabric

Front and Side pieces

Sewing the top together

Pleats

Neck ties

Sewing back bodice to side sections

Sewing bodice front to midriff  

Pinning lining to fabric

Sewing lining to fabric

Finished top

Pinning skirt together

Sewing Skirt

Adding darts to skirt lining

Sewing Darts

Pinning lining to skirt

Pinned for hemming

Final pictures for this dress will be professionally done, stay tuned!