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Wedding Dress

drew.l.andersen

04-24-2006

BEI Design

Kate Dicey

karlisa

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Posted by on April 24, 2006, 5:16 pm

I am looking for any book recomendations for teaching me how to make a
beautiful wedding gown. I have a friend who is looking for an a-line
dress, a sheath or very form fitted gown in lace, Charmeuse or
something of the like. I am an experienced lay-mans (I learned my
mom's shortcut techniques and have had no real training) sewer and am
able to draft patterns, (only because my mom is a designer and she
showed me how to do it). I make a lot of christening gowns (dupioni,
velvet etc...) so I think I can do this with some real acedemic tips on
construction. If you have or know of a book that directly discusses
making a wedding dress like I've described I would LOVE the help

Posted by BEI Design on April 24, 2006, 6:00 pm

drew.l.andersen@gmail.com wrote:

> I am looking for any book recomendations for teaching me how to

> make a beautiful wedding gown. I have a friend who is looking

> for an a-line dress, a sheath or very form fitted gown in lace,

> Charmeuse or something of the like. I am an experienced

> lay-mans (I learned my mom's shortcut techniques and have had no

> real training) sewer and am able to draft patterns, (only

> because my mom is a designer and she showed me how to do it). I

> make a lot of christening gowns (dupioni, velvet etc...) so I

> think I can do this with some real acedemic tips on

> construction. If you have or know of a book that directly

> discusses making a wedding dress like I've described I would

> LOVE the help

The wedding garment book I love best is Susan Khalje's "Bridal
Couture". I am en experienced sewist, and have sewn dozens of bridal
and prom gowns, but I still referred to that book a *lot* while making
my younger DD's wedding gown. http://www.susankhalje.com/books.htm
NAYY.

I also have an old Vogue sewing book (sorry I can't put my hands on it
at the moment), which I like for the illustrations of specialized
techniques.

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Posted by Kate Dicey on April 24, 2006, 6:10 pm

drew.l.andersen@gmail.com wrote:

> I am looking for any book recomendations for teaching me how to make a

> beautiful wedding gown. I have a friend who is looking for an a-line

> dress, a sheath or very form fitted gown in lace, Charmeuse or

> something of the like. I am an experienced lay-mans (I learned my

> mom's shortcut techniques and have had no real training) sewer and am

> able to draft patterns, (only because my mom is a designer and she

> showed me how to do it). I make a lot of christening gowns (dupioni,

> velvet etc...) so I think I can do this with some real acedemic tips on

> construction. If you have or know of a book that directly discusses

> making a wedding dress like I've described I would LOVE the help

There are a few good books about. For this type of work I always look
wider than the immediate subject, so here's what I like:

Vogue & Butterick Designer Sewing Techniques: ISBN 0-801908620-6 $17/£12.99

Couture Sewing Techniques, Claire B Shaeffer. ISBN 1-56158-497-5 (The
Taunton Press, 2001), us$21.95/can$34.00

Bridal Couture: A Guide to Dressmaking Skills for Creating Beautiful
Custom Wedding Gowns Susan Khalje ISBN: 0801987571 Publisher: Krause
Publications, £13.85

Bridal Gowns: How to Make the Wedding Dress of Your dreams, Susan E
Andriks. ISBN 0-935278-51-6 (Palmer/Pletsch 2000), US$19.95

You can find them all on Amazon or order them from your local library.
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Posted by karlisa on April 24, 2006, 7:24 pm