Another Wedding!?

Yes, another wedding!  My eldest son's two daughters were married within a month of each other.  I was enlisted to modify both gowns.  I did a post on the first dress here.  Now some pictures of the second dress alterations.

The gown needed to be smaller in the bodice.  I took up the underarm seams.  Here you can see that the continuous beading all along the top edge was removed to be able to sew up the seam (including the slightly pink beaded lace that has already been replaced in this picture.)

After two side seams and two top darts, all the beading was replaced--quite tedious!  Then because my granddaughter was nearly eight months pregnant she need more room in the tummy section. We needed to raise the bodice seam several inches. I could not take out all the lace and re-bead it--way too much work--and besides, I wasn't sure that I wouldn't demolish it in the process, so I made a second seam just under the lace. The two lower safety pins are my markers for where the seam need to be taken up. (Looks uneven, but really isn't. :)

I removed the lowest lying lace portions, and pinned them up so I could put the seam there.

Then after I finished the seam, I replaced the lace and re-beaded it.  It fit her perfectly!

See my hubby in the background?

Madison and Dylan

How does she look?

Wedding Photos

As I promised--Wedding photos:

My hubby doing the ceremony

My oldest son's oldest daughter was married on Saturday. 

 Here she is with her sisters--yes, her sisters.

 

And me - - -not a great picture, but cute of my youngest grandchild 

Emmie and G'ma

It was a good day! 

Alterations! No CQ!

This week, I cannot show you the progress on my crazy quilting class project, because there wasn't any!  I have spent the week altering my granddaughter's wedding dress!  She bought a pricey gown that was a little too tight in the bodice, and she wanted the train to bustle.  It was going to cost her "an arm and a leg" to use her words, to have it altered where she bought it, so she asked grandma! It is my wedding gift to her.

I had to remove the zipper (well, actually I cut it down keeping the part below the waist.)  I added a ribbon lace up closure.  Thought you might like a sneak peek:

The wedding is today, so I will post a few pics next week of her in the gown! See you next week!