Wedding is certainly a significant for every girl, and she hopes every detail to be perfect. So if had enough time, to make your own wedding dress would be a great idea. If you are planning to make a wedding dress, it is necessary to own the stitching skills. Here are some tips about how to make a wedding dress.
Steps to Make a Perfect Wedding Dress:
The first step is designing. You can look through different fashion and bridal online store where you could find different wedding dress styles and designs. You can choose one from them or create the design you like. But you’d better look if the pattern will look good on you. For instance, whether fits well with your body type. Ask for opinions of close friends and family, will be helpful to you.
Once this step is done, then the next one would be to choose the fabric. Usually, the wedding dress is made of satin, but you can also make it with silk, cotton, tulle, taffeta, linen, etc. More than this, the color of the wedding dress needn’t be restricted to white only, you can choose colors like light blue, pink, beige, ivory, gray, etc. Choose a color that would go well with your skin tone.
The third one is you have to start the measurements. As measurement on your own may be a little difficult and may lead to incorrect, it would be better to take the help of some other person like a friend or sibling to take your correct measurements. Then it is always recommended to try the pattern on muslin (plain woven material) to understand how to go about making a wedding dress.
Cut the muslin cloth according to the pattern you have decided and sew the gown. Once you have done this, try it on. Most of the time it would be loose fitting and here comes the main job. With the help of pins, pin all the places to make the dress into a perfect fit. As this job cannot be done on your own, ask for the help of a friend to pin up the dress according to your fit. Remove the dress without taking off the pins and sew them together (hand stitch would do), and again try it on to know whether further alterations are needed.
Now comes the most important and difficult step. You have to carefully draw the dress pattern with new measurement on to the paper for your actual dress. After this, transfer the design on the actual fabric. This requires a lot of patience and should be very carefully. Once you think that you have taken the measurement correctly, it is time to stitch it together. Try the gown once again and note the final adjustments or alterations that you have to do.
The next step would be to decorate your wedding gown. You must plan it at the same time on designing the dress. You can use frills, beads, sequins, pearls, etc., to make your wedding gown look beautiful and elegant.
The biggest advantage of making a wedding gown is inexpensive and more suitable compared to purchasing one. While, if you are thinking about making your wedding dress, it would be better to start it 3 - 4 months before the wedding day. This would give you ample time to work on the dress and make changes if some problems arise.
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