Clairitek
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I am excited to share the details of making a silk belt for our lovely vc10um to wear with her wedding dress in LESS THAN A MONTH!!!!
While out dress shopping last September we were inspired by the flower embellishment on an Anjolique dress. V ended up purchasing a gorgeous dress from David's Bridal that is completely unembellished so that left the opportunity open to create something custom. I love any chance to create an accessory for a friend's wedding day so I practically fell over myself offering my handiwork (and hoped I could make something that would look nice enough to wear to a wedding). So far I've made 5 veils (including StephBolt's and my own) and a chuppah. This is my first adventure into dress accessories and I've really loved making this piece.
When choosing the materials I knew I wanted to layer tone-on-tone texture. I already had some ivory silk dupioni leftover from making my friend's chuppah so the only fabric I had to purchase was some champagne and ivory shantung. I bought cultered freshwater pearls online. There are 4 shapes of pearls on the flower centers- "disc" shaped pearls that are about 8 mm diameter, rounded 4 mm pearls, a few 15 mm long stick pearls, and small rice shaped pearls. I bought two shapes of clear Swarovski crystals to nestle in with the pearls. The last material needed was some fusible interfacing to give the belt have a bit more structure.
I made the petals for the flowers by cutting out U-shaped pieces of silk shantung, sewing around the rounded side and then turning them inside out. Then I sewed a seam across the straight part with a pleat in it so make it look more petal-like. I grouped 8 together to make one flower and used the machine to stitch them together in the flower.
I added the pearls by starting with the largest ones and then adding smaller and smaller sizes and finishing off with the crystals. I just used a needle and clear thread to add the beads and pearls.
I made the belt part by cutting 2 strips of silk dupioni that was the width of the finished belt + 1" (for 1/2" seam allowances). I cut strips of fusible interfacing the exact width I wanted the finished belt to be (in this case, 3"). I ironed on the interfacing on the wrong side of the dupioni and then pinned the right sides together to sew the two pieces of silk together. I carefully stitched the seams right on the edge of the interfacing and then turned the belt inside out.
I will be adding two silk dupioni ties to the back so V can tie the belt with a bow in the back.
I am really happy with how this turned out. We discussed the details quite a bit from the materials to the pearls. I'm honored that V gave me the opportunity to make something for her big day!
Now, on to the in-progress pictures. I'll add more once it is completed in the next couple of days and then hopfully V will add some once she gets her dress back from the seamstress!
ETA: Here's a link to V's dress thread!
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/vc10um-picked-a-dress.149870/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/vc10um-picked-a-dress.149870/[/URL]
While out dress shopping last September we were inspired by the flower embellishment on an Anjolique dress. V ended up purchasing a gorgeous dress from David's Bridal that is completely unembellished so that left the opportunity open to create something custom. I love any chance to create an accessory for a friend's wedding day so I practically fell over myself offering my handiwork (and hoped I could make something that would look nice enough to wear to a wedding). So far I've made 5 veils (including StephBolt's and my own) and a chuppah. This is my first adventure into dress accessories and I've really loved making this piece.
When choosing the materials I knew I wanted to layer tone-on-tone texture. I already had some ivory silk dupioni leftover from making my friend's chuppah so the only fabric I had to purchase was some champagne and ivory shantung. I bought cultered freshwater pearls online. There are 4 shapes of pearls on the flower centers- "disc" shaped pearls that are about 8 mm diameter, rounded 4 mm pearls, a few 15 mm long stick pearls, and small rice shaped pearls. I bought two shapes of clear Swarovski crystals to nestle in with the pearls. The last material needed was some fusible interfacing to give the belt have a bit more structure.
I made the petals for the flowers by cutting out U-shaped pieces of silk shantung, sewing around the rounded side and then turning them inside out. Then I sewed a seam across the straight part with a pleat in it so make it look more petal-like. I grouped 8 together to make one flower and used the machine to stitch them together in the flower.
I added the pearls by starting with the largest ones and then adding smaller and smaller sizes and finishing off with the crystals. I just used a needle and clear thread to add the beads and pearls.
I made the belt part by cutting 2 strips of silk dupioni that was the width of the finished belt + 1" (for 1/2" seam allowances). I cut strips of fusible interfacing the exact width I wanted the finished belt to be (in this case, 3"). I ironed on the interfacing on the wrong side of the dupioni and then pinned the right sides together to sew the two pieces of silk together. I carefully stitched the seams right on the edge of the interfacing and then turned the belt inside out.
I will be adding two silk dupioni ties to the back so V can tie the belt with a bow in the back.
I am really happy with how this turned out. We discussed the details quite a bit from the materials to the pearls. I'm honored that V gave me the opportunity to make something for her big day!
Now, on to the in-progress pictures. I'll add more once it is completed in the next couple of days and then hopfully V will add some once she gets her dress back from the seamstress!
ETA: Here's a link to V's dress thread!
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/vc10um-picked-a-dress.149870/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/vc10um-picked-a-dress.149870/[/URL]