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All five bridesmaid dresses cut out!

I reached a major milestone in wedding planning/preparation... I cut out all five of my bridesmaids' dresses this weekend!

I am using combinations of six different patterns, and making up the skirt without a pattern.  You can see my thought processes here and the dresses my friends picked from... (except now I am doing full pleated skirts rather than the tapered one I first thought about.)

I bought 11 yards of the grey stretch twill online.  It is really nice, a little sheen to it, and thick enough for a dress.  My dress is made out of it, too, as the base.

11 yards was heavy and hard to manage, so I cut out the skirts first.  I had measured each of the girls from waist to kneecap, so I had that measurement for everyone.  I ended up only adding an inch, figuring if I did 1/2" at the top for the seam and 2" for the bottom hem (serged, not turned under twice), the skirts would fall 1.5" above the kneecap--a cute length.  The skirts will be pleated with little pleats, rather full at the bottom, so I just tore two panels for each dress.  Thank goodness this fabric tore well!!!  Although left lots of stray threads.

Then I had five skirts.

Next I cut out all the bodices.  This was quite the process, so I will have to do one post per bridesmaid dress as I finish them so you can see the finished products as well!  Trust me, that'll make it less confusing ;).  They are all together waiting to be sewn...

I have LOTS of sewing to do before August 6th!

10 comments

  1. I'm so amazed by all that you are doing! Thanks for sharing your progress:)

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  2. This is very impressive ! Good luck with all these dresses !

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  3. Aw, thanks!!

    Got the first dress made today! More details to come...

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  4. fantabulous! you must be getting excited!!

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  5. Janine W.5/24/2011

    Ooohhh the dresses are going to look fabulous, especially with the shoes!!! Back when I got married in the '80s, I also made my bridesmaid dresses- big flouncy bodices, long full skirts with a deep ruffle at the bottom, a Vogue design, no less than 6 yards for each dress. With 5 bridesmaids it was an explosion of lavendar - that's the '80s for you. I love the trend these days, to have the dresses in the same color and fabric, but different styles. So Chic!!

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  6. wow! Good luck! I'm sure they are going to look amazing! I have so much inspiration for those who can sew well. That is the one class in college, that I really did rather poorly at, but I am determined to get better!!!!!

    -Heather, from
    lifeofpasseri.blogspot.com

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  7. wow...this is very impressive! I think that your dresses will look stunning with the shoes! Good luck with all these bridesmaid dresses! can't wait for more details...

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  8. Thanks!
    @Janine W., and any others who did DIY projects for your weddings, please share them in my Flickr group!

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/adventuresindressmakingdiyweddings/

    I would love to see those 80's dresses! =)

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