Beautiful bride.

I often drive myself crazy with self-doubt despite know I am capable to doing just about anything I put my mind to.

November 5 was the wedding day as K.S. she asked me to make sleeves for her wedding dress. Why is it that all the wedding dresses are sleeveless?

She is a very beautiful young lady and she and her future husband had been together for some time. She was very excited about getting married and soon discovered the challenges of merging two families together.

I searched for the material needed to make the sleeves and decided on an ivory dull organza which matched the dress perfectly. She loved it and she really liked the little jacket that I made. My goal was to make the sleeves without seams so she could maintain the look of the dress and have the comfort that she wanted.

I worked on this little item for days! Couple of days merged into the next day. I was able to work up a pattern and them sew it together and when she tried it on she loved it except for the bunching of the fabric under the arms.

If you understand fabric you will know that there is NO stretch to organza and KS wanted this to fit tight. I explained that this would just tear the fabric since it is sheer and has not stretch to it. She would not be able to move.

Well several days later and many changes to the jacket I just made something else but it would not solve the problem but at least she will have 2 to choose from.

On the wedding day , which was a friday morning, she arrived at the church sleeveless! I thought what happened. Later as the day progressed i spoke with the wedding planner and one of her assistance who explained that she woke up the morning and decided that she did not need sleeves and a couple of her girls from out-of-town took the items and hid them to make sure she would not wear them.