by Dee Dee Anderson | Jul 14, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
Day in the life of a Bridal Alterations Seamstress Well, today I am hemming a lace dress. But this lace hem is a bit different, so I thought I would show you how I did it. This hem has a sheer netting border below the lace. It is important to keep that...
by Dee Dee Anderson | Jun 21, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
Pregnant and Getting Married! I received a phone call from a mother of bride. Her daughter was 7 months pregnant and getting married in 2 weeks. They were frustrated with the gown shopping process. The salesgirls were putting this bride in huge dresses that would...
by Dee Dee Anderson | Jun 19, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
This dress has incredible beadwork on chiffon. The hem border would be lost if I hemmed it from the bottom. The best alternative for this dress is to hem from the waist. The bride also needed the torso shortened in the back. I would have needed to remove the bottom...
by Dee Dee Anderson | Jun 18, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
This dress has an amazing lace. The only issue is the lace edged hem. This lace edged hem has an extreme high-low difference. We are talking about a 4” high low. That means from the bottom of the lace to the top of the scallop there is a 4”...
by Dee Dee Anderson | May 19, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
Today I received a sweet text from a former beautiful bride with pictures. Back in January and February I worked on her dress. Long before this Covid 19 stuff was affecting the USA. The bodice needed back and shoulder lining with a back zipper added to the...
by Dee Dee Anderson | May 19, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
This heavily beaded dress needed the hem lengthened about 1” to 1 ½”. Usually I take about a week to gradually ease the length down. But this one went down in two days easily. In this first picture you can see the vertical stretch happening to the front of the...