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...
by Dee Dee Anderson | Apr 30, 2020 | Day in the life of a Bridal Alteration Seamstress
My model for the Level 2 Rodeo Queen section of my Academy is getting married. Hurray! What a treat to work with her again. Last year I had altered a ton of her clothes for a Rodeo competition. I took in a gold leather jacket, suede dress, leather skirt, leather...
