2022 Colorful Bride
Adding Color to Wedding Dresses, Materials, and Laces
Welcome
The goal of this symposium is to educate our guests to the many techniques using dyes to add color to wedding dresses. Ombre and colored bridal gowns are very popular right now with colorful brides who want to make a bold statement.
Helping a bride who has a strong vision for her dress involving color can be a fun experience for a seamstress. But there are some realities about the dyeing process and outcomes that need to be learned. There is a certain amount of risk involved. Fabrics and laces on a wedding dress are going to take dye differently. The color can turn out different than expected too. Brides need to be educated ahead of time about issues and be aware of the risks before deciding to go ahead with the dyeing process.
*** Attention***
Before watching the videos in this symposium it is important for you to understand that the Anderson Alterations Academy, symposium sponsors, and guest panelists are not liable for your own dyeing experiences, damages, or results. Use this information at your own risk. I would not encourage dyeing expensive wedding dresses. Leave those to the experts. Dyeing wedding dresses can lead to many random or unexpected results. Different materials react to the dyes in different ways. This is part of the adventure, and also the risk of dyeing. The outcome is never certain. And again, anyone associated with the symposium can not be held liable for guest damages.
Thank you.
Master Classes
Dyeing a Bridal Gown Ombre Blues by Dee Dee Anderson
Dyeing pink tipped dress using paint brush technique by Dee Dee Anderson
Dyeing contrasting buttons to add style to a bridal gown by Dee Dee Anderson
Color matching white chiffon to an ivory dress for a bishop’s sleeve by Dee Dee Anderson
Hand Painted Lace by Adrienne Gonzales
Back To Black Dress by Adrienne Gonzales
Blackberry Dress by Adrienne Gonzales
Pink & Mint Hand Painted Lace by Adrienne Gonzales
How to tea dye by Diana Casey
Resources
Rit Dye's Color Formulas
Ecru Cushing Acid Dye
Check Your Fabric Type
Check your garment’s care label to determine what type of fabric it is, as each takes the dye differently. Also, weigh your dress, as you’ll need that information later.
Fiber Reactive Dye
If your fabric has cellulose fibers, like those found in cotton, linen, or rayon, you’ll have the best luck with a fiber reactive dye.
Dharma Trading Co.
PRO Chemical & Dye
Acid Dye
Materials like silk, wool, angora, and cashmere are made up of protein fibers, which will typically respond best to an Acid Dye.
Disperse Dye
For synthetic fibers and blends like polyester, nylon, acrylic, and acetate, many will react best with a disperse dye.
Sponsors
Sponsors
Guest Panelist
Natalie Harris
Designer
Natalie is a bridal designer from rural Indiana. She prefers to color outside the lines by putting prints on wedding gowns, embroidering skulls into lace, and encouraging renegade brides to forego tradition for the sake of itself in favor of hyper-personalizing. “The gown you wear on your wedding day should be exactly the kind of craziness your spouse would expect from you.”
Diana Casey
Seamstress/Bridal Shop Owner
For nearly three decades, Diana Casey, The Sewing Lady has combined warm, Midwest hospitality with years of experience to provide each bride the exceptional customer service she deserves. She is truly unlike any other bridal salon in the Midwest. This has now led to sharing her talent with the bridal industry, introducing her Bridal Industry Wholesale site on Facebook for bridal stores.
Adrienne Gonzales
Seamstress
Adrienne is a seamstress located in Arizona. She has experience in standard alterations, production sewing, pattern making & prototyping She’s currently focusing in bridal specializing in beadwork & design changes. She has a BSD Architecture & Environmental Design, ASU hands on apprenticeship in standard alterations and bridal 2 years.
Heather Miller
Seamstress/Shop Owner
Heather specializes in redesigning vintage/heirloom gowns. Heather Studied fashion design and garment construction for four years, and then dove head first into the bridal industry. Out of school she started work in an alterations room at a local bridal shop, absorbing even more knowledge of gown design and proper fit techniques.She opened a small business providing alterations and custom gowns in 2016.
My Color Journey
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