More Wedding Dresses

Yesterday I attended a Wedding Expo at the historic Tomago House.  Some old wedding dresses were on display including one from Miss Porter's House, a National Trust property where I do volunteer work.  Mrs Porter's wedding dress, pictured here, is over 100 years old and is made from a fine cotton embellished with pintucks and lace.

Florence Porter's Wedding Dress 1910

Wedding Expo Tomago House

Wedding Expo Tomago House

Wedding Expo Tomago House

Wedding Expo Tomago House

Wedding Expo Tomago House

Dress Cards

As a play activity I like to make cards with a fashion theme.  Here are some I have made this week for a charity sale.

Lace dress

Left:origami dress, right:free embroidery dress

Origami dresses

Lace mesh dress

Sari fabric dress

Wedding dresses

This week was our 20th wedding anniversary so I thought I would feature some wedding dresses I have made over the years.

Here we are at our wedding on October 12, 1991.  As we were living in Darwin (read HOT and HUMID) I wanted a dress that was cool.  I bought cotton curtain lace from Dimmy's in Geelong and lined the dress with cotton lawn.  The front and hem features cream satin ribbon.  The dress cost $48 to make - the shoes were $120!!!

Anne Vowles' wedding in the early 1990s.  Pearl beads were wrapped around the band that separates the body of the dress from the lower frill.  The back featured 15 small fabric covered buttons and rouleau loops.

Here I am with the bride, Trish, in the early 1990s.  The top of this dress was a beautiful Italian lace, 

This dress was made for Virginia Smith's wedding in February this year.  It featured spider web lace over Dupion silk.