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We were so delighted to be asked to be involved in this wedding. It’s a lovely family we have worked with a lot. It feels such an honour to be asked to create such important garments for a big family wedding. For this special day, we not only had the chance to make the bride’s dream wedding dress but also a piece for her mum and dresses for her bridesmaids. This wedding sadly had been swapped and changed many times due to covid. But it was all worth the hassle when it finally took place.    The Timeless Wedding Dress For…

So wonderful to work with this bride for a wedding at Edinburgh Castle. Beautiful ideas for her Scottish wedding in Edinburgh. The wedding was planned for March. This essentially can be a pretty harsh month for any one of her guests visiting from Australia.  However everyone was still very keen to come and be part of this amazing day. The Dress We made this beautiful wedding dress for Josephine. The material is a georgette. This is semi-sheer and has a matte texture. We backed it with a lovely satin to make it opaque. The dress has big yet soft flowing sleeves…

A Beautiful Emerald Green Wedding Dress made for a wedding set in the Scottish Highlands. I think this is one of the BEST briefs I have ever had for a wedding dress. This wedding took place in the beautiful Scottish Highlands which is known for its beautiful scenery. Emily came in with a list of ideas and a plan of having a private wedding in the hills with a celebrant, the other half, obviously! and then celebrant, nature and bikes! The couple were to cycle up the hills to the spot to get married, I loved that! They had focused…

Silk dress for New Zealand It was such a joy making Aislinn’s bespoke wedding dress for her wedding in New Zealand. I have a soft spot for New Zealand and along with Aislinn just being the loveliest bride it made it one of my favourite projects ever. That dress! Aislinn had some lovely ideas when she came to us. She wanted a soft and very simple dress with a boat neckline and a low back. She wanted simple but still wanted to make some impact. Deciding for the silk crepe as her main fabric was perfect. It is so soft…

Make your own trousers Have you got issues getting lovely trousers to fit? You spend hours going from shop to shop or ordering online and have to go back to the post office over and over to hand the ones back which are not fitting? Perhaps you would like to learn to make your own? We are making trousers this month in my online Learn to dress make course. You can join the membership for £25 per month. Included in the membership is: a pattern posted out every month. -The pattern cover sizes from 8-30. You also get a label…

Learn Dressmaking with Freja Designer Dressmaking Do you want to make perfectly fitted clothes or return to sewing? Or just want to learn dressmaking and make your own capsule wardrobe? Then our online dressmaking course might be the right thing for you! Mette, the course creator and owner of Freja Designer Dressmaking (for over 20 years) has helped thousands of women realise their style and made them beautiful, wearable clothing to enjoy. It is safe to say you are in good hands! Now the time has come for her to share her knowledge and inspire you to love dressmaking and…

Mother of the bride and groom We LOVE working with the mums. We have so much more freedom in terms of colour and styles compared to working with the brides usually. This year has been so busy. We have made different designs and worked in every colour you can imagine. We want to show you some of the lovely dresses we worked on this year. Gold is always a popular colour. It’s classic, without season and timeless. Here is a lovely one we did, photographed by Craig & Eva Saunders. If you want to hear more about your services for…

Castle winter wedding for Max and Calum We are over the moon to be part of this wedding. We made Max’s wedding dress for this magnificent event at Drumtochty Castle. I am a friend of Calum’s mum and I am so happy to make this wedding dress for Max. Despite many geographical obstacles, it all worked out. Max’s family are all in different States in the US. It was great fun having them online at the fittings and giving their comments on the dress and how it was shaping up. Beautiful wedding dress We made Max a bespoke wedding dress….

Two bridal trouser suits It was so lovely making these two bespoke bridal outfits for these fabulous brides. We were delighted to be asked to do so. Both brides are personal recommendations from lovely brides we have worked with before, making it even more special. They both wanted trousers for their wedding outfits, and we wanted to make them look great but individual. For Lisa, we made a halter neck bodice with a very delicate Chantilly lace overlay, the neck strap in fine silk chiffon fastening with buttons at the back. With this top, Lisa wore classic cut ivory trousers….

Halter neck beaded lace dress This was such a lovely request for a bespoke dress. Laura was looking for a halter neck dress with a really low back and made in beaded lace. There are always challenges when you work in lace because you want to love the lace design and the edgings of the lace need to work with the design as well. This was the perfect place. And we bought every single piece in the country. We needed extra lace to overlay the lace so the seams would be invisible. We made a fitted satin dress. Then fitted…