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Whoo hoo!! The bertha is done!!



*wipes the sweat from my brow*

The gown is basically done and I just need to do fiddly stuff to have it 100%. Photos of the whole gown soon. To be worn to a ball in March!

Date: 2009-02-19 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harmanhay.livejournal.com
Lovely stuff Kat, well done!

Date: 2009-02-19 10:19 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ghost-ofa-rose.livejournal.com
That looks amazing! Really stunning!

Date: 2009-02-19 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Yay! Thanks!

Date: 2009-02-19 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] standgale.livejournal.com
wow, perfection! I think this must be the best thing you've done so far - you must keep improving :)

Date: 2009-02-19 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
I think it's about having enough patience to do more to a gown. I tend to do the basics and just want to move on the the next thing! The results are great when I stop and take the time to put on trim, etc.

Date: 2009-02-19 09:28 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 10:21 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 09:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wasseleen.livejournal.com
I can't believe how you can whip up these beautiful gowns for the balls (assuming you are referring to the Drac Ball). I really envy your talent.

Date: 2009-02-19 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Awww! Thank you so much! Yeah, Drac's Ball :D

Date: 2009-02-19 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] padawansguide.livejournal.com
Wow, that's so pretty!

Date: 2009-02-19 10:22 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennylafleur.livejournal.com
So lovely - you make it look so easy!

Date: 2009-02-19 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
I do?? *recalls blood, sweat, and tears* LOL! Thanks!

Date: 2009-02-19 10:23 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keighsie.livejournal.com
An inspiration as always!

Date: 2009-02-20 02:45 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-02-19 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricdragon.livejournal.com
thats really spiffy!
needs a fan... yes, a nice matching/coordinating fan

let me know if you need a source for Jet beads

Date: 2009-02-20 02:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
I have a pretty black "silk" and lace fan from Lands Far Away. It's perfect!

No plan to bead this outfit, but thank you for the offer!

Date: 2009-02-20 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricdragon.livejournal.com
first of all, your work is fabulous.. and i envy and drool (carefully off the silk) and when i have money i plan on hiring you to make me a gown...
sadly in this economy that may be a bit

as a bead merchant, well i naturally think "make necklace!" or "add beads" but thats just me.. *i* desperately wanted to add a pearl, Amethyst, or Jet.... or some combination of those.... necklace to the outfit.. but as stated, i sell the stuff...

Date: 2009-02-20 02:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Ah, gotcha! I do have a lovely jet collar necklace, but I'll have to see if it competes with the bertha. I might want something plain after all.

Oh, you are too sweet, but I don't take gown commissions. I only sell the hats. I do know lots of ladies who do, though, and will be happy to direct you if you decide to commission a custom gown!

Date: 2009-02-20 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricdragon.livejournal.com
sad face....
ah well, when i have money i will happily accept suggestions .
sadly although i used to sew, my nerve damage makes. well. long involved or "fiddly" sewing next to impossible.. so these days i have to hire people to do it.

but your work is really fabulous.

Date: 2009-02-19 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] siclady.livejournal.com
THIS is fantastic! <3

Date: 2009-02-20 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Why, thank you!

Date: 2009-02-19 11:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] girliegirl32786.livejournal.com
That is so pretty! I love the pleating.

Date: 2009-02-20 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Thank you so much, Miss!

Date: 2009-02-20 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kambriel.livejournal.com
How dare you not have the bertha ready when I was up there so I could have oohed and ahhed over it in person? :) (Or was it ready, and we were just too focused on the skirt?)

Date: 2009-02-20 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
I started it after you left, so you didn't overlook it :) Thank you!

Date: 2009-02-20 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chloeandrudy.livejournal.com
Beautiful, Kat. Those pleats are so precise and crisp looking.
Have you come up with a fabulous hairstyle for this yet?

Date: 2009-02-20 02:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Thanks! No, I never think about my hair. Isn't that terrible! I just put it up, throw on the curls and a hat, and out the door I go. So boring and always the same!

wow.

Date: 2009-02-20 05:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blissnvenus.livejournal.com
yet again youve outdone yourself. i love this color so much, very well done. im green with envy;)

Re: wow.

Date: 2009-02-20 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! To think this fabric was hiding in my stash for 10 years!

Re: wow.

Date: 2009-02-20 02:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricdragon.livejournal.com
aaaaaaah
well AGED fabric. everyone knows fabric has to age before it tells you what to make out of it.

i have a fabric aging room myself.

Re: wow.

Date: 2009-02-20 02:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
I got so sick of my "stash" fabric that I started a sort of contest over on the Belle Alley for everyone to make dresses out of their long-suffering stash fabrics. It's going great and the ladies have really come up with lovely gowns.

icon applies to fabric ideas tooo....

Date: 2009-02-20 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fabricdragon.livejournal.com
the belle alley?
link pls?
ps. am going out of town soon. will not be back until monday, so will not get link until then. just saying'

Date: 2009-02-20 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] degracieuse.livejournal.com
What an amazing looking Bertha!

Date: 2009-02-20 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madamemodiste.livejournal.com
Thank you!! I think I shall name the bertha "Bertha"!!

Date: 2009-02-20 03:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aseret-black.livejournal.com
Gorgeous. And so dainty!

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