bertha for purple NF gown

[madamemodiste]

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!

Comments

[harmanhay.livejournal.com]

Lovely stuff Kat, well done!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[ghost-ofa-rose.livejournal.com]

That looks amazing! Really stunning!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks!

[standgale.livejournal.com]

wow, perfection! I think this must be the best thing you've done so far - you must keep improving :)

[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.

[vanessa-lynne.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[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.

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Awww! Thank you so much! Yeah, Drac's Ball :D

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so pretty!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

So lovely - you make it look so easy!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

I do?? *recalls blood, sweat, and tears* LOL! Thanks!

[creedsgalbirdy.livejournal.com]

Fabulous!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[keighsie.livejournal.com]

An inspiration as always!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[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

[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!

[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...

[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!

[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.

[siclady.livejournal.com]

THIS is fantastic! <3

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

That is so pretty! I love the pleating.

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Miss!

[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?)

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

I started it after you left, so you didn't overlook it :) Thank you!

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, Kat. Those pleats are so precise and crisp looking.
Have you come up with a fabulous hairstyle for this yet?

[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.

[blissnvenus.livejournal.com]

yet again youve outdone yourself. i love this color so much, very well done. im green with envy;)

Re: wow.

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! To think this fabric was hiding in my stash for 10 years!

Re: wow.

[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.

[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....

[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'

Re: icon applies to fabric ideas tooo....

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/index.php

[degracieuse.livejournal.com]

What an amazing looking Bertha!

[madamemodiste.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I think I shall name the bertha "Bertha"!!

[aseret-black.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. And so dainty!