Emily’s Ethereal Wedding Gown
By Jennie Chancey
Dear Mrs Chancey,
Thank you so much for your wonderful patterns! Enclosed are photographs of my wedding gown, made with the Titanic Tea Gown pattern, and my sister’s Maid of Honour dress, made with the Elegant Lady’s Closet Wrap Dress.
I have always loved Regency fashions as well as those of the early 1900′s. When wedding gown time came around my mother designed a beautiful dress that combined the ‘look’ of both eras (not shooting for historical accuracy, just the general look/feel!). She used your pattern as a base and used design elements from a cotillion dress that appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of Sew Beautiful magazine. The dress is made of silk dupioni; the bodice is trimmed in English netting lace (that we found in ONE heirloom sewing shop in the tri-state area!) with vintage tatting at the seams; Mama added scattered silk ribbon flowers and pearls to dress it up a little more. We made some alterations to the pattern: we omitted the layers and added a fuller skirt; and we shortened the sleeves to allow for the lace edging. The result was the wedding dress of my dreams; I love everything about it.
My sister is a very simple girl; she prefers a more tailored look and requested that her bridesmaid dress be ‘NOT fancy!’ So we used the wrap dress pattern in plain pale green silk dupioni with no extra trimmings. The dress is very ‘simple elegant’ and looked beautiful on her (one lady said ‘She looks like a Rembrandt painting!).
The patterns were a dream to work with; and I might add, my dress was very comfortable throughout the wedding and reception.Thanks so much for providing patterns that are beautiful, old-fashioned and modest!
The last two photos are detail shots of the wedding gown bodice (front and back).
~Emily U.
P.S. All pictures were by Priceless Photography. Thank you again!
Emily, this has to be my favorite wedding gown from one of my patterns–ever! It is absolutely stunning. I love how your mother used all the heirloom touches to make this such a vintage knockout. And your sister looks utterly wonderful in her silk crossover gown! Simply amazing work all ’round. Thank you for sharing!
Gillian
August 11, 2010 at 9:47 pm (1013 days ago)My gosh. This is stunning! I am drooling… my keyboard will never be the same! What a fabulous wedding gown
Tiffany Keller
August 11, 2010 at 10:45 pm (1013 days ago)LOVE LOVE LOVE your dress Emily! It’s gorgeous! This will be a dress to hand down to any daughters you might have in the future! It’s stunning!
Melissa M.
August 11, 2010 at 11:06 pm (1013 days ago)Wow, those are beautiful! I love the old lace!
Erin
August 12, 2010 at 7:33 am (1012 days ago)Absolutely beautiful dress! You and your sister look lovely.
MommaBlogger
August 12, 2010 at 5:50 pm (1012 days ago)Beautiful job
Elizabethbennet (Millie Carpenter)
August 14, 2010 at 2:38 pm (1010 days ago)Oh , it is GORGEOUS!! The lace and fabrics are beautiful . I love your hair!
Misha
August 15, 2010 at 1:18 pm (1009 days ago)if i ever get married i want a dress like that. so beautiful.
Nancy Hootman
August 19, 2010 at 10:06 am (1005 days ago)This is truly beautiful. Wow. Your mother did an amazing job, and you and your sister look as if you stepped out of a period painting.
Miss Shirley (Marlene E. Schuler)
August 19, 2010 at 12:05 pm (1005 days ago)That’s such a beautiful dress! Edwardian is elegant, no?
Brielle
August 19, 2010 at 11:11 pm (1005 days ago)This is one of the most beautiful hand made wedding dresses I have seen. Lovely, lovely work…and the bridesmaid dress is just as pretty.
The ladies look so beautiful, true natural beauty.
Thank you for sharing!
JEss
August 20, 2010 at 1:31 am (1004 days ago)So beautiful! Now I want to go back and get married all over, so I can do something like this.
What a lovely dress!
Sara Gonzalez
September 24, 2010 at 12:48 pm (969 days ago)This is absolutely beautiful!!! Gorgeous, gorgeous job, Emily! The black & White photos are my favorite. You did a wonderful job of selecting the trims and material ~The duipioni silk is perfect! Thank you so much for sharing!
Elizabeth
May 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm (734 days ago)This dress is so gorgeous. You did such a wonderful job. It is such an inspiration for my own wedding gown soon!
Colleen
June 9, 2011 at 3:25 pm (711 days ago)What a beautiful wedding dress, but a more beautiful bride!
Valerie
February 1, 2012 at 3:45 pm (474 days ago)This is my favorite dress. This wedding dress on you brought tears to my eyes. I love the picture of you looking up at the camera. Absolute beauty.
May flower
September 23, 2012 at 10:55 pm (239 days ago)wonderfully beautiful.Ilove it!