She said yes!

We knew the news could come at anytime, and we knew he would ask her in a creative way. We got the call in November, the day Sarah ran her first half marathon. Toward the end of the route, her boyfriend, Doug, through a series of signs held by friends, popped the question as she ran by. She lost a minute or two to leave the race to say yes!

So, the first thing I asked about details was, "Are you going to make your dress?" Sarah is a bit of a sewer. When she said no, my next question was, "Can I?" It's been a dream of mine to make the wedding dress of my only daughter. She said yes!!

Amazingly, she finalized the design when we visited her last week. I say amazingly, because she had great difficulty choosing what to wear for school every day! We're combining several designers for her custom look. The beaded bodice and tufted silk and petaled skirt are based on this dress by Martina Lianna.

 This is the shape of the skirt, including the tulle underlay. The design is Monique Lhuillier.































Below is the bead work on the Marian Lianna dress. I'll develop my own design and pray it and my skills produce such a love effect. I have a lifetime of sewing experience, but have never done such beading before. I'm looking forward to it!

My first step will be researching construction tips and practicing beading. Sarah lives across the country--I'm in Phoenix, she's in Philadelphia. She and a friend are working on a duct tape dress form she'll send to me soon, so I can make a muslin mock-up to send back to her, so we can get a perfect fit and yardage requirements.

I hope to document my progress, failure and frustrations and successes and joys. Not that I have nothing else to do, such as novel writing, job hunting, etc.

When I get stuck with the dress or my writing, I'll fix up blog and make it pretty.