Make your own dress?!
I just wanted to make a quick post to share with you all a fantastic dress I’ve found!
Its a convertable dress, that is a circle skirt (short or long) with two long (9 foot) straps that are used to make the dress unique each time you wear it. I first discovered it at Two Birds Bridesmaid, and it sells for between $270-310, depending on the hem type.
This isn’t too expensive, however, my budget doesn’t allow that much money for my wedding dress, never mind my bridesmaids. So check this out! You can make this dress yourself! Rowena, at the Rostichery gives easy direction to make this dress yourself, because its a classic design that lots of people have done.
I’ve done some calculation and to sew a long full length dress you need
about 12 yards each, however because of the length of the straps, and being able to but 4 straps out of a 9 foot section of fabric, you could make 2 dresses out of 16 yards! If my bridesmaids agree, I’m going to make them each one, sp
ending only $50 on materials each ($100 for the 16 yards, which gives me about $6.50 to spend per yard, and that’s totally doable!
I’m definetly going to try it on myself first before I pass it over, because I might make one for my wedding dress, in a satin stretch fabric with a sheer overlay. Awesome? I think so!
