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Make your own trousers Have you got issues getting lovely trousers to fit? You spend hours going from shop to shop or ordering online and have to go back to the post office over and over to hand the ones back which are not fitting? Perhaps you would like to learn to make your own? We are making trousers this month in my online Learn to dress make course. You can join the membership for £25 per month. Included in the membership is: a pattern posted out every month. -The pattern cover sizes from 8-30. You also get a label…

Learn Dressmaking with Freja Designer Dressmaking Do you want to make perfectly fitted clothes or return to sewing? Or just want to learn dressmaking and make your own capsule wardrobe? Then our online dressmaking course might be the right thing for you! Mette, the course creator and owner of Freja Designer Dressmaking (for over 20 years) has helped thousands of women realise their style and made them beautiful, wearable clothing to enjoy. It is safe to say you are in good hands! Now the time has come for her to share her knowledge and inspire you to love dressmaking and…

Mother of the bride and groom We LOVE working with the mums. We have so much more freedom in terms of colour and styles compared to working with the brides usually. This year has been so busy. We have made different designs and worked in every colour you can imagine. We want to show you some of the lovely dresses we worked on this year. Gold is always a popular colour. It’s classic, without season and timeless. Here is a lovely one we did, photographed by Craig & Eva Saunders. If you want to hear more about your services for…

Castle winter wedding for Max and Calum We are over the moon to be part of this wedding. We made Max’s wedding dress for this magnificent event at Drumtochty Castle. I am a friend of Calum’s mum and I am so happy to make this wedding dress for Max. Despite many geographical obstacles, it all worked out. Max’s family are all in different States in the US. It was great fun having them online at the fittings and giving their comments on the dress and how it was shaping up. Beautiful wedding dress We made Max a bespoke wedding dress….

It was such a joy working with Grazyna, making her crepe wedding dress with drapes. She had lovely sophisticated and very simple ideas for her wedding dress. We made Grazyna a bespoke slim-cut crepe dress cut with a princess line over the bust. The dress had a deep neckband also made in crepe. She had sheer silk chiffon drapes over her low back.   We made buttons and loops of the dress fabric. Over 100 buttons we attached to the hem. The bride has lived worldwide, and her friends and family came from all over the globe to the wedding. Sadly…

Dark green velvet suit for a beautiful autumnal wedding. That is precisely what we made for Holly. She and her now husband had planned the most beautiful elopement in the heart of Scotland, and they got all the autumnal cosiness and colours they had hoped for. We made Holly’s trousers. She wanted fitted-leg cropped trousers. We made a suit jacket to match with black satin lapels. The Suit was made in the nicest, closely woven dark green cotton velvet. We used buttons covered in black satin. Holly also had a lovely white shirt made to wear. She had picked a…

Two bridal trouser suits It was so lovely making these two bespoke bridal outfits for these fabulous brides. We were delighted to be asked to do so. Both brides are personal recommendations from lovely brides we have worked with before, making it even more special. They both wanted trousers for their wedding outfits, and we wanted to make them look great but individual. For Lisa, we made a halter neck bodice with a very delicate Chantilly lace overlay, the neck strap in fine silk chiffon fastening with buttons at the back. With this top, Lisa wore classic cut ivory trousers….

Tartan Wedding outfit Tartan wedding trouser suit with wedding skirt over illusion neckline with lace? Yes, please to all of it. What a fun brief Rebecca gave us when she first came in. She wanted to use her husband-to-be family tartan, the muted MacDuff tartan. We talked, sketched, played around with things, and got to this outfit. It’s a pair of fitted trousers with a side zip and a flat front and back. Then a boned and structured bodice where we cut the tartan on the bias. The chest and shoulders lace attached to the skin-coloured tulle. The tulle creates…

We loved working with these two, Mrs Ivory and Mrs Emerald. Their closeness, support and love for each other are apparent to everyone. We had a big task to keep both dresses secret from them. And at the same time, we tried to coordinate the whole look, so they went together. We feel we have achieved this. We made Molly’s bespoke dress in Devore silk organza with a floral design, a strapless bodice, and a long veil with lace edging. Evie’s dress was in lush dark green silk. She had long sleeves with deep cuffs and buttons and a low…

Teal off-the-shoulder wedding dress This teal off-the-shoulder wedding dress ticks all the boxes for us. It is no secret we LOVE coloured wedding dresses. Here is a gorgeous one we made for Lisa in August. The bespoke dress has a ruched bodice and internal corset with boning and internal lace-up. We made little buttons and loops in the silk georgette. Lisa styled it so perfectly with her red lip and pin-up style hair. The dress looks beautiful with the colours of the beautiful venue, “House for an Art Lover” Lisa did such a fantastic job colour-coordinating all the dresses, flowers…