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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….

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….

Halter neck beaded lace dress This was such a lovely request for a bespoke dress. Laura was looking for a halter neck dress with a really low back and made in beaded lace. There are always challenges when you work in lace because you want to love the lace design and the edgings of the lace need to work with the design as well. This was the perfect place. And we bought every single piece in the country. We needed extra lace to overlay the lace so the seams would be invisible. We made a fitted satin dress. Then fitted…

Tartan on a short dress Buchanan tartan was the simple detail on this short, sophisticated wedding dress. We loved making this wedding dress. Catriona has been a customer with us for a few years and we have become friends in the process. It was such an honour to be involved in this wedding. I loved getting asked to help them get dressed and send them off on the day. Catriona wanted a short simple off-the-shoulder wedding dress. The groom is a Buchanan, and we represented his tartan on the simple box pleat detail on the back of the wedding dress….

Romantic vintage-inspired dress Working with Stacey is a delight. She is so in tune with amazing ideas and she works really hard to achieve her vision across every single detail of her wedding. She has a beautiful Scottish Highland Wedding in Glen Clova. That dress Before our first meeting we had had exchanges of ideas and she really liked soft vintage-inspired ideas. I was so honoured she came all the way from Aberdeenshire to meet with me and talk over her ideas. We picked a beautiful fine polka dot tulle and a warm ivory satin to go with it. While…

Cambo Estate wedding was booked for a while for this wedding. This is another wedding postponed due to covid. But totally worth the wait. I am not lying when I say I have been pretty excited about this one. For a few reasons. The gorgeous bride and groom are like me very fond of the outdoors and active lifestyles. Obviously, this wedding had to reflect that. So right from the start, I knew Julia would not want a dress with a big train or corsetry or anything else which would restrict her movement.  So we made her this gorgeous embroidered…

This stunning bride came to see us with an idea of a jumpsuit for her wedding. We love getting requests for slightly different ideas. We wanted this bespoke jumpsuit to be super special, and it had to fulfil the requirements of being beautiful and having some traditional “wedding” features and also be practical and nice to wear for a super fun and a proper dance session at the reception. I feel we fulfilled all the requirements, and I couldn’t be happier about how Claudia looked on the day. Claudia’s jumpsuit is made in pure silk satin, it has a deep…