Sew Your Own Wedding or Prom Dress - A start-to-finish guide to picking fabric and pattern, fitting, lining and finishing a formal dress on a budget, or tailoring a bought one, even when time is short #1012499

You have a date on the calendar, a vision of the dress and a budget that does not stretch to the shop's price tag. Plenty of sewers have made their own wedding, prom and graduation dresses, and the ones who finish happy are the ones who plan the project before they cut a single inch of expensive fabric. Sew Your Own Wedding or Prom Dress is a one-project guide for one formal dress, from the first decision to the last stitch. It is not a learn-to-sew course and it is not a manual for hemming jeans: it covers only what a special-occasion gown needs, including what to do if you bought a dress and want to tailor it yourself, and what to do when the deadline is closer than you hoped. Inside, you'll learn: Whether you are sewing a prom gown, a wedding dress or an elopement dress for a small ceremony, this book gives you the order of work, the checkpoints and the plain-English explanations to finish a dress you will want to wear.