Prom Progress

Happy Monday ladies and gentlemen.

It was a very productive weekend over at the Munzing house.  All sorts of excitement happening!  We got some new windows, Lady's litterbox is officially in the basement, and Caroline's prom dress is halfway done!

As a little reminder, here's the sketch:

Cutting out the lace / basting it to the silk:

This is always a very time-consuming task but always well worth it.

Draping the one-shoulder detail:

Loving the way the trim on the lace works for this part...

Looks almost done?:

Well its only about halfway finished.  I still need to construct all the support boning on the interior, cut & sew the lining and insert the zipper (always a hoot, especially with beaded fabric).

Hopefully we'll have a fitting next weekend :)

Caroline in Blue

I started sketching for Caroline's prom dress a few weeks (months?) ago and we finally decided on a design:

Can't wait to get started!

*In sketching news, I've decided to try my hand at watercoloring my sketches....fun weekend project? Or disaster waiting to happen?

Prom Night

My senior prom was the best.  I had (and still have) the best group of friends anyone has ever had.  My dress (my 18th birthday present) was an absolute dream.  We ended the night running around the Long Beach boardwalk like a bunch of lunatics.  I can still remember my stomach aching from laughing so hard the whole night (It may have been the Mike's Hard Lemonade, but we'll go with the G-rated version).  I hope there are plans to rebuild the boardwalk that was decimated by that big fat jerk Sandy - so many memories for so many people.

Anyway, enough about me...Prom!  I have been asked by Chris's cousin Caroline to make her senior prom dress - what an honor!  She is one of the most awesome human beings I have ever met.  She's extremely smart and talented - a literal track star of Long Island - not to mention funny, generous, pretty, blablabla.  She sent me some inspiration images,  and last night I started sketching away to start the process.  Let's see what she thinks, eh?

(a grecian-esque column dress with sheer top/overlay)

(this one is actual very similar to my own senior prom dress - tons of tulle!)

(toga-style with cascading beading)