4. Picking Patterns

I waffled. Oh, how I waffled. Mom finally laid down a deadline of January 15th as the final day for me to pick a pattern. At first I was all about the strapless dresses. I was pretty sure I was going to go for strapless, so my mom started working on the Laughing Moon Silverado Corset to go under the strapless dress. Then I became convinced that the strapless wedding dress would look dated in the future because they were so terribly fashionable now. And, because nothing brings out body insecurities like a big white dress (BWD) I wondered if the strapless dresses didn't make my shoulders and upper arms look a bit big.

Then, I found Vogue Pattern 2134. It's a beautiful dress, and I loved it dearly. Except, I began to think it looked a lot like the dress of a friend who is getting married in October. I didn't want to steal her bridal style, so I asked my mother if we could use the top of Vogue 2627 and the slimmer skirt of 2134. The end result would basically be a strapless dress, with small decorative off-the-shoulder sleeves, and the pretty fabric detail from 2627.