by Rachel Lamb | Sep 26, 2018 | bespoke bridal design, bespoke bridal gown, Cambridgeshire, ruffles, wedding dress designer, wedding dressmaker, white lace, white organza, white wedding dress with ruffles, work in progress
Last year I made a bespoke wedding dress for one of my brides with white lace and ruffled white organza skirts. It really was a wedding dress! The above pic is a finished shot.I am showing here below, without much explanation, mainly work in progress shots of the...
by Rachel Lamb | Feb 4, 2016 | bespoke wedding dress design, bridal design studio, my workspace, Velvet Magazine, work in progress
Well it’s February already, and feels a bit late to be saying Happy New Year! But there you go, better late than never! I hope you had a good festive season.January always feels like a strange month, quiet yet productive. I’ve been working on a wedding...
by Rachel Lamb | Jan 9, 2014 | bespoke wedding dress design, bridal gown, commissioning a dress, dressmaking, made to measure, pattern drafting, pattern-cutting, work in progress
It’s good to be back at work and to get back into a routine again.This week I started work on a pattern for a wedding gown for one of my new brides. Often, to the outsider, the making of the patterns can be forgotten in this process, but after taking...
by Rachel Lamb | Jun 7, 2013 | beading, bespoke wedding dress design, bridal gown, coloured wedding dress, Flowers, garden flowers, made to measure, nature, purple wedding dress, work in progress
Purple in the garden and in the work studio this week. I’ve just finished the purple dress and will be able to show more images after the wedding.Really enjoying the sunshine and flowers, and the buzz of bees at last. I’m particularly pleased that the...
by Rachel Lamb | May 24, 2013 | coloured wedding dress, purple silk dress, purple wedding dress, work in progress
This past week I’ve been working on a fabulous purple silk wedding dress . I can’t show any more detail yet as this is pre-wedding, but I wanted to give an impression of the ‘purple-ness’ in my work room at the moment.As I took the above...
by Rachel Lamb | Oct 17, 2012 | beading, bespoke wedding dress design, collection, Dresses, dressmaking, handwork, made to measure, making, Sewing, texture, wedding dress, wedding dress designs, work in progress
Remember this dress I showed a picture of at the toile stage?Well it’s slowly progressing! Above was the toile (prototype) made from calico. Yes, I pinned all those pieces on something that it’s then necessary to take apart again.Below is a picture of the...
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