First Fitting

I had my first dress fitting today!

I didn't want to go to David's for alterations because I have heard absolutely terrible things about their alterations department.  Yes, I know I heard terrible things about getting my dress from them too, but I wasn't going to take any chances with alterations.

So I contacted one of my close friends, whose mom is a seamstress.  I knew she did alterations from her house and that she actually made my friend's bolero from the extra fabric from her gown.  I'm fairly sure she did her alterations, too.

I went to her house today and I am beyond confident that she will do a beautiful job with my gown.  She spoke about many other weddings that she has done/is doing and really knew the lingo about sewing (my mum sews a little too, but wedding gowns aren't her forte, so she knew she knew what she was talking about).  She did some pinning and even tried out a preliminary three-point French bustle which I LOVED.

I cannot wait to go back in a month and see my dress.  There is SO much that needs to be done to it.  It needs to be hemmed, but the detail along the hem line needs to be preserved (so she needs to take it off, do the hem, and reattach it).  It needs to be taken in basically all along the bodice- down to my hips- which means all the little flowers and bead work need to be removed and then reattached.  The crinny even needs to be hemmed.

She's also hemming and taking in the bridesmaid's dress I'll be wearing in the wedding two weeks before ours.

She is charging a beyond fair price and I get to go back in a month for my next fitting.  She wants me to try on the dress before she reattaches all the little flowers to make sure it fits.  I cannot wait!  I also can't believe I'm close enough to the wedding to be starting my alterations!

I remember when I was counting backwards from 500... Ahh!!