This winter, I've been helping two friends prepare for their weddings - the first, was a historically-inspired Regency wedding, the second, an outdoor wedding.
For the first, the bride wore a white muslin dress, with a silver silk overdress that had white silk feathers applied on top, then each feather was outlined and traced with silver seed beads.
The second bride created her own wedding dress, but used tambour embroidery on the outer panels (so I learned how to tambour and how to smock this winter!).
In addition, to the wedding dress creations, I have been working on gifts for each of the brides.
The first (Regency Wedding) received a set of pockets. Embroidered with Caron Impressions wool-silk blend (from Nordic Needle), and inspired by existing pockets from the 18th century.
The ribbon tape forming the waistband was also done by hand using a box loom, with linen-cotton thread.
Detail shot of one of the birds:
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