Sewing My Wedding Dress 🪡|Part 1/5|Inspiration & Design|DIY Wedding Dress

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Published 2023-07-14
I am so excited to begin this series on how I made my wedding dress today! Even before I started seriously working on it, I knew that I would want to share the process and my experience here and this project was the main reason why I started this YouTube channel!

Defining the scope of this project including figuring out the shape I wanted, my budget, the construction details and the fabrics was one of the hardest, and most time-consuming parts of this project and so I am pleased to share the process here with you today in case my experience can help you with a similar project. This is by far one of the hardest videos I’ve put together so far, so I hope that you enjoy it! ✨

Wedding dress sketch, pattern design, and invaluable help by Camille de Saint Léger 🌸
Her website: www.camilledesaintleger.com/
On Instagram: www.instagram.com/camilledesaintleger/?hl=fr

P A T T E R N S M E N T I O N E D
🪡 Arlette Dress by République du chiffon: republiqueduchiffon.com/produit/robe-arlette-pdf/

O N L I N E C L A S S E S M E N T I O N E D
✏️ Artesane: J’apprends à coudre ma robe de mariée: www.artesane.com/arts-du-fil/produit/je-couds-ma-r…
✏️ Artesane: Je couds mon voile de mariée: www.artesane.com/arts-du-fil/produit/je-couds-mon-…

You can also find me here: Instagram: www.instagram.com/sarah__naomi_

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:00 Inspirations
5:16 1st bridal shop
8:23 2nd bridal shop
12:47 Constructing the pattern
16:16 Outro

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🎈Song : Daystar - Favorite / • [Lo-fi] 좋아하는 공간을 ... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Old Bossa by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/

All Comments (21)
  • I'm very impressed with your bravery in taking on this challenge. Lucky you for having access to Parisian fabric stores. You chose the right dress and veil designs for your body. The lace on your veil worked out wonderfully.
  • @theycallmemylinh
    I really enjoyed watching this & hearing your journey to deciding on the silhouette & shape you wanted. I'm so glad you were able to find an experienced designer who could help support you on your wedding dress journey--what a perfect option for your needs!
  • @the_lisarance
    Thank you, this was so enjoyable to watch, looking forward to viewing all your videos for inspiration and viewing fun. Much better entertainment than mindless tv!
  • @mel_issa__
    Lovely video, I can't wait for the rest of the series.
  • This is such an interesting series. Thank you for sharing with us. In Australia I found that bridal shops, studios etc would not allow photos of the gowns or wearing the gowns. They did not want copies made of their designs. This concept of someone alongside you in the process is brilliant.
  • Wow, I loved hearing about and seeing your design process - you do such a wonderful job of explaining the way you think about silhouettes and fabrics. The mockups look beautiful and I can't wait to watch the next video to see how sewing the dress turned out!
  • Such a fun series, Sarah! I'm looking forward to the next videos in the series! :)
  • @chlomo2618
    I love hearing about this whole process! Looking forward to part two.
  • @baidykle1
    What a lovely video and you are so brave to venture into making your own wedding dress! I will be now watching all of the other parts of the process, it's so interesting! I wanted a very customiseable dress for my wedding withtwo different skirt lengths for day and evening, and almost had a professional make it. But then kind of at the last minute I decided to try out some dresses at the wedding dress shops just to get the feel for them. And I was mostly trying out the dresses in a fabric/silhouette that I thought I wanted, until the assistant suggested to try a similar dress like the one you show in this video of that beautiful more structured and heavier silk. It was totally different from what I thought I wanted but I just fell in love with it once I tried it. I just had that feeling of "this is my dress", the way that it made me feel confident and beautiful. It was unexpected but I never regretted it. Long story, oops. 😂
  • Wonderful video! I hope to make my daughters wedding dress one day. Can’t wait to see more of your series!
  • Salut Sarah ! C'est super intéressant de voir le processus d'inspiration pour ta robe de mariée. Je trouve ça génial que tu aies trouvé quelqu'un pour t'accompagner dans la conception de ta robe, c'est une super idée que Camille a eu ! J'aime beaucoup la coupe que tu as choisie :-) J'ai hâte de voir le second épisode !
  • Looked forward to these videos on the making of your wedding dress! Thank you!
  • @mel_issa__
    What was it like going to bridal shops, trying on dresses when you know you are not going to purchase anything? I would personally feel guilty and not dare to make appointments to try on gowns. Very much want to hear about your take and experience with this.
  • Me and my mother n law has been talking about making my own wedding dress and hopefully something I could pass down to my daughters if they’d like.
  • @lisag.6599
    So interesting, Sarah - so interesting! I was wondering if you'd ever share this gown journey. :)