I'm a Mrs!

Photographer :Christopher Lane

I'm back! I got married over a month ago, and finally back in the swing of things. We had the most beautiful, perfect, and fun day. And now I can show you my dress! You may remember that I won my wedding gown from my favorite designer Amsale.

I was lucky enough to go to the New York showroom, and pick out exactly what I wanted. My dress is Amsale Cagney, from the Spring 2011 collection. It is a beautiful shimmery jacquard fabric, with a sweetheart neckline and a oversized broach and bow and the waist. I love it so much. My veil is also from Amsale and it is a cathedral length veil with white piping around the edges. It was very dramatic.

Doesn't my Mom look gorgeous? I loved her dress too!

If you follow me on twitter or instagram (erikamadeit) you may have seen some pictures from our honeymoon in Italy. I wore a lot of my handmade dresses. It was the best trip ever. We are now happy to be in our new home, and getting back to normal.

 

Our getaway car! Happened to match the girl's dresses.

 

 

My Brother and I

 

Thanks for looking! If you wanna see more you can check out my shutterfly album.

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I'm Getting Married Tomorrow!

This last couple of months has been a whirlwind of craziness. I haven't sewn anything in over 2 months! I'm sure you all understand because tomorrow is my wedding day! I'm a little nervous, and not really sure why. Anyway, I thought I would share a little sneak peek into some of the details from my big day!

The invitations are letterpress, and have a gorgeous hydrangea, I just love them. I LOVE the stationary store we used. Cambridge Street Papers in Madison, NJ were so helpful and had such an amazing selection, they made everything so much fun!

 

We also got this personalized stationary from Cambridge Street, so cute!

 

 

These are the welcome gifts we put together for the hotel guests. They are gable boxes, with adorable bows my Aunt helped with. The artwork with our faces is from a shop on etsy: lilimandrill. She made a custom stamp for us, and I used the proof she emailed me for a different things with the wedding. It really does look like us!

 

 

We used it on the favors too. They are little bottles of flavored olive oil. Meyer lemon or basil...yummm. They are from Carter and Cavero in Summit, NJ.

 

 

And finally for your viewing pleasure...MY SHOES!! Love them. They have been on display in the china cabinet for months, just so I could look at them everyday and not get them dirty.

 

Ok that's all I can show you for now. The day after the wedding we are off on our honeymoon, and I'll post something new in October. Wish me luck!

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Sew in Love Bridal Shower

A few weeks ago my Bridesmaids threw me a sewing themed bridal shower! It was a gorgerous day, with so many special details and I am such a lucky girl. I have posted a few of the pictures from the day, but to see the whole story check out my Maid of Honor's blog: Verbena Knits to see more about the day.  

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Where Have I Been??!!

I bought a house!! It needs a lot of work, so I haven't had any time to sew. But a new house means.... a new sewing room!! Below is the before. Yes that is some dirty, flocked wallpaper. Right now my sewing area is in the finished basement of my family home. I can't wait to sew above ground! It is a fairly big room, with a large closet and two windows. I can't wait to finish it and show you all. Well it's back to work for me. Hopefully next week I can do some sewing and do something fun.

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Ford Peplum Shirt : Vogue 8815

Remember the Prada inspired fabric I designed from Spoonflower? Inspired by the Prada Spring 2012 line, but personalized with some of my favorite cars. I finished this shirt just in time for my family's trip to the racetrack. This year we went to Watkins Glen, New York, which was beautiful, we had such a great time.

Almost ever year we travel to a different racetrack, as part of the Shelby American Automobile Club and my Dad and Brother race their cars on the track. It's always fun to go for a few days and see the all the cars, and spend time with my family.  It was 6 years ago at the convention I met my now fiance!  (That's his yellow car)

I never like to wear a men's t-shirt, and the shirts meant for women are usually not my style, so  designed and a more feminine shirt to combine my interests; cars and sewing. A peplum top was the perfect design for this masculine car fabric. I used Vogue 8815, and added a bit of matching light blue rick rack to the hem. There were so many cool cars there, no one even noticed my shirt!

I even helped to fix one of the cars!

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Iris Shorts

It's the official start of summer here in NJ, and that calls for a new pair of shorts! Colette patterns just released this patterns for shorts; Iris. I whipped a pair up this weekend using some cotton from Paron's in NYC. The only pattern adjustment I did was to lengthen the crotch, apparently I have a long torso. I made version 2, with the buttons, but did not cut the buttonhole, and just sewed the buttons on top.

Happy Summer!

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Blue Rose party dress

I love this dress! My maid of honor told me to get sewing, and make myself a dress for my bridal shower. Everything about the shower is a surprise, so I handed off the dress to her right after I finished it, and won't see it again until after the surprise.

This dress is all about the fabric. When I saw this double paneled floral cotton from Fabric Mart's daily pick on facebook,  I snapped it up at only $3.99 a yard. As you can see, one side has more flower coverage than the other.

I never worked with a paneled fabric before, and carefully cut the pieces for this Frankenstein pattern. I used vintage Butterick 9752, as the inspiration, and followed those directions, but used the trusty pattern simplicity 2444, for the front bodice and skirt, just to make fitting a little easier. The scoop neck back and buttonholes pattern was a raised version of the vintage Butterick, I raised the scoop a bit just so I could wear a bra. I love the ric rac trim around the neckline and hem, I can't believe I've never done this before.

The back closes with 5 buttons, and is attached to the skirt that has a small invisible zipper closure. I will surely make another version of this sweet dress.

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