Victorian nontraditional wedding dress; Jewellery

Got the pearl choker done today! And a little bracelet, though that one wasn’t planned for one bit, just hit me that it’d be nice making a little matching set, and I was at it anyway, so why not simply continue?

I don’t know why, but the thought hit me that had he had elf ears this would have been the perfect “Elf having a human wedding” (and loving those giant Victorian dresses too much to pass on the chance to actually wear one as well).

I’m considering making more pearl chokers/necklaces and bracelets to sell at some point, Could be fun doing commissions on those at some point :3

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Startup One Two

Elliptical Cage Crinoline One Two

Undergarments

Corset One Two Three

Petticoat

Main Skirt One Two

Jacket

Decor One Two Three

Jewellery

The odd ramble in between

Wig One Two Three Four

Shoes

Wedding Bouquet

Veil

Victorian style nontraditional wedding dress; decor and accessories

Finished (nearly)all of the decor on the dress; every single rose, leaf - be it fabric or metal, every single of the some 300 pearls, and rhinestones. Only thing missing are some little pointy back rhinestones that I’ll be gluing into each rose on the dress and accessories, have yet to show up in the mail.

Made a little pouch “for little bits and bobs”, can’t have a dress without something to carry whatever it is you need to carry, right? Made a pair of wrist cuffs from pieces of rose lace and decided against adding rhinestones or any other wild decor, to keep them neutral as there is enough going on on the dress itself, so simply tied them with a little bow.

The fur shawl could have been a done deal, but didn’t entirely know what I wanted before calling it a night and having started fiddling around with making a pearl choker. But going to use the entire length of the piece of fur, around 1m, going to sew the edges together and then decorate it with montees, roses, filigree leafs. Not much, but I still want some on to have everything match in a sense.

So, last up, the pearl choker. Had bought some metal trim with rhinestones and glass beads, but didn’t quite work out as intended, so had to rethink. First I though of making a long chain of 5mm montees, but then I was all nah, and looked down at those tiny little white pearls, and thought why not. Never made a pearl necklace before, sure, in kindergarden or something, but those were so super basic and nothing advanced like this. Have a few dozen more pearl rings to make and then sit and sew them all together. There will only be one montee droplet, like the one pictured, which will go in the midle, two others will only sport a single 3mm montee. Thinking I’ll use satin ribbon to tie it with once it’s done, I don’t have any other lock small enough for the purpose

Hope being able to finish the necklace tomorrow along with the shawl. Then it’s just a wedding bouquet, a pair of shoes (where I’m still waiting on the feet to arrive in the mail as I need HH-feet) and a wig that needs to be made. Slowly, but surely, nearing the end!

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Startup One Two

Elliptical Cage Crinoline One Two

Undergarments

Corset One Two Three

Petticoat

Main Skirt One Two

Jacket

Decor One Two Three

Jewellery

The odd ramble in between

Wig One Two Three Four

Shoes

Wedding Bouquet

Veil

Victorian inspired nontraditional wedding dress decor - WIP

So, kicked my ass these past few days, or really mostly today, wish seeing to getting closer to the finish line on this dress.

Spent yesterday attaching some leaf trim and satin roses plus filigree leafs onto the skirt. Took quite a while doing all that, now I just need to sew it onto the skirt. Have some little green pearls I'm thinking I'll be using a few of for every leaf.

Today I then finished hand sewing the ruffle onto the jacket, all 160cm of it, but just look at that! Looks so much better than I had imagined, going to decorate it with lots of satin roses and those little shiny montees (they're a lot more shiny in proper daylight) and I am considering sewing a little white pearl on each side of the montees.

Also decorated a big removable bow that sits on the back of the jacket, took some of the length off of the top bow, was way too massive and looked ridiculous.

Have so much decorating left before I can call it a day for the dress, but when I get there there will be even more to do! Have jewellery, gloves, a wig and a pair of shoes to make, a fur shawl, a small purse of sorts, wedding bouquet, and, I think that's it, oh, veil! Busy, busy, busy!

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Startup One Two

Elliptical Cage Crinoline One Two

Undergarments

Corset One Two Three

Petticoat

Main Skirt One Two

Jacket

Decor One Two Three

Jewellery

The odd ramble in between

Wig One Two Three Four

Shoes

Wedding Bouquet


Veil