Wedding Forum - DIY bridesmaids dresses...

Hello all,

I had decided to get my bridesmaids infinity dresses and founf a nice lad on E*ST*Y who was selling them for £70, with £40 postage (total £250). Last night i stumbled on a how-to specifically for these dresses! I am off to get some jersey fabric this weekend and im going to give it a go!

Ill keep you informed but if you have a sewing machiene and are a bit handy i just thought id plant the seed! To buy the fabric would cost about £40 for all three, plus time. As they were previoulsy called the one seam dress, you guessed it, just one seam to make. They dont have hems so i dont need to worry about that.

I may be being optomistic but i may be saving myself hundreds!

What do you ladies think about DIY dresses? Would you??

My auntie has hand made five dresses, three adult, one child and one flower girl. I have a picture of a sample dress in my photo album, but the colour is Cadbury's purple rather than the red-purple in the photo. My auntie got married two years ago and made all her bridesmaids dresses, of which I was. I loved her dresses so I was dead excited when she offered to make mine!

This wedding has made me into a crafty person because I made all of my stationary and table decorations but sewing is a different league to me. I've never laid my hands on a sewing machine before!

that's a fab idea, I havn't used a sewing machine in years and would be worried i'd mess up, but may look into a short dress making class now xx

If you have the time and that is the dress a bride wants for her bridesmaids, it's ideal!

However, if the person making them doesn't have the skill levels, simple as it may be, it may not be worth the time!

Also, it might not be the actual dress a bride wants and they are seduced and enticed/persuaded by the low cost...

Personally, am not a fan as I like structured outfits and a lot of people have these dresses nowadays and i know most bridesmaids wont reuse them.

However, great info for those after these dresses on a strict budget! :)

Well all the BMs have said they love the dresses and would possibly wear them again, so i thinkill see how this one turns out. If i get horribly stressed or it dosnt look nice then of course i will buy them in!

Can't wait to see the finished product x

Nice one :)

Although im good at making dresses will prob get my mummy to do them as shes twice as good!

My mum is currently making a mock up of a dress that we are considering as a bridesmaid dress. If the girls like it, we might very well go DIY on the dresses.

Its decided to work

The dress like lovely. You've done a great job. X

Ah thank you ladies!!! Im very proud!

A combination really, I googled diy infinity dress, on the first page are many blogs (including sew like my mom titled 'little red dress' which was the most useful. There are ones out there for maxi dress options where the skirt is constructed differently, its a good job a read them as I knew hiw to alter the dress when I realised I didnt have enough fabric! I am 5'11" and 5m woukd have been enough, I was just short with 4.

I also watched a few youtube videos to get a general idea of how to construct them. For instance many dont have a waistband, but I wanted a bit more security!

wow, well done hun, looks stunning

They look amazing

Thanks ladies! Off to see the fussy bm this weekend to get approval. Bless my sister isnt very confident so I want her to feel good! I have been inspired by lots of lovely fabrics in the shop to make a nice dress for me!

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Good Luck with your fabric search :)