How to create a ghetto fabulous custom made wedding gown
We know custom made usually goes with expensive and what better time to want to show off and impress than your wedding. In order to keep this impressive, you must never tell anyone that in fact you made it yourself.
Remember
“custom” made = oohh, girl, the bride looks ravishing!
“home” made = that scandalous ho must be kidding.
Now there are a few dilemas here, making a fabulous, yet multpurpose wedding gown that can take you from walking down the aisle 1 minute and ready to be put into stirrups or even a c-section the next, without missing a musical beat and without any fuss of undressing. Plus, we want to keep the maternity wedding gown fairly simple and easy to sew.
I would also like to mention that this project can be done in under 3 hours and 20 bucks leaving you plenty of time and money to shop for accessories.
materials:
3 yards of the shiniest white satin you can find (rednecks can substitute flannel here, but it doesn’t drape as nicely)
elastic, enough to go around your chest 1 time and your belly twice.
trim or ribbon, shinier that the satin, silver is nice, gold is better and rhinestones are De Bomb. (rednecks may substitute printed ribbon with the confederate flag, a ford truck, a moose head or anything they wish for the rhinestones.)
Now, standing up, hold the top of the material to your chest, and measure how much needs to be cut off from the bottom. Remember to leave an extra foot at the bottom for mistakes and seams. Before you chop the shiny fabric off, make sure you are satisfied with the length. For an added dash of maternity sexiness, you can cut it a bit shorter to show more leg.
Fold over the top 2 inches of fabric across the entire topside of material to create a flap that is wide enough to fit your elastic. put your elastic in the flap and sew the flap down making sure to not sew over the elastic since it should move. Basically, this is just like making a curtain with a flap for the curtain rod.
** Timesaving tip** If you have a white, shiney curtain, just go ahead and use that the top is already sewn for you!
Now for the bottom. Cut the fabric straight up from the bottom to give you a fabulous slit to show off your legs, also, it helps with walking. Be sure to cut high enough to tease your future father-in-laws imagination, but not too high as to alienate the wife and your future Mum. You may wanna practice on a Barbie here before you hack it for real.
You are now ready to sew up the back. Sew the 2 sides together straight up the back to get a snug fit in the rear.
*** style tip*** your booty is as big as ever
show it off by making the dress a bit tighter in the hips.
Now the tricky part, again, you may need to practice on the Barbie a few times before attempting.
Put on the dress, now you must mark where the cut out goes, make the midriff cutoff as small or as large as you like, remember, the larger the cutout, the more belly skin will be shown and the easier medical access will be to your belly, just in case you do go into labor during the ceremony and a c-section is needed. also, mark the dress top if you would like to take it in a bit at this point.
Cut the middle section out of the dress, but DO NOT dispose of the fabric. fold the oval piece of fabric in 1/2 and cut in the middle to make 2 1/2 ovals. Those will make some stunning cuffs. Sew a flap, just like the cleavage part of the dress around the entire midriff cutout, insert elastic and tighten for some fab ruffles to accentuate your waistline.
To finish off the dress, sew the trim onto all the cut edges for that “polished” look. Remember, this is custom made so you can not have any frayed edges, make sure the trim covers them all. Use 2 rows if you must, the shinier, the better.
To finish your cuffs, use the same method of inserting ribbon into a sewn flap as you did with the elastic. String in the ribbon and tie in a bow around wrist.
No worries, this fabulously stylish design works for just about any size woman and accommodates a few extra inches in the waistline perfectly.
Below is slightly sexier version of the ghetto fab wedding gown
