coating lab pan

Let me introduce myself a little. Iapos;m a 23 year old female living in Central Florida. My fianc� and I have been together for 5 years and engaged for...a while. Weapos;re hoping to get married in 2009, so within the year. No exact date set yet, but we have good reasons for that. We leave everything to the last minute.

One thing that is not being left to the last minute is my dress. I made a random, random decision to make my own wedding dress about a week ago. Itapos;s so out of the blue that I havenapos;t actually told anyone yet, for fear that theyapos;d laugh so hard Iapos;d lose half of my family.

I have never sewn before. Ever. Iapos;ve never even designed a dress, or any item of clothing.

Yes, I am feeling a little out of my depth, and I canapos;t honestly remember why or how I decided to make my own dress. I think I was just overwhelmed by the choice of fabrics in my local Joannapos;s. Evil store. Never go there.

So, back to the dress. I bought my fabric today after 3 visits to local fabric stores, standing around in each for an hour looking back and forth and identical swatches trying to make a decision (how the hell do people do this on a regular basis?)

For $111.16 I got:

• 10 yds Muslin, which I read online this morning is good for making trial dresses?
• 6 yds ivory satin
• 3 yds dusty pink satin
• 3 yds ivory lace
• 2 packets of Swarovski crystals for the bodice

Iapos;m a European, I dont even use yards, I use metres So I totally guessed how much I�needed. I got home and realised that it was more than I was actually thinking I needed, but I guess it will be good because Iapos;ll probably screw up.

I also sat down this week and sketched out a dress made up on different parts of other dresses I liked. Empire skirt, halterneck bodice - that was the initial idea. Then when I saw the dusty pink and the lace today, I decided to add those in somehow. So now I will have more of an A-line skirt, which has 2 panels in the back which flare out as they go down, and that turns into the train. Those panels/the train will be made from the dusty pink material and covered in the lace.

I may also� make the bodice from the pink and cover it in lace too.

I start on the muslin version on Monday when the fianc� goes to university. Iapos;m thinking of it this way, if it all goes wrong, I can just buy a dress and Iapos;m only out $111.15. Not the world :)

Iapos;ll post pictures when I can.

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