I don't have a good picture of my actual wedding dress on this computer, but here are some pictures I saved as inspiration for what I wanted to create from my wedding dress...
I love the tops of these next two. I hate my arms, so I rarely wear anything that's sleeveless or with cap sleeves. Plus I love the lace look, especially after seeing Princess Kate's wedding dress.
So that was my plan... make my wedding dress into a new dress that was somehow similar to these inspirations above.
And then this happened...
We found out in June that we're expecting our third child. He/She is due in February, which would make me almost halfway through my pregnancy for our vow renewal. Given that I was already scared of cutting my wedding dress apart to make a new dress, there was little chance of figuring out how to make it into a maternity dress. So on to plan B....
I started shopping online, looking for a maternity dress that would be similar to what I wanted. I found this one that was perfect...
but then saw the price tag... $300! Um, no. I wouldn't pay that for a dress that I would wear over and over again, let alone a maternity dress that would probably only be worn once!
So onto plan C.
I bought a maternity dress pattern online for $13. I made a practice dress first, and boy am I glad I did. It turned out way too big and I hated the way it was gathered the whole way around the waist, it ended up making me look enormous! Once I altered the pattern to fit the way I wanted/needed it to, I got started with my real dress. And I am so happy with the way it turned out. It ended up being much more flattering on me than I thought when I first tried it on. Plus I have to admit this was the first time I've made a dress from a pattern. I'm amazed it turned out this well considering I have very little, really no experience making clothing from patterns.
Here's the finished product in action
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