A few years ago my friend announced she was engaged and with all the excitement, and perhaps the bottle of bubbly we enjoyed between us, we agreed I would make her wedding dress.
A moment of madness perhaps,but seemingly this blushing bride was keen to move the project forward. We began to rifle through vogue wedding dress patterns to try and find the 'perfect' dress.
The process was possibly quicker than shopping for the 'perfect off-the-rail dress'. We found a pattern, I sourced the silk and one week later a dress was made.
After a few adjustments, the dress had it's fifteen minutes of fame and was stored away forever more in a wardrobe, forgotten amidst mini skirts and work suits.
It was clear something needed to be done with this wedding dress, and this is how once again the dress ended up in my hands for hopefully, it's final adjustment.
All the detail and effort went into the corset. Although the corset was not boned, it still had all the panels of a normal corset. And the signature rusching of the silk was clearly where the attention needed to be focused.
The obvious brief was to transform the corset into a cushion, not for every day use, but perhaps to sit somewhere formal within the married couple's home.
The problem was the corset had a curved top edge for the bust and a decorative curved edge for the waist.. It was decided the curved lines would be kept, so the cushion was recognisable as the bridal corset.
The result was a rather strange shaped cushion, but it represents the world to the bride, my friend, who can now view her wedding dress and that special day, every day.
