Maria

Maria and her mom came with moms original gown from the 1980s. Maria had a very specific vision of what she wanted designed. The gown had almost 1000 pearls on the bodice lace that needed to be replaced. I took all the lace apart and created a new bodice. Then I hand appliquéd the newly pearled lace onto the new bodice. And added this all to the original skirt. This project was one of my most involved. In the end it looked exactly how Maria had dreamed it would. This is one of my first redesign efforts. It inspired me to do many more.