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27 avril 2006

tissu I was writing a long entry about making african necklaces, but the computer crashed as I was about to send. Of course. I don't really feel like rewriting the whole thing just now, so today you'll read about wedding instead, and maybe next time I'll go back to the glass beads.

Among my current crafting projects is making a wedding dress. Not an easy task considering my increasing belly size. It not only slows me down, but also makes the choice of a pattern and fabric more complicated. I wanted a nice green covered with transparent white, both stretch fabrics, to make a simple straight dress. But for some reason, all the stretch fabrics were either black or white, or a very flashy colors. And the transparent ones all had patterns such as "mondial 2006", no I'm not having a football themed wedding. I finally decided to combine some white, very elastic lycra with a nice metallic green fabric that would not stretch one millimeter above its size. I'll just have to use the green for those parts that won't grow much in the next few weeks.

Since the design was becoming a bit more complex, I needed a pattern. Dress patterns made specially for pregnant women are few and the item usually makes you look like a sack of potatoes. I decided instead to use an old Burda pattern, actually the only one I possess, from which I made an evening gown to attend the medical school gala in Turku a few years ago. The high waistline suits my condition, and since I havn't been sewing cloths for a while, it helps that I am familiar with that model. Let's just hope that my danish/swedish is still ok, since the only alternative in the instructions would be finnish.

A wedding dress? Yes, I'm getting married. Hopefully in about a month, if we manage to gather all the papers required by the french administration, especially the ones that the lady at the office forgot to tell about when I first went to ask. Medical certificates less than 2 month old. Birth certificates less than 3 month old (I wonder what would change) and the british one translated by an official translator, of which there is only one in town. A "certificate of law" telling that a british citizen can get married without his parents consent if he's over 18... where's *Europe* in all this?

Anyway, 3rd of June seems to get real now. A civil wedding, a casual picnic at the river with friends, and a family diner at home are the plans for that day. The church wedding and big party will have to wait a bit, until our purse gets fatter and my belly smaller.

Pictures of my dress after the wedding.

Posté par yevaud à 17:03 - l'atelier - Commentaires [4] - Rétroliens [0] - Permalien [#]

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Felicitations!!! (encore!). J'espere que vous aurez plein de soleil et plein de bonheur. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs que tu as choisi pour ta robe! Plein de bisous (et pour la honeymoon, la Nouvelle Zelande?)

Posté par E., 28 avril 2006 à 23:08

tu nous offres le voyage ;) ? j'espere que vous y resterez assez longtemps qu'on ait le temps de redresser nos finances.

Posté par yev, 29 avril 2006 à 11:57

Congradulations!

Hi, Stef! Congradulations! You are getting married! Although I have already been expecting that to happen, but still I got really excited about the news! Please give my best regards to Ian! Your wedding dress sounds so wonderful! Wish I could make a dress by own! Rememeber to send pictures of you wearing that:)
take care
a big hug
tao

Posté par Tao He, 03 mai 2006 à 11:00