Orange & Green, Long Sleeves on Long Dresses

* Hi there. For this week's post, I am featuring 2 long sleeve dresses I recently made for 2 ladies in my church; RCCG Love Assembly (@rccgloveassembly).

The first one (orange) was for Mrs. K to wear to our Mother's Day (5/10) service. She wanted something fitting, long sleeves and a fishtail silhouette.
Every year, the mothers (Virtuous Women) pick a fabric and they all show up in coordinating outfits.
You can just feel the love and oneness. Also, all the married women and mothers (including visitors) go home with a gift every year.

The second one (green) was for Ms. G to wear to her nephew's baby dedication (5/17). She had been away in school and gave me her fabric with only 3 days to make the dress (time crunch!!!).
I'm so happy it fit her perfectly the first time and she told me she loves it soooo much.

** Enjoy the pictures and videos below.
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Orange Dress

Virtuous Women

Green Dress

The Making 

(Before the sleeves and sneak peak on the inside)

Dancing

The best part for me was seeing them dancing and looking at home in their dresses.

Thank you ladies for the support.

Custom Order - Sight Unseen

* Miss W placed her order with a phone call, 2 emails and a skirt (along with the outfit fabric) sent to me through a friend. This is the first time I ever made a custom order without actually seeing the client and it fit!!!
Normally, I ask my clients to come in for a fitting when I am about 80% done with their outfits so you can imagine my concern when Miss W called and said she won't be able to make it into town (Chester, PA from New York) as planned. I was a bit concerned but with one shot to get this right, I re-checked all her measurements, sent her pictures of the progress and made changes as she suggested over text messages.
** After she received the outfit, she sent me a message saying "Thank you. It fit perfectly and I got a lot of compliments'. Phew! Thank God :) and I mean that sincerely.
*** In retrospect, the lighting could have been better ...

1st Email: Picture of the Style of the Top (Minus the Peplum) She Wanted from Clairnadine

(2nd email had her measurements)

Shopping for Contrasting Fabric

(went with the 2nd one)

1st Picture of the New Skirt with the Sample Skirt

2nd Picture: She Said Make It Shorter

Final Looks: Long Skirt and Short(er) Skirt

Fish-tail/Mermaid Skirts

    * I don't know what it is about fish-tail or mermaid style skirts but it makes ladies feel really pretty. Maybe it's the way it fits and then flares. I made 3 of such skirts in the space of about a month for 3 ladies and I think it is time to make one for me :)
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Ms. J's Skirt - I really like the fabric and the way the ombré is set up.

She was going to wear it with a pale pink top but I must say the black top works great!!

Ms. N's High-Waist Skirt - This was an express request and was done in about 3 days.

I paired it with a blue blouse on the mannequin but Ms. N wore it with a white blouse.