Wedding Dress Alterations
Northern Beaches Alterations is your local Dee Why Bridal Seamstress, very well known for wedding dress alterations and bridal modifications. This area of dress alterations and pattern making can be highly complex and requires advanced technical garment skills. Wedding dress designs are unique, and the patterns used to create these designs require more attention to detail and time to alter.
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The fabrics used are typically more expensive and delicate, and therefore extra time is taken when cutting bridal fabric and sewing pieces together. There are commonly many layers to a wedding dress, and a lot of fabric linings to alter when working with bridal dresses. This again takes additional time when compared to your average formal dress alterations.
Typical wedding dress alterations work include:
- Take in on the side seams
- Take in on the bust
- Shorten the hem – half hem or full hem
- Remove layers of lining
- Add straps
- Add tulles
- Add boning
- Add or alter beading and embellishment
- Shorten sleeves
- Replace zippers
- Adding bustles
- Adding bra cups
- Shorten train
- Creating corset
Due to the amount of time taken to alter wedding dress alterations, it is encouraged to book in your alterations work ahead of time. You can expect more than one fitting in order to get the garment altered to perfection.
If you are looking for wedding dress alterations near you, then look no further than Northern Beaches Alterations. A local bridal seamstress you can trust to help prepare you for your very special wedding day.