![]() I believe every bride should feel fabulous on her wedding day and making bespoke pieces like this, that the bride will cherish, makes my heart sing! So here is the luxury Cherish garter almost finished! Just the flower and leaves at the top to do. Notice how the Swarovski pearls drape? I just love making the garters with the droplets! ![]() I should have taken photos stitching! I’ll remember when I make the next one □ The pattern of the lace is followed with alternate flowers, curving lines of seed beads stringing them together. This is a small sample, I’ve hand beaded with Swarovski pearls and silver-lined seed beads. How fabulous is that, lace made on antique looms for a vintage wedding! ( Lace similar to the middle lace above was used, taking the flowers and individually appliqueing them onto the bodice, creating a unique piece) Now I just can’t help myself when it comes to lace! These gorgeous cotton Nottingham laces, are made the traditional way on looms from the 1800’s, they also made lace for the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress. It is white! ) I included a sample of how I could put them together. The first step was to send Andrea a photo of the lovely laces available… ( I’m afraid I took the photo on a winter afternoon and the light was fading outside, giving everything a warm glow. I had made the Leila wedding garter and the Constance garter, both with their lovely pearl details, when Andrea came to me asking if I could combine the two designs into a white wedding garter to go with her gorgeous dress. I love it when brides come to me, asking me to make their dream wedding garter and that’s just how the Cherish wedding garter set came to be…
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