Beautiful work..... I would call this simple elegance. The dress is not overly done up with accessories and it sure doesn't need it. This is the kind of sewing I want to learn to do but unfortunately we don't have people around here who want to get into teaching. I can't understand why. I remember years ago people being able to go to seamstress schooling but you sure can't find anything like that anymore. Any suggestions.....anyone?

This dress is absolutely beautiful. My oldest daughter is getting married next may in Ireland ( we live in Minnesota) and I only wish I had the talent to make her a wedding dress to fit a 12th century castle, like the one she is getting married in. I love to sew but have not done it a lot because of schedules and such. Now that the kids are grown and gone I want to do it some more. I only wish we had a class around where one could learn the art of sewing, but unfortunately, we don't. I learned in junior high school and actually that has helped me a lot. I am pretty good at reading patterns but not a very good fabric cutter....Thank God for seam allowances...lol. Thank you for sharing your gorgeous project.