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   MrsRussell | Oct 09, 2005 08:33am | #1

   Bridal loops are often sold in stores that sell braids and trimmings etc. They are sold by the meter/yard

   shelly in Jerusalem

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   DebbB | Oct 11, 2005 05:31am | #4

   Thank you for this information. I shall contact other fabric shops in this area.DebbB

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   SewNancy | Oct 09, 2005 02:56pm | #2

   If you can't find them, you can make long bias tubes and make the loops yourself. You can mark them on paper, sew across them and then remove the paper. They are not hard to make. Claire Schaeffer says that if the tube is easy to turn they are too fat. Also after making the tube, wet them and stretch out and pin un til dry.
   Nancy

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   ixs | Oct 11, 2005 04:53am | #3

   Many years ago I bought a one of a kind dress from a bridal shop that made their dresses---any way you wanted. At one time, bridal gowns weren't thought to be well made if they had a zipper and not bridal loops. I'm sure if you went on the web, you could find a place that sold them, as I have seen them at many fabric shops.

   Hope things go well for you. It's a big job.

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   SkiNsew | Oct 11, 2005 03:00pm | #5

   Here is an online store that sells them.------Just one more option.

   http://www.newarkdress.com/bridalgown.html

   Mary

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   carolfresia | Oct 11, 2005 04:39pm | #6

   The Newark Dress link shows you what these are--basically small elastic loops attached to a braid-like flange. You sew the flange into the facing (or lining) seam, the way you would piping, and the loops extend toward the opposite side for buttoning.

   Although a long row of covered or round pearl buttons are traditional on a wedding gown, you can also engineer the dress so that it has an invisible or lapped zipper that really holds it closed, and buttons and loops over that more for decoration than for function.

   Carol

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   HeartFire | Oct 12, 2005 06:29am | #7

   you need to pick up a copy of "Bridal Couture" by Susan Khalje. If you are doing a wedding dress this is the one book you can not do without - she gives detailed instructions on how to insert the bridal loops for the buttons, as well as all the rest of the construction.