Greetings dear brilliant creators on Hive, welcome to another amazing week, it's sure going to be amazing for every one of us, also welcome another exciting needlework Monday, one of the reasons I get very excited every Monday even though most people hate Mondays because that means retiring from the weekend break, I get to share my sewing/needlework projects with you all, and also read and learn from you amazing authors as well.

I finally completed the bridesmaid dress for my friend, I must confess that this project stressed me a lot, returning my back pain after I've managed to be relieved for a while, well, that's one of the sacrifices we make as a fashion designer, our brain and body actively functioning to give an exceptional result at the end, and indeed, it was all worth the process involved.

The unique part involved in the process of making this blouse is the beading process, even though I've done minor beading in the past, I usually shy away from beading because of how time-consuming it can be, and for my kind of job, I don't have all of that time so I can move to the next project, but my friend here was very insistent, not wanting to chose another style without beads,

I just had to summon all courage, put a pause on major projects and faced bringing to reality what she so desired, a beaded blouse paired with a brocade skirt, I already shared the making process of the skirt [here].

Without further ado, let's get right into the making process

Materials Used

• Crepe fabric
• Plastic and crystal beads
• bust padding
• Boning
• Eyelets
• Matching colored thread

Cutting and Sewing Process

• I started by drafting the pattern on paper before transferring it to the fabric, it's a bustier pattern with a snatched waistline, for both front and back, the back.

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• Next, I joined the front and back together by the sides, I also repeated the same on the lining fabric which is the satin fabric, and then I trimmed out the base to form a V-shape
  

• I ensured to iron interfacing on the wrong side of the fabric, and I also used padding and caging techniques for more structure on the bust and sewed in straps.

• I used a rivet tool to create holes at the back here I fixed eyelets, the back doesn't have a zipper instead we would be lacing it.

Now unto the beading process, this is where the real work started, I filled up the bust area sewing the beads three at a time to form the cluster, I also beaded the straps and hem of the blouse, it took a whole week to finish this beading as I did it without any help, and was so relieved when I finished the whole process, just in time for my friend T to make it for her friend's wedding.

The finished look is so stunning as you can see from the pictures, and she was very satisfied with the result, making all my effort worthwhile.

All images used in this post are mine.

Thank you for reading.