BRIDE'S MAID and WEDDING DRESSES

If you go with tulle or tricot nylon draping as decorations, you can also create skirts out of those same fabrics!

For skirts I take a narrow ribbed ribbon and cut long shards of the tulle or nylon plus silver or gold ribbons, and attach them to the ribbed ribbon by tying them on in varying lengths or use tiny dots of hot glue to place them onto the ribbed ribbon which then ties on around the waist.

I make fabric wings using a big triangle of fabric fold close to a triangle by matching up opposite corners. The long folded edge of the triangle goes across the chest, above the breasts, and the corners brought around the back and tied by a square knot. The corner ends are then fluffed out to create wings. If you want, you can purchase a small version of a skirt, from me, to see how it is made.

If you want to use store bought wings you can get the whiteones and use floral coloring sprays to make them the colors you are going to use for the wedding. Ribbons hanging from the back of the wings are airy and move prettily as the maids move about. Wings can also be crafted from real feathers. If you are not getting them from a store, but gathering them yourself, place in a sealed bag of mothballs for several months to kill any creepy crawlies. Air out them seal in bag with a perfume to dispel the moth ball odor. Wouldn’t peacock feathers be beautiful as a component for decorating?

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