Those are some great tips and I’m sure a lot of ladies haven’t thought of em. I hadn’t. I’ve never had any piece of clothing fall apart on me. That’s just horrible. I hadn’t even thought of something like this happening. When I get married, I’m definitely gonna have a sewing kit handy (and lots of safety pins).

I was so distracted by the memory of my own wedding day disasterlette that I forgot to mention: My wedding dress coming apart? I would hunt down the dressmaker, and it would not be pretty when I found her. I would also sue the everlivin’ daylights out of her.

Back in the day, I did run into some problems with my husband’s outfit for my own wedding. I had made his outfit as well as my own, and there were many tiny pearl buttons fastening the trouser front. All summer long, as I worked on fittings, button up; unbutton. Button up; unbutton. No problems. On the wedding day, as he started to button the trousers, every single pearl head pulled off the shank of the button. The shanks themselves stayed securely in place, stitched on with an eye to surviving possible hurricanes, tornadoes and atomic explosions. The buttons themselves, apparently, were not quite so well-made.

Thanks to some well-placed safety pins, we were able to continue with the ceremony and the rest of the day, and later on, the buttons were replaced with one-piece molded buttons.

So, a note to brides who are using pearl-headed, or pearl-style buttons: if the buttons are made in two pieces, that is, the button looks a pearl attached to a metal loop, you may want to rethink the button style, unless the dress is under no strain where it buttons. If the button needs to be able to hold pretty firmly, you may be better off with a molded, one-piece button (that is, the loop that is sewin through is molded and made as part of the entire button).

The sewing kit, however, is an utter necessity, and should contain safety-pins in different sizes, as well as pre-threaded needles in white, ivory, bridesmaid and tuxedo colours.

But I also agree that someone who winds up separated from said new spouse that quickly might just have an even bigger problem with things unraveling than one wretchedly bad sewing job.

The entire episode, though, does give a painfully clear example of why it’s important to know what a good, strong seam looks like even if you can’t sew one yourself. When your gown is handed over to you, don’t be afraid to take a good look at the workmanship before you accept delivery.

But if that woman has already separated from her husband, it sounds like she has bigger problems …

Shannon
The Virtual Bridesmaid
http://blog.viddia.com

It’s summer, the perfect time to put your feet up a read a good book! Thank goodness there is plenty of new reading material out there on our very favorite topic, wedding planning….

I certainly wish the couple all the best, and they certainly deserve that sort of compensation from the dressmakers. but if they make a go of it and have kids, there will be plenty of more “most important days” in their lives.