This project put everything we were doing on hold most of the year since the snow melted!
My wife and I both hold full time jobs and did this in the basement sewing room and the dining room, which we didn't eat in for 6 months.
The gown was totally designed and created by us...no pattern.
There's a little over 20yrds of bridal satin, several other types of fabric, about 100 custom embroidered appliques and a few thousand beads, crystals and sequins of numerous types on there.
Pictured is my daughter Jessica on her wedding day 11-11-11, Smathers Beach Key West.