Wedding Dress Embellishments

If you will use a brooch or piece of decorative jewelry at the point where fabric is gathered, or similar ornament, they have materials for making those, so you can use matching ones nearby, like on an edging, sprinkled in a v in the center or a sweetheart neckline, etc.

Where you see a bead that is clearly labelled - comes in A grade, B grade  etc, always get the higher grade for sewing notions or jewelry.  The less than perfect ones are cheaper and fine for kids crafts, and stage costumes only seen at a distance.

    Otherwise, whether sold at a discount price or not, all are high quality beads.

    They have a Gallery of ideas, as well as bridal / wedding pages and "Pearls of Wisdom"  plus pages on using crystals.    These help if looking to make an embellishment in a set pattern, rather than something like scattered crystals.

    For example, if you want to use shorter and longer crystals around an edging to give a radiant effect, or bead an edge to end in a faceted pendant bead in a V neck , looking at necklaces where they specify sizes of every component will tell you materials to use.  Often for a dress, you would want to recreate the effect with much smaller beads than a necklace, but still having idea patterns to look at helps. (on blue)  Then a random scattering of tiny glass beads would bea shimmery effect around it.  Or buy a lace motif for the center of a neckline, and sew diamond crystals on top.

Or if you will have a bustled train, or a detached one, you may have Wedding Embellishments with a center faceted pendant bead - lift the pendant, and underneath will be the hook that holds up a caught up portion of the skirt, out of sight when the skirt is not bustled.    This necklace type pendant with a line of pearls would be an idea:

 It is 9 small beads and a pendant, and the whole thing might be 3/4 of an inch over a gathering of fabric,  smaller or larger if beads like those on either side were at an edging and the pendant center front neck.

    First, threaded together like a bit of jewelry, then the ends sewn in place either side of the 1st bead, so as you move the crystal catches the light where it hangs free.  Simple, very effective.

  I used to do beading work on wedding dresses, and it is like working with mosaic tiles, a tiny  pattern repeated many times has a greater overall impact.  Harder to imagine if you have never seen examples.   So use the idea pages even if you do not get these particular beads.

    Also - no matter what craft magazines and sites tell you,  DO NOT hot glue any embellishments.  Crystals will crack, and as fabric moves, they will peel off while wearing the dress, though they were fine on the hanger.

    If you also want lace embellishments or rhinestones and do not find them locally, I can look for some sites for you.  Unlike crystal and beads, I find looking at lace in person, holding it to fabric, best,  But if not available locally, then ordering works.

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