Wedding dress thread

I'm not saying she was right to do what she did but I can imagine her feeling backed into a corner and just wanted to bury her head in the sand. I don't think it was right but I would be mortified to have taken up so much of her time. ilove has been incredibly gracious about the entire thing, but that still doesn't make it comfortable to say you don't like someone's hard work. Still not acceptable, I'm not defending the blocking and deleting but I just don't agree with others slating her on her which she will probably read.

Very true that she was somewhat painted into a corner but I agree with this ^

An acceptable alternative would of been to, contact ilove, advise her, that although the alterations she made were a vast improvement, on the disaster left by the previous dressmaker, she had taken a few more suggestions and combined ilove's ideas with some others and now had the perfect dress. Rather than delete and block, which is shameful behaviour towards someone, who gave up their time and made considerable effort, to help a stranger in need.

I agree, if she had second thoughts afterwards it would have been so hard to admit it here, so many people where invested in it.

Glad it looked lovely and you don't mind, ilove you are an angel x

What would have been an acceptable alternative? She knew she had a massive following going on and that she would end up being slated for changing it or admitting she didn't like it. I think she got caught up in the whole thing and didn't know what to do. She could have admitted it but people still would be calling her ungrateful and self absorbed on here.

I do think she should've just been honest and said she wasn't happy with the changes instead of deleting and blocking you though. The dress looked really lovely on the thread. It's a real shame that you can put yourself out for a stranger to have it thrown back in your face.

I used to give them to show horses!
B12 not gin.
Glad I found this before I left classics.

Sorry it didn't quite work out to the fairytale ending but you were marvellous ilove. The dress looked much better and I think it was lovely of you to give up your weekend to do it.
I can understand that she felt embarassed but think it was a bit mean to block you. Glad she has apologised.
I nearly printed it off I wish I had now. Just because I am rubbish at finding threads sometimes after a couple of weeks. Still finding my way around.
Anyway ilove I think you were a wonderful friend to a stranger. Have a lovely time with those children. What was the woolly hugs bit? I've missed that I think is it the group that make squares?

B12 injections were my lifeline for several years. The difference they make is amazing.

Ooh it's fab stuff!!!

Aghhhh B12 you say, might look into that

Bless you all, you're really kind :)

Not OTT at all. It honestly looked stunning and much more flattering.

I'm amazed. I could understand it if she had a wobble about the style of dress altogether (with her concern on how her back looked!) and decided she wanted to add a full shrug or something but that is strange.

Anyway, you are a lovely talented woman ILove. Enjoy your time with those lovely kiddies

It was a homage to your work

You are so lovely. I'd be so less chilled than you.

Yes it was very similar to what I did, but actually has less coverage. Perhaps what I did was OTT

I would love to see what she had done after as I thought it looked beautiful. The only thing I can think is that she had it altered to give her more coverage? Maybe she felt self conscious about how her arms/back looked in the end

Hello ilove, I've been following the " operation wedding dress " thread, before it was deleted. To me, it was not ok, to block you on FB and delete everything you did on here. You gave your time to help a stranger in need and were treated in an appauling way. ( I'm sorry to me, there is no excuse ) It would not of been difficult to contact you and explain. For what it's worth I think you made an amazing offer, and gave up your time to help a stranger in need, that deserved, at the very least, an exlanation as to why the decision to delete was made !

I expect it was modelled on what you did?

No, she took off what I'd done and had something else done to the original dress

Do you mean she wore a different dress altogether ilove?

She paid for all materials of course, and I didn't want paying. I had gin and chocolate and a donation to the charity, and that's absolutely lovely :)

I bloody well hope she paid you, iLove, and I hope it was in cold hard cash for your time and materials.

You sound like the most generous, warmhearted person and if you offered to sort my wedding dress, I'd happily walk down the aisle in any of your creations....even if it was a bin liner spattered in bird shit OK maybe not

Yeah here's a bottle of gin, while yeah it's an in joke on MN it doesn't pay for petrol, time spent travelling and hand sewing sequins.

This has really annoyed me this morning, presumably iloves prototype was used by a dressmaker to complete the "vision".

Did she not pay you ilove?? I assumed she paid for your time & effort but it's shocking if she didn't.

It's a shame she couldn't get over herself and go back to the original dressmaker that wrecked the dress to sort it out then. Using up Ilove's time and goodwill is not fair.