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A Middlesbrough bride, Cheryl McGlynn, has created her own showpiece by hand stitching over 22,000 goose feathers to make her own wedding dress.
Cheryl, who runs a business selling dresses for weddings, spent more than half a year creating the gown that she would wear when walking down the aisle, all the while keeping up with the demands of her own company.

The dressmaker said of her creation:

“It is a unique piece. I know one designer has worked with feathers, and obviously Alexander McQueen who I really like, but I haven’t seen many other dresses like that one.”

Not stopping there, however, the blushing bride also crafted the dresses for her daughter and the lucky bridesmaids. According to Gazette Live, Cheryl is keen to re-use the material and break down her own creation to conjure up a new, and original, wedding dress for one her clients.

Cheryl, a graduate of Cleveland College of Art and Design, married her sweetheart Joel, a HGV driver, in a ceremony at St Cuthbert’s Church in Ormesby, in front of their family and friends.

Cheryl and her partner Joel, like many brides and grooms, have taken exceptional care and attention with the important parts of a wedding, and this includes hiring those who are going to record the happy day. Couples in this part of the country will be keen to ensure that the day they have spent so long organising will be documented by a top wedding photographer in North West England.

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        • Formby Hall
        • Meols Hall
      • Cheshire Venues
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        • Capesthorne Hall
        • Cheshire Woodland Weddings
        • Crewe Hall
        • Grosvenor Pulford
        • Heaton House Farm
        • Hallmark Llyndir Hall
        • Hillbark Hotel
        • Inglewood Manor
        • Mottram Hall Wedding Venue
        • Nunsmere Hall
        • Peckforton Castle
        • Rookery Hall
        • Rowton Hall
        • Soughton Hall Wedding Venue
        • Tower Hill Barns
        • The Mere Golf Club
        • The Belle Epoque
      • Liverpool Venues
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        • Crowne Plaza Hotel
        • Croxteth Hall Wedding Venue
        • DoubleTree by Hilton
        • Hard Days Night Hotel
        • Hope Street Hotel
        • Isla Gladstone
        • Knowsley Hall
        • Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
        • MalMaison
        • Marriott Hotel
        • OH ME OH MY
        • Rainhill Hall Wedding
        • Racquet Club
        • Speke Hall
        • St George’s Hall
        • Sefton Palm House
        • Shankly Hotel
        • The Titanic Hotel Liverpool
        • The Little Chet
      • Wirral Venues
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        • Bodysgallen Hall
        • Leasowe Castle
        • Leverhulme Hotel Wedding Venue
        • Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa
        • Thornton Manor
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        • Netherwood Hotel
        • Laura Ashley Belsfield Hotel
      • Lancashire Venues
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        • Eaves Hall
        • Hurlston Hall Wedding Venue
        • Mitton Hall Weddings
        • Rivington Hall Barn Wedding Venue
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        • West Tower Weddings
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