The Great British Sewing Bee star Suzy Sankey made sure she had a one-of-a-kind wedding dress.

The 2024 semi-finalist shared with Cosmopolitan UK that she knew from the start of wedding planning with her partner Christian that she wanted to make her own wedding dress to reflect who she was as a person.

“I had originally planned on wearing fuchsia pink as a plain white dress didn’t feel very me, but I ended up finding my wedding dress fabric in a charity shop,” she shared to the outlet, adding that she only got the fabric for only £13.50 ($18).

On Instagram, she noted that the fabric she found ended up being the perfect fit as it incorporated all the things she loved, including her “favorite color, polka dots” and even her “favorite print.”  

“Anyone who knows me will agree it is 1000000% the perfect fabric and NOTHING else could possibly ever have been right,” she shared alongside a video showing off the dress.

Once she had the perfect fabric, it was time to construct the dress. She managed to complete it in eight weeks, but it didn’t come without its challenges. 

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Sankey said she tried “tons of different bodice designs” in order to get the shape right for the “drop waist and strapless boned corset” she wanted for the dress. She ended up reaching out to Ralph Pink Patterns for help on how to draft “a corset pattern.” 

The next thing to work on was the skirt, which she said she initially thought would turn out “fine,” but ended up being “horrific.” She noted that she eventually made “a new pattern, re-fitting the existing pieces together like a jigsaw,” but ended up making a big mistake.

“I ended up cutting out two left sides rather than a right and left side – the exact same mistake I made on The Great British Sewing Bee,” she recalled to Cosmopolitan UK. “That was the only time I broke down and cried during the stressful eight-week sewing process.”

Luckily, she said she was able to “fix it” just in time for the big day. She proudly showed off the dress on Instagram along with its detailing, which included the bodice and the tulle skirt which ended just short of her ankles. She completed the look with second-hand Stella McCartney Elyse platform shoes and a vintage Jimmy Choo bag.

“I felt the most beautiful I’ve ever felt in my life on my wedding day. I think I’d have felt amazing no matter how it came out, knowing how much effort I put into it,” she said. “I was so proud of myself, and I felt super high fashion, which is what I wanted.”

That wasn’t her only accomplishment, as she also sewed her veil and garter and even “made a second evening dress for myself along with 97 napkins.” On top of that, she sewed together her mom’s dress — which featured a colorful bird print — and then “eight bridesmaids’ dresses “ plus two flower girl outfits — which all featured a polka-dot print.

“Believe it or not, I enjoyed every second of sewing,” Sankey said. “It was not easy and I was tired throughout as I was working [my day job] too, but going home in the evening and sitting at my sewing machine is my way of relaxing.”

She added: “My advice for brides wanting to make their own dress or have a custom wedding dress would be to think about how you want to feel wearing your dress… Your wedding dress doesn’t have to be completely different or unique from anything you’ve ever worn, just because it’s your wedding dress.”

Dax Shepard celebrated his wife Kristen Bell’s first Emmy nomination with a stripped-down snap.

The actor took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a picture of his partner seemingly doing yoga while wearing nothing but a pair of blue socks.

The “Punk’d” alum, 50, covered Bell’s backside with a red square.

“People might not know everything that happens behind the scenes in order to create an Emmy nominated performance like Kristen’s,” Shepard captioned the social media upload.

“This may or may not have been a part of her training, but it felt right,” he continued. “CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

A-listers sounded off on the revealing snap in the comments section.

“Oh my God, Dax,” Gwyneth Paltrow wrote, while Mae Whitman applauded the “Veronica Mars” alum’s “incredible form.”

Shepard, notably, posted the same shot of Bell for Mother’s Day in 2021.

“Mom’ing has changed since I was a kid…and I’m here for it,” he wrote at the time. “Look at this specimen: kind, patient, nurturing, hilarious, Uber talented, generous, hard AND soft.

“My girls and I hit the MegaMom Lottery in spectacular fashion,” Shepard added, referencing daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10. “We are so grateful and so in love with you @kristenanniebell.”

This time around, Bell reposted the scandalous photo to her Story.

The actress, 44, also shared her own celebratory upload with a screenshot of herself on a Zoom call with the show’s creator Erin Foster.

“finding out I was nominated for an Emmy — finding out @erinfoster was nominated for an Emmy!!!!” Bell wrote alongside the tear-filled snaps.

She was nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series for her role as Joanne, while Foster, 42, is in the running for outstanding comedy series.

Bell’s co-star Adam Brody was nominated as well for outstanding actor in a comedy series for playing Noah.

The nomination marked Brody’s first as well, and he excitedly posted the news to his Story on Tuesday.

“LETSSSS GOO,” the “O.C.” alum, 45, gushed.

He also issued congratulations to Bell and Foster.

“Nobody Wants This” premiered on Netflix in September 2024, with Season 2 set to premiere this October.

Taylor Odlozil is open to what the future holds.

Taylor, 33, spends much of his time online discussing the beautiful life he shared with wife Haley, who died of ovarian cancer in July 2023 at 30 years old. He also documents his experience raising their son, Weston, as they’ve navigated grief together since Haley’s death.

Taylor tells PEOPLE that he and Haley had talked many times about how the father and son would move forward. In doing so, Haley shared her hope that Taylor would find love again.

“She doesn’t want me to be alone. She would always say, ‘I want you to move on and be happy, but the thought of you with someone else makes me want to throw up,'” he recalls.

“Because we were very in love and it was weird for her to think that I would probably be with someone else and maybe remarried one day,” he admits. “But we definitely had the talk many, many times. She wanted Weston to have a mother figure.”

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In preparing for that future for them, Haley left something behind for the woman who ultimately wins Taylor’s heart and fills that role in Weston’s life.

“She left a letter to the next woman. I’ve never read it. It’s sealed, and whoever that woman is, I’m supposed to give that to her,” he shares.

“It’s got something, words of wisdom in there. I don’t know what it is, but I think that shows her love and her care for her boys, in making sure that that woman understands what she’s getting into and what she’s getting. I think that’s just very wise of Haley.”

When it comes to finding love again, Taylor has started to venture into the dating pool, but it’s as much of a process as anything else.

“I’ve gone on dates, and there are days where I think I’m ready and I feel good, and there are days I wake up that I’m like, ‘I don’t want to talk to anybody. I don’t think this feels right,'” he admits.

“It’s definitely been a challenge for me,” he adds. “I was just very, very in love with Haley, and it’s just taken me time to try to open up my heart to somebody else. It’s not as easy as people think. And I am struggling with it, but I am trying to take steps out of my comfort zone to grow as a human being and keep pushing forward. Maybe when that right person comes along, it won’t be as hard.”

Taylor is grateful for the online community that has followed his story with Haley and Weston since he first shared it in the fall of 2022.

“I just want to thank everyone that has followed along the journey. It’s meant the world to me and it touches my heart every day that so many people are affected by the story. And I feel so blessed that I get to make videos and tell the story and share it, and help brighten people’s days,” he says.

“It means a lot to me, and I’m just so grateful for my following. I love them and I’m just so blessed to have them.”

The last two years have brought a lot of change for Taylor, who says he sees a difference in his “understanding of life.”

“I see the beauty of life more than ever. It’s like the world around me has slowed down. I know that’s weird and sounds crazy, but it’s like I finally understand. Life is just hard. It’s going to be hard, and everything finds a way to work itself out. We get so stressed out over things that don’t matter,” Taylor says.

“Because I’ve been through such an immense amount of pain and such a hard thing in life, it’s really made everything else in my life so much smaller and easier to understand. I have no stress and no anxiety. I’m not depressed. I’m just grateful for the days I get. And because of my faith, I know that I’ll see her again.”