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Lady Elizabeth Designs
1 commentI make mostly bridal and formal gowns, I am good at fitting a womans body and making her feel beautiful
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CATHEDRAL WINDOW JACKET
1 commentBlack Dupioni Silk sleeveless dress with Mauve Dupioni Silk Jacket. Jacket features machine quilted oriental designs in mauve threads and front bands of Cathedral Window Patchwork. Jacket...
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Civil War Era Ball Gown
4 commentsThis garment is pearl grey Moire Taffeta with grey Satin bands and trim, with lace sleeve insets and collar and was made for a Civil War Era Re-enactment Ball. The fitted jacket features Satin...
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Jump Suit
My project began when I fell in love with a raw silk from Jab. This is the yellow woven jacket material of my two piece jump suit. I had in my closet, an old jump suit that I loved, so I...
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Wedding Dress with Alencon Lace
6 commentsI designed this couture gown for my daughter in law. We started with a muslin for the inner corselet, and after fitting this with steel boning we move on to the gown muslin. She wanted a...
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Silk 1882 ballgown
24 comments1882 ballgown for the Cowboy Christmas Ball at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Center in OKC. Historically correct from the lining up. The design was one of my own and borrowed ideas from...
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glam rock
5 commentsadditional close-up photos This glam rock inspired bustier cocktail dress in a classy black metallic organza fabric is embellished with 12 inches zipper accentuated with white beaded appliques such...
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Fancy Fabric Challenge My Project Runway Challenge
1 commentI live in Tennessee and my niece lives in California, One day she called me and asked me if I could copy this dress she saw at a boutique in Los Angeles. We had a couple of months where I...
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Brocade N Tissue N Satin Birthday Gown for my Little Daughter
3 commentsI made this gown for my darling daughter's 3rd Birthday. Bodice is made of brocade fabric. Offshoulder pattern i had drafted for her fits her the best. Skirt part has outer layer...
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Prom dress original
5 commentsThis is a custom orginal designed made for Prom. It was an adapted mermaid style dress. I used a metalic satin(two tones). Fully lined with posse. The body of the dress is...
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Cocktail dress in black
2 commentsI made this dress using a vintage Pauline Trigere pattern. I love vintage patterns and needed something for a Christmas party; this pattern was perfect! I traced out the original pattern and then...
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fancy fabric challenge
2 commentsMy husband brought this fabric back from a business trip to China. He'd seen readymade jackets and thought I could do better! When he asked about the knot buttons, they obligingly snipped some off a...
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cocktail dress
6 commentsThis cocktail dress, of my own design, is made out of a white flocked taffeta with black satin for the bodice and cummerbund. As it is strapless, there is boning in the foundation...
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Wedding/Ball Gown
4 commentsUnfortunately, my pictures hardly do this beautiful dress any justice. This is a dress (top/skirt combo) that I wore for my best friend's wedding in August. The top is a white satin brocade with...
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glam rock
3 commentsThis glam rock inspired bustier cocktail dress in a classy black metallic organza fabric is embellished with zipper accentuated with white beaded appliques such as pearls, beads...
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Metallic Trim
3 commentsThe original idea for this Christmas and wedding attendee dress came from a preview of Chanel's 2010 Cruise Line Collection which featured a scarf-dress and stole. I teach and practice yoga and...
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Unraveling Party Fabrics
7 commentsFrom satins and silks to velvets, brocades, and lace, the key to a fancy frock is all in the textile.
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Little Black Dress
9 commentsI designed and made this stretch silk satin dress that also has lace and crystal beading detail at the top as well as the back. It is a asymmetrical one shouldered dress. I draped triangle...
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Velvet-lace party top
11 commentsOccasional top. Made of velvet and lace, embelished with swarovsky crystals and beads, sleeve's, collar and bottom edges done in crochet. The garment was put together in panels and joined with...
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Warnerland proudly presents the Queen of Hearts
2 commentsThis dress is made with red satin and organza pleated panels. Its fully lined, with black pleather detail and has tule to add extra body. Visit my website at...
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Amanda's wedding dress
11 commentsThis is a mother & daughter collaboration to design the perfect wedding dress for my daughter Amanda. The fabric was a heavy Shanung in Taupe using the satin side rather than the matte...
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Fancy Fabric Challenge - Rose Red's Wedding Dress
12 commentsBrocade wedding dress with short-sleeves, square neckline, and princess line bodice. Bodice interlined with coutil and fully boned to create a buit-in corselette with fully...
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Bewitching Beauty Wedding Dress and Veil
6 commentsThrough a mixture of flat pattern pieces and lots of draping, I created a muslin to design and fit this gorgeous wedding gown and veil for my neice. I used polyester satin for the main body of the...
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60s Christmas Ball Gown
9 commentsGrowing up in New Orleans in the 60s, clothes to wear to elegant parties and soires were a must. New Orleans may be the Big Easy today, but in those days fancy parties and balls were the way we...
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Fancy Fabric Contest
Upload a photo of a special occasion garment you’ve made from one
of the following fabrics by 11:59pm ET, January 4th, 2010.
Fancy Fabrics:
Satin, Lace, Beaded fabrics, Sequined fabrics,
Embroidered fabrics, Sparkled fabrics, Metallic fabrics, Brocade,
Velvet, Shantung, Organza, Taffeta, Charmeuse and Lamé.
Be sure to
include details about your garment including what fabric you used and
the techniques you used in constructing your garment.
We’ll choose the
top 5 finalists based on the mastery of construction techniques shown
and the design that best accentuates the fabric being used.
ThreadsMagazine.com members will choose the final winner, who will win a 3-in-1 Craft Lamp from Ottlite and a $150 gift certificate to The Ribbon Store.
See official rules for details.
