Rose's gallery #2

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Pattern or design used: Folkwear pattern & Pieces of Olde pattern
Rtamler Rtamler, member
Posted on Oct 28th, 2011 in sewing, design, garment construction, fabric, reader's closet

Comments (2)

Sewista Sewista writes: Beautiful work! You are an inspiration.
Posted: 8:52 pm on November 2nd

BkBentley BkBentley writes: Rose, absolutely stunning!! you are an artist. Thank you for sharing
BKBentley
Posted: 9:02 pm on October 29th

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