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black lolita dress with white apron

angola, member | January 31st, 2010

PS Milanoo.com has cheap and beautiful lolita dresses, shoes and boots.

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Retro Marilyn style

CocoPassion, member | January 28th, 20103 comments

When designing swimsuit covers I thought how nice it would be to include styles from the past. I am aware that Marilyn wore her dress in white but this in red gives the dress a whole different...

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Claire's raincoat

Linnes, member | January 26th, 201012 comments

Claire's raincoat was made with a two sided, rubberized raincoat fabric. The stripe is actually the reverse side to the red, so there is no lining. I did use two layers for the collar and...

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Doublefaced Italian wool sweater knit jacket...

appleanniefabrics, member | January 23rd, 20103 comments

With all that has been recently published in Threads regarding sweater knits, boiled wool and easy unconstructed garments, I thought I would share a jacket I made as a Xmas gift. The fabric is...

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Armoni Ortu

Armoni, member | January 19th, 2010

We are producing Sofa cover, armchair cover, table cover, quilted, padding, manufacturer, wholesale, chair cover especially we can produce them special for costumers Luleburgaz/TURKEY

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Collage It! Counterpoints Jacket

GailPatrice, member | January 19th, 20104 comments

Using my Counterpoints Jacket pattern #1112 and Collage It! Template Set 2, I created this jacket from up-cycled, felted wool sweaters. The "fabric" was collaged using a butted seam technique with a...

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Valentines Day Garter

Retrochic74, member | January 19th, 20102 comments

This garter was my own design. Made from 2 strips of red satin fabric. Inserted 1/2 elastic in the fabric stitched in the middle is a 1 inch white lace, Top of garter a 1/2 inch white lace and on the...

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Scandalous 1920 French Evening Frock

EvaDress, member | January 17th, 20101 comment

I cut this frock from metal/silk lurex crinkle organza and metallic organza in tones of ivory and silver to match a precious bit of 1920’s vintage metal lace I had in...

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Cuada Slouch Shoulder Bag in Ivory & Blue

Cuada, member | January 17th, 2010

I made this shoulder bag from some remants of fabric I picked up. It matched perfectly with an old belt from the seventies that I had been given - my family are great for passing on things they...

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Baby girls red themed quilt

ChukkieBear, member | January 13th, 20102 comments

This is one of my very first projects, I'm new to this, so I know it all takes time but, I'm very happy the way it turned out, just hope my friend and her baby both like it. I used, red corduroy...

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Sewing Machine Recommendations -Moderate $ to do heavy work AND pretty datails

RSAdams, member | January 12th, 20109 comments

Hi there, I am in urgent need of a new Sewing Machine and desperate for recommendations. I currently have a Brother CS 6000i electronic sewing machine that has never performed as I wished. It cannot...

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This Petti's made to Twirl

squigglytwigs, member | January 11th, 20104 comments

My daughter saw a photo of a little girl wearing a pettiskirt a couple of months ago. Being the twirly, fashionista she is, she thought she just "needed" one for herself. I began reading...

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Quiltergirl53's Projects

quiltergirl53, member | January 9th, 2010

I won two coordinating fabric "fat quarter" sets at the quilt guild I belong to. The fabrics inspired the jackets that I constructed.

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Monochrome Leaf Slouch Cuada Bag

Cuada, member | January 5th, 20102 comments

I made this slouch bag from my own pattern. The body of the bag is made from a medium-weight cotton in a monochrome leaf design. I attached a piece of a belt to the front of the bag and...

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Fountain Veil in Mixed Media

Veil_Artist, member | January 5th, 2010

This bride wanted a contempory veil combining both bridal illusion and French Net. She felt that the Fountain Veil style best conveyed the overall look and shape that she wanted so that was...

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Momgrammed Classic Style Veil

Veil_Artist, member | January 5th, 2010

The bride's mother approached me probably 10 months in advance of the wedding date about making her daughter's veil. Both the bride and her mother were in agreement that they wantednbspthe...

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50th Anniversary

livestosew, member | January 4th, 2010

I needed a new dress for both our parents 50th Anniversary in the summer. I love purple and found this pretty lacey fabric with gorgeous beading. I used the scalloped edge for the...

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pretty silk blouse

livestosew, member | January 4th, 20103 comments

I saw this blouse in the store made from satin, but I preffered a nice silk fabric. I embellished the neckline with sew on jewels, and tied off the bottom with a bow. Thanks to my hubby for...

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emerald princess

livestosew, member | January 4th, 20102 comments

A friend brought me a piece of green tafetta from a trip to Thailand. I was going to a formal event, and wanted to use it. Since there was not enough yardage for a long gown, I used some...

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Silk Christening Outfits for Twins

dpog, member | January 4th, 20103 comments

When my Husband and I asked very good friends what to get for thier new fraternal Grandtwins, his daughter (Mommy) asked me to make Christening outfits for them. Mommy just wanted me to use the...

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Scarlet silk evening gown

Nefertiri, member | January 4th, 20105 comments

this plus-sized evening gown is made of a soft, washable silk/cotton blend (www.fabric.com). I omitted interfacing and interlined throughout with silk organza. The lining is bemburg, attached...

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Emaual Ungaro Teal Velvet jacket

appleanniefabrics, member | January 4th, 20106 comments

This French silk cut velvet jacket is an OOP Emanual Ungaro Vogue pattern which took many years to bring to completion. Cutting it out was a difficult task as there was barely enough yardage...

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First granddaughter's wedding dress

margholland, member | January 4th, 201027 comments

I recently had the honor of making a wedding dress for my first granddaughter, Brittany Blount Chemin. I used Duchess Satin and silk organdy to construct the main part of the dress. To...

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Fancy Fabric Silk Suit

engineergirl, member | January 4th, 20103 comments

The inspiration for this suit is the beautiful accordion pleated silk dupioni that I used for the collar and at the bottom of the skirt. I found a matching burmese silk and silk chiffon in a...

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Sequined Jacket

angelsblooming5, member | January 4th, 20101 comment

I created this jacket from royal blue sequin fabric and lined it with two layers of royal blue polyester. I used a medium weight interfacing for the stiffness needed. I created my own...

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Velvet Vest

Cohenee, member | January 4th, 2010

This vest is made using shiny thin velvet and red china silk. Both these fabrics looked kind of dull on their own. But putting them together it almost created the leather like effect. The vest looks...

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Mad Men inspired Holiday Suit

Laura_Mae, member | January 4th, 20104 comments

Teal Cotton Velvet Holiday Suit, inspired by the fabulous fashion vixens of Mad Men I decided to make a dressier version of one.

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Washed Lavender Organza Dress

izodiea, member | January 4th, 20106 comments

The main focus of this dress for me was the bodice, I wanted to really make the sheer quality of the organza stand out. I used minimal seaming, and only lined the bust portion of the bodice...

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Scintillating - An amalgamation of past and present

EvaDress, member | January 4th, 201014 comments

I cut the bodice of this gown from contemporary Vogue pattern 8191 and the skirt from a vintage 1930's evening gown pattern. I sewed the gown on my 1941 Singer 201-2 and narrowly hemmed with my...

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Starry Starry Night

mysticah, member | January 4th, 20102 comments

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Little Princess on the Beach

CinderellaLollipop, member | January 4th, 2010

I made this little flower girl dress for my granddaughter to wear at a tropical beach wedding. I started with Butterick 3351, but made some modifications. I opted not to make an overskirt or belt...

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Oilcloth Apron

kkegeland, member | January 4th, 2010

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Here is an oilcloth apron I designed and made for my roommate Jasmine for Christmas! This was my first time sewing with...

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Revamping Tote Bags

kkegeland, member | January 4th, 2010

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Here are a few tote bags which I refurbished. The original totes were black and included the name of a bank on...

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Fancy Fabrics Wedding Dress

squigglytwigs, member | January 4th, 20103 comments

Although this project isn't a recent one, it's the most fancy and detailed project I've ever made. I made this for my "to be" sister-in-law. She wanted an extra special wedding dress with...

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Pirate coat

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 20102 comments

This open-front coat of red and pale gold damask features a fitted bodice lined in a contrasting black and gold brocade, with bias strips of the brocade binding the armholes. The lower half of...

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Magenta beaded leaf and brocade jacket

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 2010

Magenta giant-scale leaf-print fabric has leaves outlined in emerald and gold beads, is fully lined with pale green and gold brocade, and closes with an enameled dragonfly button and gold loop.

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Crepe-back satin cherry-blossom jacket

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 20102 comments

Burgandy satin cropped jacket is appliquéd with cherry blossoms in shades of cream, pink, and metallic gold, topstitched in gold.

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Sweatshirt and brocade jacket

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 20101 comment

Black sweatshirt becomes elegant jacket with this treatment of brocade banding and godets, edged along all design lines with red gimp, and fastened with a black satin frog.

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Indian brocade and chiffon asymmetrical top

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 20101 comment

Asymmetrical top is made of Indian brocade (edged with metallic thread finish), with full medieval-style sleeves in matching chiffon, edged in gold.

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Taffeta and satin butterfly jacket

ChicCouture, member | January 4th, 2010

Burgandy crumpled taffeta with front sides of pale gold crepe-back satin. Appliqued butterflies fly from right hip to left shoulder, topstitched in gold thread. Sleeves are bias cut...

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