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black lolita dress with white apron
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Retro Marilyn style
3 commentsWhen 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
12 commentsClaire'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...
3 commentsWith 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
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Collage It! Counterpoints Jacket
4 commentsUsing 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
2 commentsThis 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
1 commentI 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
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
2 commentsThis 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
9 commentsHi 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
4 commentsMy 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
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
2 commentsI 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
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
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
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
3 commentsI 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
2 commentsA 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
3 commentsWhen 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
5 commentsthis 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
6 commentsThis 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
27 commentsI 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
3 commentsThe 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
1 commentI 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
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
4 commentsTeal 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
6 commentsThe 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
14 commentsI 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
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Little Princess on the Beach
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
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
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
3 commentsAlthough 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
2 commentsThis 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
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
2 commentsBurgandy 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
1 commentBlack 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
1 commentAsymmetrical 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
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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