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Elizabethan Rose

evek, member | November 4th, 2011

My party ensemble consists of a corset-style top, a matching skirt and a purse. The garments are made from a combination of black chantilly lace, black silk chiffon and a salmon-colored silk...

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Red Novelty Knit Gown with Satin Shrug By Marcia Moore

Clair42, member | November 4th, 20111 comment

THIS FABRIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL, DRAPED THIS DRESS RIGHT ON THE FORM, GOWN FULLY LINED WITH A BEIGE COLOR TRICOT LINING; IT IS FORM FITTING HAS FRONT ASYMETRICAL NECKLINE WITH SATIN TRAIN AND...

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Middle Ages Little Girl

sewcountrychick, member | November 4th, 2011

I created this costume from some old burlap and linen for my little girl.

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Swan Princess

sewcountrychick, member | November 4th, 2011

I created this costume with a feather boa, tulle and lots of glue!

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The Girl Who Fell To Earth

sewcountrychick, member | November 4th, 20111 comment

I draped and designed this alien coatume and used boning to create volume.

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Ultimate Sewing Challenge Party Ensemble

sophronia, member | November 4th, 20113 comments

Brittany was invited to a Holiday Party in the Hamptons and wanted to look her best. She chose a red low back dress made with washed silk Dupioni and lined with a silky red polyester. Brittany loved...

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Cupcake Party Dress & Coat

k_margis, member | November 4th, 2011

Talk about I love to sew! I am a Grandma of 8 beautiful grandkids. and Thank you for giving me this oppunity to make my 2yr old grand daughter this party dress. Dress- is a 2T Cupcake pattern lined...

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Saifon

saifonanaya, member | November 4th, 2011

this one design for my 9 years old girl a little rock feeling to it she say she like get.

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PoldaPop's Midwest Evening Wear - Ultimate Sewing Challenge!

PoldaPop, member | November 4th, 2011

I decided to make something that would be warm enough for fall/winter evening wear in the Midwest since I am no longer 18 and willing to walk around in something flimsy! The fabric for these pieces...

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What the Dickens?

seashellbikini, member | November 4th, 2011

I created this ensemble for a Dickensian Christmas event. It is based on gowns from the late 1850s featured in Nancy Bradfield's Costume in Detail: Women's Dress from 1730-1930 and Lucy Johnstons...

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Ultimate Sewing Challenge

LoveAtFirstStitch, member | November 4th, 2011

The whole outfit turned out as I had envisioned. And no one knew I was wearing a reversible dress unless I told them. An additional bonus was having two dresses take up the space of one in my suitcase!

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Fashion Transformation

Beautywithin, member | November 4th, 20111 comment

I have created the Power Princess - 2 looks that are Strong and Bold with a Delicate touch. The first look from head to toe embodies an Italian made face mask that I purchased and embellished...

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handbag & hat

lananagialla, member | November 4th, 2011

one of a kind handbag and hat

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Rose

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

Rose is inspired by a very cold winter day when the need for something warm is only exceeded by the need for something red hot. The coat is constructed from a wool shell and is fully lined with...

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Jagger

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

Jagger is inspired by the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, and his performance on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring the Rolling Stones. Jagger is construct from...

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Wrapped

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

Wrapped Up is an easy wrap dress that can be worn day or night. The dress is constructed from cotton burnout lace recycled from worn draperies picked up at a garage sale, woven silk, and a...

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Flounce

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 20111 comment

The Flounce dress was inspired by a "soft and strong" idea of femininity, by using soft flowing silks contrasted by strong prints. The dress is constructed of three types of silk chiffon and is...

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Flow

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

Flow was inspired by the comfort and ease of un-worked garments. The Leather Bustier adds a more feminine shape to an otherwise shapeless piece. The Flow dress is constructed from cotton...

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Wrapped Up

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

The Wrapped Up dress is a partially lined wrap dress made from polyester chiffon, a cotton voile flounce, and cotton voile lining. The dress has ties on both the inside and outside to secure...

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Flower Hour

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

The Flower Hour dress is a fully lined knee length spaghetti strap dress constructed from polyester chiffon and a cotton voile lining. The Flower Hour Half Jacket is a silk tweed shell, fully...

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The Lion Tamer

kiwitiwi33, member | November 4th, 2011

The Lion Tamer dress is constructed from a polyester spandex jersey knit, with gold fringe applied to the hem and wrist. I created the dress by draping and flat patterning. The Butterfly shawl...

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Strapless dupioni party dress

ladyithis, member | November 3rd, 2011

I made this dress to wear to wedding soon. It's made with polyester Dupioni in wine, invisible zipper in the back, fully lined, boning in the bodice, and 6" wide strech lace around the waist and hem...

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Christmas Party Dress

fiona9, member | November 3rd, 2011

I had 2 Christmas parties to go to, quite low on funds. Decided to raid my fabric stash...found a beautiful salmon colored satin and charcol grey velvet. I thought they looked beautiful together...

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Quilts, Spots, Stripes and Tucks

PHCIII, member | November 3rd, 2011

Normal 0 0 1 234 1337 11 2 1641 11.1287 0 0 0 This look is a hodge podge of techniques, patterns, and methods all mixed up and turned up side down. Let's start with the cape. I...

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Garfield and Friends

ChristianaFachin, member | November 3rd, 2011

My 7 year old son wanted to be Garfield for Halloween and he convinced his sister to be Nermal. So, my partner and I decided to join in with Odie and Arlene. It was a blast!

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Becky Piette's Holiday Ensemble

BeckyPiette, member | November 3rd, 2011

My 3-piece holiday ensemble consists of a blue spandex textured cocktail dress and jacket with a silver fringed handbag. The dress and jacket are fully lined. To avoid darting the dress...

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Mini Totes Are so fun!

ca89bee32, member | November 3rd, 2011

This is a small toile tote. Leather strap handles on black and white weaverly toile. It has a tie back closure, and just a little bling. I love this bag, the handles were a little tricky to stitch...

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Royal Blue Jacket and skirt

sheila27, member | November 3rd, 2011

Royal blue silk file jacket and skirt. Charmeuse light blue blouse. Jacket and skirt are lined with light Ambiance.

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Dress I created for Alissa's destination weding in Barbados...

appleanniefabrics, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

I created this dress to wear to a destination wedding in Barbados on October 8,2011. Alissa is my former sewing student, employee, mentoree, and a great friend. We have been together...

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Italian Chic

nancynancy, member | November 3rd, 20112 comments

Who says you need to break the bank to look chic and sophisticated during the holidays? My head to toe outfit was inspired by the latest runway looks from Italy's top designers (Armani, Gucci...

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Silk regency era gown

doodlebug18, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

Jane Austin fans and seamstresses alike will appreciate these Regency era pieces. Silk Dupioni ball gown features, a beautiful back bustle, dropped, puffed 3/4 length sleeves, curved back seams and...

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Silk Jacquard dress with 2 jackets and belt options

TTrdh, member | November 3rd, 2011

Silk Jacquard dress with 2 jackets and belt options Thank you Threads for leading me to a fabric-lover "hole-in-the-wall" gem. It was your #155 June/July 2011 issue front cover graphic special...

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Saifon

saifonanaya, member | November 3rd, 2011

I design for me my own brithday gife.

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My Little China Tote

AmadeusLVR, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

Made this lovely tote for my sister. I fell in love with this adorable chinese umbrella fabric wih a light peach background, found a few quilt fabric squares for the pockets. This is the second bag...

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ninja

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

ninja costume reconstructed from childs costume chestpiece and boot covers turned into vest and wrist and knee pads

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creepy doll

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

old kids dress reconstructed scraps used to make doll dress make up on eyes

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paratroopers group costume

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 2011

fabric paint tshirts balloon in shape of 0 kids plastic army toys army cargo pants boots

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michael jackson thriller

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 2011

the jacket is an old winter jacket we covered strip by strip with red duct tape and shaped it into the thriller jacket the details were added with black electrical tape

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