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China Silk Wedding

pmkurth, member | November 4th, 20111 comment

When my daughter Jessica asked me to make her wedding dress, I immediately agreed! She saw a photo in a magazine of a dress she adored, and so it began. Like most of my sewing projects, it...

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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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Emerald Green Gown

Laura_Mae, member | October 15th, 20116 comments

This gown is the culmination of my sewing skills to date. It took many, many hours of construction, not to mention the years of inspiration and redesign. And I am thrilled with the...

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New Look 6824 Summer Dress Sew Along

Mahogany_Stylist, member | September 13th, 20118 comments

This summer I participated in the Summer Dress Sew Along. I decided to make a special dress. A dress that included some special sewing techniques. Susan Khalje's article in the May...

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silk sleepwear

narasilk, member | July 17th, 20112 comments

silk is the best material for sleepwear. Silk, queen of Porous protein fibers, has 18 amino acids, and good air permeability, hygroscopicity and antistatic property. Its elegance, verve, rich...

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Kelly's custom party dress

loyl, member | May 2nd, 2011

I made this custom fit dress for my friend for her Christmas party. For my design I made the center in black silk and the rest in a mix fabric silver grayish semi stretch fabric. Having the dark...

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The Lady and the Cocoon

smcfarland, contributor | February 10th, 2011

A Chinese empress is credited with silk's discovery in a popular legend.

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My Bridal Gown

DeborahV, member | January 28th, 20115 comments

I made my bridal gown from silk satin and embellished it with chantilly lace and ribbon embroidery.

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Roaring 20s Opulent dress and faux fur tippet

loyl, member | December 20th, 20104 comments

I made this opulent hand fringed silk and hand beaded flapper-esque dress for a challenge, but I got in the top 50. I was inspired by the 1920s for how beautiful, free, intricate and opulent...

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formal gown for cruise

livestosew, member | December 6th, 20103 comments

I sewed this for a formal ball night on a cruise. My husband bought me this gorgeous silk fabric. I didn't want to waste any of this costly fabric, so I made the mini train on the...

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A golden wedding dress!!

nanacosta, member | October 22nd, 201014 comments

This dress is made in silk duppioni color soft gold. It has a ballony skirt divided in 8 petals. At the center of each petal, I put a big tear that has been machine embroidered and...

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The Pink Bride

Luvat1stsew, member | May 24th, 20102 comments

I have sewed for many years but I learned so much when sewing my daugher's wedding gown. There is much to learn about the inside of a garment. She changed the design of the skirt and...

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Spring chartreuse/pink clutch

SewJoe, member | May 3rd, 20101 comment

I've been having lots of fun making these great clutches in many sizes using the kisslock frames. The textile is men's necktie fabric, woven in Italy. I buy it by the yard and have made...

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Field of Poppies

mirela, member | May 3rd, 20103 comments

The poppies are alpaca fibers nuno felted onto olive green crinkled silk organza. I used embroidery thread to sew over the poppies in free motion.

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Modernized VIETNAMESE "AODAI"

cloudyhn, member | April 4th, 201017 comments

My husband always loves Vietnamese traditional longdress. Have you heard about it? We call it "AODAI". Coming to Canada, there's so little chance for me to wear the original one. Different from...

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Fun dress

rubyellen, member | February 18th, 20101 comment

I made this red dress for my daughters wedding. It was a fun and beautiful day.

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Silk Dress with Felted Jacket

luvtofelt, member | February 17th, 20103 comments

This is a collaboration piece I did with my friend. I designed and tailored the dress and a jacket. No pattern was used. Dress was made from four long triangles stitched together to...

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Red Silk Vintage Styled dress

kozykitty, member | February 15th, 20101 comment

I made this dress to wear to a wedding. Some modifications were made to the pattern but they are not visible. I used French seams and I fully lined the dress in Bemberg Rayon. I had...

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Three Piece Gown

moveoververa, member | February 10th, 20101 comment

This is the over skirt of a three piece gown, the full silk satin gown with strapless bodice is seen in following post. The optional feathered bodice is made of pale pink ostrich feathers...

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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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