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1810 Regency Gown
6 commentsI draped this gown based off an 1810 gown illustration in The Cut of Women's Clothes, by Norah Waugh. The gown is made from Swiss dot Voile and is 100% cotton. All of the ruffles are hand rollhemmed...
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Men's Jacket Repair
Please visit my blog at http://www.geoadesigns.com/blog.html to find out how I tackled this project. Feel free to post comments here or email me.
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Fanciful Spring Dress
2 commentsChartreuse and light pink intermingle with several shades of blue to create a fanciful spring dress. The Simplicity shirt pattern #3750 was used to construct this dress. Length and a bit of width...
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Kinley in "Popping Pink"
2 commentsKinely is my great-niece. Even though I live in South Carolina and she lives in Iowa, I enjoy sewing for her, as I did for her mother when she was young. My latest...
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My Favorite Blouse
This Is a blouse that I made for going out to dinner and hanging with friends, its a teal green with a ribbon to use as the tie , it has gathering at the top of blouse the sleeves have gathering at...
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Olga's Silk Jacket
I made this jacket for a friend who likes to stand out in a crowd. It's made in shantung silk, one of my favourite fabrics because it's so beautiful to handle and it comes in such wonderful...
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QUEEN OF HEARTS - Costume for Alice in Wonderland Children's Theater Production
8 commentsI made this costume for my grandaughter, Beth Ann when she played the Queen of Heartsin Alice in Wonderland, in a Youth Theater production in Austin, TX. This is the only picture I havenbsp...
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Late 70's/early 80's style very shiny liquid silver lame' 3/4 sleeved bodysuit.
1 comment(I would upload more photos, but as this site only allows for 5 photos per project, I can only upload 5 photos.) I plan on wearing this bodysuit with a pair of black spandex tights at a New Years Eve...
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Velvet-lace party top
11 commentsOccasional top. Made of velvet and lace, embelished with swarovsky crystals and beads, sleeve's, collar and bottom edges done in crochet. The garment was put together in panels and joined with...
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Silver man from the future.
This costume was worn to an early Halloween party just 5 hours ago by my friend! I made both the bodysuit and the tights/pants myself! (Note that the wig and the body paint/makeup were bought...
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70's/80's gold disco.
2 commentsThis is a very disco style costume I designed myself to be worn for Halloween 2009. The costume consists of 2 separate pieces of garment, a single piece very shiny liquid gold lame' longsleeved...
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Shiny liquid gold lame' short-sleeved bodysuit.
This is a very shiny liquid gold lame' short sleeved single-piece bodysuit. The bodysuit is made of a very silky feeling 100% polyester fabric and it features short sleeves, an elastic neckline...
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Shiny long sleeved liquid silver lame' bodyshirt bodysuit
1 commentThis is a very extremely shiny liquid silver lame' single-piece long-sleeved bodyshirt bodysuit that I sewed together myself using less than a yard of elastic for the leg openings, 14 inches of...
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Village Frock
10 commentsI love this garment for my little one because everything is made out of the linen--including the sleeve & neck bindings, the button loops, and the buttons. With so much detail in the design...
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Tapestry and denim jacket
33 commentsFitted jacket made with tapestry and denim fabrics.
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La Boheme
1 commentRussian-style dress consists of a mix of silk jaquard, burnout chiffon, rayon stripe and rayon jacquard. Dress is trimmed with a flounce that is edged in lace. Striped fabric is used to frame the...
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Late Autumn in Tennessee
2 commentsI serged strips of soft silky fabrics together and created a large piece of fabric. Then I created this long duster. It is serged together and it has dolman sleeves that are very wide and flowing. It...
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Strike It Rich Gold Trenchcoat
5 commentsThis was an easy and versitile coat to make, I made it out of gold drapery taffeta that has jaquard lines throughout the fabric. I found the most beautiful rhinestone buttons and it just so...
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1950 Belted Topper
5 commentsVintage Butterick pattern, "Boxy or Belted Topper," 1950. I sewed this in a coat-making class at Treadle Yard Goods, St. Paul, MN, Nov.-Dec. 2008. Excellent for warmth and fashion while traveling...
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20 Ways to Improve Your Sewing
3 commentsUse these sewing principles to streamline your work and greatly enhance its quality.
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