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She also SEWED the dress she was wearing, which blew my mind.
Not exact matches
I came across the picture above of a yellow gingham pinafore style
dress which I liked, from one of my
sewing books, and I
also remembered this
dress from that Solanah of Vixen Vintage wore a few years back that I had on my list of «
dresses to make», and I thought that I could make this
dress work.
Now, for the past six years, I have had seven
dresses that I always wear for formal events (black - tie, weddings): (1) a long sleeved, high - necked, knee length black lace
dress by Lover, whose darts I removed entirely so that it falls straight from my shoulders to hips to knees in a very loose, comfortable cut (no need to pull any waists in, and I can eat as much as I like) that I made an underskirt for, so it can
also be calf length (2) an ivory version of the same above, with the optional lace underskirt (3) an amazingly intricate ivory leather macrame flapper
dress uner which I wear a dark brown long, stretch singlet
dress (so comfortable again)(4) a vermillion small V - neck, long bell sleeved, straight cut, long, widens - at - the -(just above ankle) hemline
dress I
sewed in the most gorgeous lace for twenty dollars (5) a burgundy lace version of the vermillion lace
dress in (4)-- for the same price (6) a knee length, Romance Was Born silk shift three sizes up so it sits away from the waist — again — its all about «a'll the better to eat dinner with, my dear», in a huge, wild sunflower graphic print before graphic prints were trendy: it's giant sunflowers against an intense turquoise background (7) a calf length caftan cut
dress that I made from Japanese printed silk my mother had bought and kept for sixty years (it's just a giant square with a hole fro my neck and two for my arms, and has the best drape EVER owing to its being silk)
It \'s a short
dress but I \'m
also very short so I
sewed the middle making it look like it \'s a bit bulgy on top so I love it even more.
Also here is Guinevere's
dress from Camelot, a film which I never thought I'd want to see again till now I've seen a close - up of the most interesting wedding
dress ever, made by hundreds of skilled cutters, embroiderers and seamstresses and
sewn in with thousands of tiny, translucent shells and pumpkin seeds.
I
also loved the DIY
dress, how impressive that she
sewed her frock.
I
also clicked through to The
Sew Convert... indeed her blue and white
dress from this pattern is
also very nice.
I
also have a couple of shirt
dress patterns that I haven't
sewn....
Fur was used both to decorate the collar or hems, and
also in
sewing entire
dresses.
I
also «try» to leave well enough alone when a
dress won't fit — as if she is not meant to be (and let's face it, my
sewing pile is threatening to topple and suffocate me one day as it is).
My dare
also got me thinking about being a kid,
sewing for Barbie, playing
dress - up....
I've
also been
sewing -LCB- yes more -RCB- summery
dresses.
Corinna (
also known as pimpIT) is a talented
dress and pattern maker who loves to share styling and
sewing tips with everyone.
Also determine if you want to underline the
dress, before you have cut out and
sewn a great deal of it...
Lace from Alison's great - grandmother's wedding
dress bound the handle of the bouquet; it was
also sewn into the inside of Alison's gown.
By cutting off the excess fabric to fit your figure and
sewing in pieces of fabric to add some color, you get this amazing
dress that can
also serve you as a light summer coat.
The size is just perfect and the
dress is
also great
sewn.
Cost Fabric choices
also influence price and can drive up the cost of a special occasion
dresses very quickly, especially a plus size gown that takes more yardage to
sew.
There's
also some drollery, as carefully threaded as the secret messages Woodcock
sews into his
dresses like a boy scout earning a merit badge for philosophy.
There is
also a training biplane used by the Tuskegee airmen during World War II and a
dress that dressmaker Rosa Parks was
sewing on the day she refused to give up her seat after a day at work.