Sentences with phrase «at sewing dresses»

Often stitching and adhering fragments and strips from earlier painted pieces onto larger canvases, he summons the memory of his mother, a seamstress who parlayed her talent at sewing dresses, hats, and Indian saris into a successful business.

Not exact matches

Last May, when Lululemon started outsourcing to China, the company placed a controversial ad in Yoga Journal magazine showing a fake newspaper article with adults dressed in diapers, with bonnets and pacifiers, at sewing machines.

The new patterns at Oliver + S caught my eye, so I gave the Bubble Dress a go this week (I purchased the pattern at Sew Mama Sew).

He once made my sister and I amazing broomsticks to go with wonderful witch's dresses my mum had sewn for us; they looked like they could've taken off at any moment!

This maternity dress pattern gets good reviews on Pattern Review, so I figured that it would at least be good practice sewing.

The sewing nerd in me can never get over unique construction details — and this dress has them aplenty, from the perfect embroidered flowers blooming all over to the unique seaming at the front of the bodice (note to self: incorporate that into next dress design...) Needless to say, although summer is starting to make the rounds at the party, hugging people and gathering her coat, I plan to make her stay for one last drink and one last spin on the dance floor....

By following the pattern instructions, you'll be attaching the lining to the fashion fabric at the neckline and armscyes, handstitching the lining to the zip then sewing the dress straps as in the diagram above.

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 always a lot of fun to do «vogue» poses This dress was actually store bought, at least it has a size tag sewn in, but I have seen a similar vintage pattern before too with kimono sleeves like it.

I sew and often this is what's the «quick fix» for many a dress / skirt... the garment needs the volume for the waist / hips, but not at the hem...

I have very minimal sewing experience but with lots of time, and even more patience, I am almost done altering my own dress I bought at the DI!

DRESS — Target (similar at Target) HEELS — Forever 21 (similar at Forever 21) WRISTLET — Tory Burch EARRINGS — Charming Charlie (similar) BRACELET — Charming Charlie (similar) RING — Charming Charlie (similar) LIP — Burt's Bees (Hibiscus) NAILS — Essie (Sew Me)

I will often get out my sewing machine and nip a top or knit dress in at the waist for more waist definition without a belt.

I saw many nice Kalle dresses, so I might have to consider making it once... but now at the moment my sewing list is already soooooo long that I shouldn't add another project

Description: The Harper Dress features a 2 layer floral printed pleated body and skirt with thin straps in a halter style, sewn in elastic waist and hook & eye closure at the back.

Embellished with stunning sequins and pearl stones sewn onto a romantic lace at the waist the Tobey maxi dress has a cut - away back adding drama to the effortless design.

Only after reading your post did I realise I have the Sew U Home Stretch book on my shelf with a ready made dress pattern at the back.

Therefore, here are five outfit combinations that make dressing an effortless exercise that's still more exciting than just a different sundress every day (because you're going to run out at some point unless you are sewing your own every night).

The grown - up me knows not to scratch, but, seriously, look at the dress I just sewed.

I sewed the sides by starting at where the corners meet and up approximately 10 inches of the side of the fabric / dress.

I want to do it to some of my old dresses but I'm afraid they go bad because I can't really sew... Oh well, I'll just stick to looking at yours.

Under the overlay is a simple blue slip which is sewn into the dress, wisely with a split at the back zipper.

THE DRESS THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IS NOT AT ALL ELEGANT LIKE THIS, IT HAS SEQUINS AND ROPE SEWN ONTO IT.

Too broke for retail when I started in TV in Ohio, I sewed myself a velvet dress to wear when I got an award at the Waldorf.

Photography: Jen Huang / Ceremony Venue: Scarritt - Bennett Center / Reception Venue: The Rosewall in Nashville, Tennessee / Church: The Wightman Chapel at the Scarritt - Bennett Center / Dresses: Reem Acra / Shoes: Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik / Veil: Reem Acra with hand sewn lace by the bride's mother / Suit, Shirt: Brooks Brothers / Tie: Tie Bar / Shoes: A.Testoni / Stationery, Calligraphy: Paper Place / Ceremony Programs: By the bride / Floral Design: The Tulip Tree / Hair, Makeup: Simone Starr, Blowout Co. / Rentals: Classic Party Rentals / Ceremony Music: Innocenti Strings / Reception Music: Atlanta All - Stars / Catering: M Street / Cake, Dessert: Dessert Designs by Leland

Then I took the dress in at the back of the waist by around 3 inches by sewing two new darts — it was key that the waist on this dress fitted snugly.

I remember at 15 I bought a red thrifted bridesmaid dress, took it apart and then sewed it back together to make it more «me» — I love being original!

I studied the Balmain dress and saw that it has 8 buttons at the front and 4 on each sleeve.I sewed it on myself And Voila!

It began life as a pretty terrible dress which had a broken zipper (I must have attempted to sew myself into this dress at some point because it had hand stitches along the zipper).

I would love to take part in a sew - along... I made this dress, and whilst wearing the dress, won a sewing machine at the Melbourne Fashion Festival a couple of years ago.

I began my weaving career with handwoven garments, such as my Kodachrome Jacket (featured on the cover of Handwoven Magazine), and my handwoven, couture - sewn wedding dress (now part of the permanent collection at the American Textile History Museum).

In order to ready himself to play Reynolds Woodstock, he studied the lives of designers, learnt to sew, watched archive footage of 1950s fashion shows, consulted with the Victoria & Albert Museum's curator of fashion, apprenticed for a time under the head of costumes at the New York City Ballet and created his own couture dress from scratch using his wife, Rebecca Miller, as a model.

The predominantly homemade costumes are sixties authentic; an eye - popping collection of loud trousers, knee socks, two - tone oxfords, hostess dresses with peter pan collars and khaki boy scout uniforms (the mind boggles at how long it must have taken to sew all the merit patches onto each shirt).

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.

So Mom sewed dozens of dresses that Wavy unraveled, plucking at the seams until a thread came loose.

At Aferro, Murphy presents a thought provoking series of small paintings, a site - specific silkscreened wall, and a handmade dress that her daughter, Morgan Fernandez, designed and sewed using Murphy's original fabric.

I began my weaving career with handwoven garments, such as my Kodachrome Jacket (featured on the cover of Handwoven Magazine), and my handwoven, couture - sewn wedding dress (now part of the permanent collection at the American Textile History Museum).

A simple panel of fabric with casings sewn at each end and threaded onto a track or pole is a quick and easy way to dress a sloping roof window.