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I made these beautiful tafetta wraps. I have only 4 of them at the moment. The are all in large size which will fit a waist measurement of 36 to 44 inches. I will be adding them to the webstore quickly but if you want to reserve one, let me know. If they aren’t...
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I’ve been showing you a lot of skirts but I haven’t been showing the inner parts of the skirts very often. Honestly, I think my skirts are great. I LOVE them. But let’s face it, there are a ton of skirts available in the world so I wanted to talk to...
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I bought the fabric for this outfit a few months ago when Maggie, My Mom and I went on a little road trip to check out a fabric store in Grand Rapids that is almost 2 hours from m house. I heard about the store from a lady who makes super intricate cosplay costumes...
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One of my favorite ways to bustle a wedding gown is with ties. This is often called a French Bustle, Victorian Bustle or Under Bustle. It doesn’t work with every style of dress but if you want a poof of fabric that falls over the bottom of the dress this is a...
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Ok. So that grey dress was awful. But the dress/outfit that happened in the end was a super success and I am so happy the grey dress was a terrible mistake. I had a pattern for a t-shirt type top that has a lot of sleeve variations. It is McCall’s 7542. Maggie...
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A few weeks ago I talked about rolled hems, rolled hem feet for your sewing machine and their benefits. Today I want to talk about hand sewn hems and machine blind hems. I’m going to begin with a hand sewn hem. For the examples I’m using I attached bias...
