Silver Boudoir Bustier Dress by Jordon Willis
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~ Colors ~ Peaches and Cream ~
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Experimentation weekend!!! Jagged, twisty flames. Chandelure, in honor of the recent community day in Pokemon Go. Hope ya caught some shiny Litwicks!!
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More Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts by Kathy Seaman Shaw
Quilter or not you will find something useful and inspiring in this book.
Shaw first offers a section on the basics. These include information on needles, floss, and ribbon widths and choices. Then, clear sketches show how to make stitches with floss embroidery and with ribbon embroidery including little flowers, leaves, etc.. Then she has over 100 pages of photographs and sketches of various combinations of stitches, beads, even small buttons. Plain templates are included.
As a dressmaker, I am thinking of how to use one of these lovely combinations on a garment, Maybe to outline a collar on a blouse? the yoke of a child’s dress? I am pondering possibilities to save time…. use my sewing machine’s many embroidery stitches... try a variegated thread... add silk ribbon via hand embroidery? A little handwork can go a long way.
This is the second book of its kind, and you can find them both here: https://www.ctpub.com/more-stunning-stitches-for-crazy-quilts/
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Apparently abandoned late Victorian era corner terrace house c.1884-6, but there's a curious side door with a little awning. Clam shell, cornucopia, and funereal urn embellishments with "bullnose" verandah awnings archetypal of the period. Future uncertain. Camperdown.
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The Trouble With Glass: The Gold Purse
Glass beads can twinkle so beautifully as they catch the light that they can make clothing and accessories irresistible. The trouble is that glass is both substantial and heavy. I know one woman who wore a dress decorated with glass beads sitting through a long marriage service on a hard church pew. Ouch! It seems best to opt for glass beads on accessories, but they can still pose a problem.
For example, this lovely vintage purse, a recent gift, sparkles with a kind of start or flower pattern in the middle. It isn’t clear when it was made, but it may date back to the 1950s or 1960s. In both eras, women’s purses were important accessories and choosing them to last was considered part of wise shopping.
So a beautiful evening bag, but it weighs almost 2 pounds. Now, for a certain kind of dinner, where you sit down most of the time or can park your purse, you are good. But I cannot imagine taking it for a moonlight stroll and not finding it a burden.
So weigh--a pun!--the advantages and the disadvantages of a glass beaded garment or accessory before you opt for one whether to buy or to make. Nothing takes the shine off a perfect evening than having to fuss uncomfortably with your ensemble.
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