Thursday, November 27, 2008

For Lucie

No posts or pictures of this dress when it was still under construction. I simply did not have the time! I've been working day and night to get this dress finished so that Lucie has something to wear at our Oireachtas this weekend. It was finished late last night and I took a quick picture with my phone camera just to show (and I did promise myself no more dresses leaving the house without a picture!). So, a bit blurry and dark and not the best quality, but here is it is from sketch to reality:












Now it is Lucie her turn to stay up all night to glue all the crystals to her dress! I'm sure it will be all sparkly when I see it again on saturday :-)


Sunday, November 16, 2008

Dress alterations

Many dresses from a few years ago do not have the elongated bodices everyone asks for nowadays and this usually leaves the skirt too long. The following is an example of a simple alteration that can be done to a (second hand) dress that might not fit in the lower skirt-area.

BEFORE:


In the before pic you can see that the upper body seems to fit, but the skirt is too long. The skirt is also a bit too wide and heavy and is collapsing on itself in the front (which needs to be a stiff, straight panel, not a wobbly one).
I decided to take the length of the hem and re-stitch the hemline in a black satinstitch. The front panel was also re-stiffened when I opened it up at the hem, making it nice and crisp again.

AFTER:




The nice thing about this dress is that is was made "economical". There are ties in the back that can cinch in the waist and the cuffs on the sleeves can be adjusted up or down. This dress was made with growing children and multiple years of usage in mind.

Thank you Debbie, for letting me work on your dress. I hope you will love and wear it for a long time!

Monday, November 10, 2008

FOR SALE

I have just listed 2 new dresses for sale!

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Lovely 4-panel dress, made by Annelies Danton worn by an intermediate/open dancer of mainland Europe. Made of bluegreen silk with holographic silver, blue and pink glitterdot applique. Hot-pink and silverholographic thread is used for the applique. The sleeves are stunning and eye-catching green and silverglitter flowers with white lining. Lining of the dress is off-white. Pleats give a special effect of blue holographic glitterdot when being kicked out. Including hearpiece in blue, silver and hot-pink. Bloomers can be made with the extra lining material. Dress was made for a quite tall, 175 cm, girl of 14 years and has been worn about 8 times.

Measurements ( in inches )
Chest 33
Natural waist -- (please ask the seller for this measurement)
Bodice length from shoulder to waist seam 18
Skirt length from waist seam to hem 17
Sleeve length from shoulder to hem 24
Shoulder seam to shoulder seam across top of back 15
Back full length-top of zip to hem 34
There is let down room in the back near the zipper

Asking €400 shipping included within The Netherlands, overseas shipping extra. Please email the seller with any questions.

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Nice, sparkling turquoise velvet 3-panel dress with hot-pink, yellow, black, white and silver rainbow glitterdot applique. Applique is embroided with silver and hot-pink metal thread. Lining is white with hot-pink lamé. Headpiece with crystals included.

Measurements ( in inches )
Chest 30
Natural waist 27
Bodice length from shoulder to waist seam 16
Skirt length from waist seam to hem 17
Sleeve length from shoulder to hem 23
Shoulder seam to shoulder seam across top of back 12
Back full length-top of zip to hem 30

Asking €275 shipping included within The Netherlands, overseas shipping extra. Please email the seller with any questions.

Friday, November 7, 2008

There is no such thing....

As too much **BLING** !!!

Just to show you the bodice of my new solo dress with the crystals on :-)

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Ilse in her new dress

Needless to say, she looks very happy in it :-)