Purple pleated evening dress

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Description

Rhis is a pattern from FEMALE magazine winter 2008. Its a pleated evening dress with pleated bodice and pleated dress, everything in pleats :p

Materials

shiny flannel backed satin

Credits

FEMALE 2008 winter

COMMENTS (9)

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    marina_glory    Ï Posted 8 April 2008 at 7:28 PM

    What a beautiful dress! I love the color, and the contour/shape is very pretty. Great job on the pleats- they look challenging but you executed them so neatly!

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    LYBU    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 12:26 AM
    has her sewig mach. in reparation

    Very nice, again great pattern, colour and fit.

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    Susisonne    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 1:36 AM

    I love this color! Again very nice dress!

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    lauriana    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 1:50 AM
    way too busy for loads of sewing

    Very nice dress in a great colour! I have one little thing to nag about though: the center back seam and the seam at the waistline are a bit more visible and less neat that they need to be. If you press the seam alowances apart really well (with a hot iron and plenty of steam) straight after making the seam it would look absolutely perfect. It's really a small detail and I guess it takes a very fussy seamstress to even notice it, so please ignore it if you don't like it and try extra pressing if you do.

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    JenDockter    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 3:42 AM
    Finished the taxes!

    I agree with Lauriana about the waist-line seam. I feel this and / or a belt would bring it all together, but your mileage may vary.

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    pinkhibiscus    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 8:52 AM
    sewing up some knit dresses

    lauriana and JenDockter, I do agree on the waist line seam. It is a bit lying in the "wrong" direction :p What happened was that I was really afriad to iron the fabric in fear that it will change color or melt or something. So I haven't dealt with that part yet, hence very minimal ironing on this piece. Maybe I should get to that. Any tips on ironing satin? thanks for your comments.

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    lauriana    Ï Posted 9 April 2008 at 11:04 PM
    way too busy for loads of sewing

    My tip for ironing anything that might not be able to handle much heat is this: try on a scrap first, use lots of steam and if your fabric in really delicate or could melt on the iron (like some synthetics) use a piece of white or unbleached cotton or linen to lay on the fabric when you iron it.

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    pinkhibiscus    Ï Posted 10 April 2008 at 8:36 PM
    sewing up some knit dresses

    thanks, lauriana. I should really start to test things on scraps. I always forget I can do that. Thanks for your suggestions~:)

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    AmandaHill90    Ï Posted 12 April 2008 at 12:44 PM
    making a silk dress and beret!

    wow this dress is gorgeous! well done!


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