Burda Style For people who sew

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  Sep 11, 2009, 10.41 PMby lottatroublemaker

  Ooops, sorry for doubleposting, didn’t mean for that to happen!
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  Sep 11, 2009, 10.41 PMby lottatroublemaker

  Oh my gosh, this dress is just breathtakingly beautiful! To me much more so than shiny silk prom dresses!!! :P I just love the smocking, can’t believe that what I think of as burgundy velvet sofa cushions (in the homes of little old ladies) can be used for such cool things. When I first discovered a tutorial with this technique recently, I just fell in love with it, and thought that it would be so cool to use on an otherwise simple and straight forward garment. This dress is a super example of that! I love the way you have gathered the dress where it meets the smocked diamond, it really lifts the dress to new heights! I saw somebody mention “that pattern”. Could you please post which pattern it is that you have used, if you have used a pattern rather than drafted it yourself? Thanks a lot! :)
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  Sep 11, 2009, 10.40 PMby lottatroublemaker

  Oh my gosh, this dress is just breathtakingly beautiful! To me much more so than shiny silk prom dresses!!! :P I just love the smocking, can’t believe that what I think of as burgundy velvet sofa cushions (in the homes of little old ladies) can be used for such cool things. When I first discovered a tutorial with this technique recently, I just fell in love with it, and thought that it would be so cool to use on an otherwise simple and straight forward garment. This dress is a super example of that! I love the way you have gathered the dress where it meets the smocked diamond, it really lifts the dress to new heights! I saw somebody mention “that pattern”. Could you please post which pattern it is that you have used, if you have used a pattern rather than drafted it yourself? Thanks a lot! :)
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  Aug 31, 2008, 03.20 PMby artisvitro23

  I love the smocking on this top, very inspiring, Im going to have a go at this this week,
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  Apr 22, 2008, 05.46 AMby zora

  Great job! Looks fabulous and I love the smocking details.
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  Apr 22, 2008, 01.56 AMby lauriana

  I loe the smocking detail! It takes the pattern to a whole new level. How does it work?

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    Sep 11, 2009, 08.25 PMby Shaymaa Ali

    http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/tag/canadian-smocking

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  Apr 21, 2008, 06.57 PMby ad0rexalex

  this looks so awesome, great job!
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  Apr 21, 2008, 05.09 PMby maya511

  that’s absolutely gorgeous!!!
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  Apr 21, 2008, 01.03 PMby peaudane

  Wow! That’s such a great addition to that pattern!
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  Apr 21, 2008, 11.01 AMby mirela

  The weave looks great! It belongs to that diamond!
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  Apr 21, 2008, 10.00 AMby squirrellypoo

  I love the weaving! Nice change…
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  Apr 21, 2008, 09.07 AMby polychromatin

  Looks really nice, the smocking seems to be very difficult, so respect for doing this!