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Description
This is the dress I created for my friend for her Junior Prom earlier this month. The starting point was the fabric choice, she really wanted something that had a print, and was hoping to have something that had more of panel print. I knew we sold these sheets at my workplace at she liked them too so we went for it!
The design is all mine. I used some of her requests like the open back and sparkles. And I added a pocket:)
It took somewhere around 25 hours to finish all the beading and sequins on the bodice and straps. I love all the small hand work.
And they look cute together:D
Material Notes
satin polyester bed sheets, some satin fabric from Joanns, seed beads, sequins
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
- Season
- Spring
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Dress
- Style
- Evening Wear
- Material
- Lace/Sequins, Polyester
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May 27, 2011, 12.22 PMby Timea Schmidt
This is amazing! Nice job!
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May 27, 2011, 01.28 PMby vestiphobia
Thanks a lot:)
May 27, 2011, 11.10 AMby fashionfreek
Lovely very nice dress.
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May 27, 2011, 01.27 PMby vestiphobia
Thanks you!
May 27, 2011, 07.40 AMby table-calender
lucky friend! i’m drawn to the feather prints and i still can’t believe the material is a sheet fabric! amazing work. :)
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May 27, 2011, 09.49 AMby vestiphobia
Thanks:)
May 27, 2011, 02.40 AMby rogue-cellist
I’m really impressed. The dress looks fantastic and I love that you used bedsheets! I wouldn’t have thought of that. They do make a very cute couple. Spectacular job with all the hand work, I’m glad she appreciated it!
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May 27, 2011, 03.06 AMby vestiphobia
Thanks:) It’s funny, I was actually in new york about a month before I started this and tried to find a good fabric for this at one of the tons of fabric shops and couldn’t find anything! I’m glad these sheets were available:D
May 27, 2011, 12.27 AMby yvettemariesfineart
very pretty!
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May 27, 2011, 01.21 AMby vestiphobia
Thank you:D
May 26, 2011, 11.33 PMby Mandy A
Wow 30 bucks? Wow thats got to be best prom dress that looks 200 bucks
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May 26, 2011, 11.52 PMby vestiphobia
thanks:D
May 26, 2011, 09.21 PMby ijada13
Beautiful! That looks so complex! It looks lovely on too!
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May 26, 2011, 10.15 PMby vestiphobia
Thanks:) I think she looks beautiful in it, and I know she loved it too
May 26, 2011, 09.21 PMby Mandy A
Oh my what an amazing dress, very nice work. Do you mind if I asked how much everything added up to be?
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May 26, 2011, 10.14 PMby vestiphobia
Not at all! It was right around $30! Which is amazing considering I remember spending around $100 for my own prom dresses…. The sheets were $20 (from JCPenney’s/ with associate discount haha) and the beads, thread zipper, extra fabric all fell into the other $10
May 26, 2011, 08.28 PMby lienepien
Wow! Gorgious dress! They both look very nice! All the effort on the bodice must have been worth it!
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May 26, 2011, 08.58 PMby vestiphobia
Thank you:) I love the way the bodice turned out… and she loved the sparkles!