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Scarf Dress - Contest Entry (Scaly Scarf Dress)
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Description
First I cut out two strips 23" wide in white silk and dyed them each in a unique way in two stages using sapphire blue and dark green acid dyes. I then sewed one piece from one strip to one piece from the other, and vice versa, thus creating a two layer piece of fabric with a seam at the top of each. I attached a little strip of dyed gauze to the top where the seam lies (the eventual bodice) and proceeded to delve into the shirring right under it. After the shirring was finished, a pocket added, and the dress assembled and hemmed I cut out lots and lots of scales made from the left over silk and edged each scale with Fray Check to ensure clean edges. This also helped to give each scale a bit of body. I then pinned the scales to the dress in rows and hand sewed them, row by row, adding beads here and there on the front portion. After the scales were all attached I added a couple of strips of dyed silk gauze to the under layer edge and then made a little pin that can be moved anywhere on the dress. In the photos presented here it was placed at the waist.
Material Notes
The fabric I used for this project was 100% silk twill that I dyed by hand. The pin was made from three silk "scales", wool felt for the backing, and glass beads at the front.
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Credits
- Photographer
Marjan Schelling
- Model
Elizabeth Dellinger
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Nov 10, 2009, 11.16 PMby ReiChan
Love the colour and scales!
Oct 8, 2009, 01.03 PMby coveredbydesign
Congrats on the win, I am happy that you were able to win despite the voting issues.
Oct 5, 2009, 01.42 PMby barbara.agatha
Lady…you’re out of our league! Is it even allowed for you to participate?!
Too beautiful, too crafty, too elegant, too desirable, too envious, too much! If I had participated to the contest with a little measly simple scarf dress, I would come out with “Come On!”.
Great work!
Oct 1, 2009, 05.50 AMby Deshale
I just wanted to tell you that now that Burda Style has officially said they would not honor the voting process because of the cheaters that I’m rooting for you!
Yours was the only entry that I really liked that wasn’t involved at all Plus yours is by far the most creative and original while still following the basic instructions.
I’m so happy that Burda finally took a stance. Good luck to you! I hope you win, you deserve it!
Oct 1, 2009, 02.08 AMby ningtagle
Beautiful dress. I love the color, it’s so calming and relaxing. It makes me feel going to the beach right now.
Sep 30, 2009, 02.43 AMby elishafaerie
This is by far my favourite of the Scarf Dresses, I love the scales! So pretty! You could do a green version with leaves, too!
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Sep 30, 2009, 08.14 PMby Damiana_Designs
Ohhhh that would be so cool! I want to make a full length dress using scales but in coy fish colors, brown, gold and rusty brown…we shall see how it goes ;)
Sep 30, 2009, 08.14 PMby Damiana_Designs
Ohhhh that would be so cool! I want to make a full length dress using scales but in coy fish colors, brown, gold and rusty brown…we shall see how it goes ;)
Sep 26, 2009, 03.40 AMby dneimat
wow.. this is amazing. stunning.
Sep 25, 2009, 10.55 PMby Anna Perkins
Ohmygosh! =O
I have seen a lot of scarf dress entries…kind of hard to avoid, right? As soon as I saw the pic of this I fell in love with it! It is by far the prettiest one, in my opinion. Definitely voting for! Good luck! :)
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Sep 26, 2009, 04.58 PMby Damiana_Designs
Thank you, you are so sweet!
Sep 25, 2009, 10.35 PMby Damiana_Designs
Please vote for my dress in the challenge! Just go here: http://www.burdastyle.com/albums/107/images?page=14&size=small
Sep 25, 2009, 05.13 PMby maria-gehrke
This dress is just amazing. Love it. So well done.
Sep 25, 2009, 05.12 PMby maria-gehrke
This dress is just amazing. Love it. So well done.
Sep 24, 2009, 09.03 PMby smvphotography
sooo beautiful! love the circle details
Sep 24, 2009, 07.00 PMby Delightful Bina
OMG… this is so amazing! :-O I’d love to be able to make something as good as this one day! It’s absolutely stunning! Best of luck with your entry hun! (",)
Sep 24, 2009, 05.36 PMby immi.
What a pleasure to see something like that! :) Klasse!
Sep 24, 2009, 04.01 PMby cannes_04
beautifully done and gorgeous! it looks amazing, best of luck!
Sep 24, 2009, 11.19 AMby sewella
I am speechless! I want this…. badly!!! A true piece of art!
Sep 24, 2009, 08.58 AMby Susisonne
Wow, I totally love it. The colors are amazing, cool!
Sep 24, 2009, 03.43 AMby lindsay28h
I thought my dress stood a chance until I saw this. Gorgeous!
Sep 24, 2009, 02.18 AMby erdronen
so beautiful! i love your touches, and can’t believe the amount of work that went into this! great job!
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Sep 24, 2009, 03.40 AMby Damiana_Designs
Thank you thank you! This contest was a great excuse to try some things that I’ve been itching to do for a while.
Sep 23, 2009, 11.52 PMby pixelink
YAY FOR YOU, stunning effort and I love your photography.
Sep 23, 2009, 11.34 PMby Scheryka
Perfect!
Sep 23, 2009, 11.08 PMby AmiBambini
Whoa, a lot of love, time, heart and mind has gone into this dress. And the photos are beautiful. Such great colours! This scarf competition has some serious contenders.
Sep 23, 2009, 10.48 PMby sansrain
absolutely stunning!
Sep 23, 2009, 10.31 PMby MayaDoughterOfSun
fantastic!
Sep 23, 2009, 10.09 PMby Damiana_Designs
Thanks so much for the kudos :) It was a fun project, I learned a lot!
Sep 23, 2009, 09.37 PMby mmmcheeseburgers
the colors you ended up with are amazing – this is such a beautiful dress
Sep 23, 2009, 08.55 PMby Sallybentz
This is stunning!
Sep 23, 2009, 08.49 PMby knt831
Everything about this dress is beautiful.
Sep 23, 2009, 08.48 PMby teresaschwarz
great workmanship and very creative! Really impressive!
Sep 23, 2009, 08.42 PMby Brenda42
This is absolutely gorgeous; I love the colors. It makes me think of the ocean!
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Sep 24, 2009, 03.45 AMby Damiana_Designs
I’m so glad you think so! I was trying to capture the essence of water when dying the fabric, but you never really know how it will turn out. This time everything ended up looking pretty cool.