I have been having a really fun time making ballgowns (it would be MORE fun if I weren’t quite so pressured for time lol). The intellectual and creative challenge of being given a dress and “told” to create something is rather addictive. I have likened it to non-sewers as similar to the Food Challenge shows…
This dress started with a marvelous find at a local thrift store. I wish I had taken a picture before I ever started, but I didn’t. This is the original dress . . minus one part. The dress is aqua and gold. The top is lace which is embellished with sequins and beads. It has…
So . . . .for some reason, I didn’t take the “before” pictures of this dress. I was really pushing to get dresses done the day I was working on this one, and I think I got distracted. So, apologies for that, but I think you will be able to get the idea. This Prom…
This next dress is another one I found on a Buy/Sell/Trade site. The Dad selling them told me that his daughter is 27, so I guess this dress is between 9-11 years old. It is a beige tulle halter top ball-gown style dress. It has a lot of very nice beading and sequins on the…
When this dress was donated my daughter and I immediately dubbed it the “Candyland Dress”. The large sequins and bright colors just make a person happy 🙂 The first thing we did, however, was very carefully cut the large sequins off. My daughter slit the sequins to the hole, and then removed them, being careful…
We have sent out the call for donations for the show, and I have had a number of dresses donated which is really awesome. I want to make a point of using them if at all possible. Some may be disguised beyond recognition, which is OK too. If I have contact information for the…
The next dress to reach the chopping block was a blue sequinned tulle ballgown Prom dress that I picked up at a thrift store in the Halloween section. The top layer of tulle had a few rips in it, which is probably what accounted for the low price. However, there often seems to be no rhyme…
Sleeping Beauty is one of the classic “Princess” characters. I have had her dress on my “list” for awhile, and several years ago (years!!! gulp) I had a really fun Prom dress with a multi-color tulle skirt in shades of pinks, purples and blues that would have made a pretty fabulous “Fairy-fight” costume. However, it…
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