Invisible Zipper Replaced

This blue cocktail dress needed an invisible zipper. Charl Gabel at the Encore Consignment Shoppe, Vermilion, OH asked for the repair so it could be available for sale. And so it is, this pristine dress is ready at present for your next formal event and don't forget to check out how nice the zipper looks.

Vintage Lace Embellished Skirt

Inspired by the popup boutique on Cleveland's near westside, with its excusive repurposed art, my daughter and I are embellishing simple gathered skirts with vintage lace, just for fun. A foundational layer of muslin adds extra body to what at first starts out as a 40x20 inch rectangle. The bottom is hemmed; lace is layed; center back stitched; elastic casing secured; and viola the skirt is complete. Very simple project! You might try it, just for fun .

Summer time green dress, alteration

Great looking summer dress required a sideseam adjustment and shortening of shoulder straps.

Grandmother of the Groom Dress Alteration

This dress set required removal of shoulder pads and a sleeve lift to narrow the shoulder width. I also shortened it. It makes a lovely dress for a grand mother in a wedding party.

Dress Rescue and embellishment

Here's Madison modelling a rescued dress. It originally had too low of a neckline. I took in the shoulder seams by 3 inches and solved the problem. The necklace is made out of recycled t-shirts. I dyed the old t-shirts, cut them into strips, formed into rosettes and then attached to a brown shoe lace.

Two more prom dresses

I ended up getting a couple last minute prom dresses to alter. It was the usual, side seams, straps and hems.

Zipper Rosette Pillow

This is a 15 inch pillow with an invisible zipper and feather form. I hand stitched zipper rosettes onto the pillow front as I was flying to Florida. The zipper rosettes are made from used zippers that I pulled out of jackets. I added a printed fabric strip to combine some color to the zipper and then formed it into a hand stitched spiral. Very fun to make! It took about 5-6 hours to make, due to all the handwork.