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.

Door Prizes & Auction Items

I am donating an embellished purse, fabric flower and gift certificate as a door prize to the Vermilion Family YMCA for the Vermilion Festival of the Fish Jay Hershey 5K Run. I added a new outreach page to my website. If your organization is in need of a door prize or auction item, I am happy to donate. Go to the Outreach page on www.sewingbymaudy.com.

Wreaths with handmade flowers

I am ever determining new ways to display my fabric flowers. Here are pics of some wreaths I made featuring the flowers. These wreaths start as a metal frame and are wrapped with vintage lace and ribbon. Flowers compliment the lace and ribbon color and are attached by stitching.

Very fun to make!