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Feather Trimmed Red Guipure Lace Coat (squawking obligatory)

Red guipure lace coat with feather trim

Bess in her not-very-over-the-top coat at all made using red guipure lace and 6″ feather trim.

The coat was prepared ever so slowly making sure the spots matched and everything would line up properly and then it was izzywhizzied together on the overlocker in about 3 minutes.

Then the feather trim was hand sewn on (Bess’s fingers are still calloused from the needle – that trim has got sticky stuff inside the satin binding (that stop the feathers falling out), it’s not nice to sew!

Then the feather trim was un-picked and sewn on all over again not so tight in an effort to make it hang straight in the middle. It’s almost there, Bess weighed up further hand sewing and the possibility of losing her fingers with her OCD of straight edges and the fingers won.

Then the front edge and neck were bound in fold-over petersham binding which magically saved the jacket from being a bit ‘crafty’ (in the derogatory way) and Bess wore it to her baby step-sister’s wedding.

Also seen: bag made from offcuts of leather and a London bus e-plate. As you do.

red circle design guipure lace
red circle design guipure lace
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Pink Tulle Tutus with Feathers and Sequins

Pale pink tulle ballerina tutus with feathers

Bess made these two tutus for her nieces Kitcat and Miaow with a loose brief of Nutcracker in mind. There are a gazillion layers of tulle gathered and pleated and sewn onto a silk dupion elasticated waistband and embellished with feathers and sequins. Pale pink tulle ballerina tutus with feathers at Chatsworth House

3 colours of tulle were used to get a greater depth to the skirts. A short layer of creamy beige, and second longer layer of sugar pink and a top (longest) layer of very pale pink.

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Pale pink tulle ballerina tutus with feathersBess doesn’t really do ‘fluff’ but had a lot of fun making these. Her kitchen was well and truly tullified.

Pale pink tulle ballerina tutus with feathers

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Olive Green Chicken Feather Trim

Olive Green Chicken Feather Trim

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Acid Limey Chartreuse Chicken Feather Trim

Acid Limey Chartreuse Chicken Feather Trim

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White chicken Feather Trim

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Purple Chicken Feather Trim

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Turquoise Blue Chicken Feather Trim

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Royal Blue short Feather Trim with satin binding

Royal Blue short Feather Trim with satin binding

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White short Feather Trim with satin binding

White short Feather Trim with satin binding

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White Marabou Feather Trim with satin binding

White Marabou Feather Trim with satin binding

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Black marabou trim on satin binding

Black Marabou Feather Trim with satin binding

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Light Pink with Tan Brown tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Light Pink with Tan Brown tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Azure Turquoise Blue Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Azure Turquoise Blue Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Jade Green tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Jade Green tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Emerald Green / Dark Green tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Emerald Green / Dark Green tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Grey and Tan tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Grey and Tan tipped Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Cream Ivory Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

Cream Ivory Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Peacock feather trim on black satin ribbon

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Cream Ostrich Feather Trim

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Navy Blue dyed guinea fowl Feather Trim

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Yellow ostrich feather trim with satin binding

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Red Ostrich Feather trim with satin binding

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Black Chicken Feather trim with satin binding

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Fuchsia Pink chicken Feather Trim

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Taupe and Brown Guinea Fowl feather Trim

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Red Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Red and Black Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Burnt Orange Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Olive Green Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Taupe stripe Chicken feather Trim with satin binding

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Multicolour Chicken Feather Trim

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Teal and Turquoise dyed guinea fowl Feather Trim

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Pinky Beige Ostrich Feather Trim

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Black long feather trim with occasional bead embellishment

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Tan, Bottle Green and Navy Blue feather trim with Ochre Wool Braid from LG

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Orange, Yellow, Pink and Blue feather trim with Black and Cream Wool Braid from LG

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Aubergine, Ochre and Crimson feather trim with Beige Wool Braid from LG

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Green, Yellow, Pink and Blue feather trim with Black and Cream Wool Braid from LG

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Hot Pink Marabou Feather Trim

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Yellow and Tan Chicken Feather Trim

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Orange and Tan chicken Feather Trim

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Brown and Fawn dyed guinea fowl Feather Trim

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Black Ostrich Feather Trim

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Turquoise Silk and Linen Wedding Dress

silk and linen mix shift wedding dress

Lulu wearing her lovely silk and linen shift wedding dress, holding her daughter, Kitcat, in her printed cotton seersucker ruffled dress and matching headband. Gemma to her right wears an embroidered cotton bridesmaid dress.

Fabrics and Notions (Lulu):
Turquoise silk and linen
Silk habotai lining
Silk organza feather trim
Invisible zip
Iron-on lightweight interfacing

Fabrics and Notions (Gemma):
Embroidered lightweight cotton
Venezia lining
Invisible zip
Lightweight iron-on interfacing

Fabrics and Notions (KitCat)
Printed cotton seersucker
Cotton lawn (lining and collar))
Button
Extra-Lightweight knitted iron-on interfacing

The silk organza trim gave Lulu’s dress just the touch of something special she wanted for her wedding dress without making it too impractical or unsuitable to wear at subsequent posh do’s. A shift is the most flattering of dress, and easy to make fit really well.

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Red Polyester circle Guipure Lace

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red circle design guipure lace

Red guipure lace coat with feather trim
Red guipure lace coat with feather trim