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Fabric for Susan's Farewell dress :)

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Fabric for Susan's Farewell dress :)

Postby LittleLionTamer » Mar 22, 2011 4:19 am

Dear Narnians,

I am right now on the edge of desperation because I just can't find ANY nice fabrics to use for Susan's overdress for her Farewell dress that I want to sew for the MCM Expo and it's fairly only 2 and a half months away! :( I looked everywhere, onlineshops and ebay and stores in my city, but mostly american onlineshops sell insane prices for the shipping. So I have to look somewhere around the European area. The next problem is that I have barely any idea left for WHICH fabric I have to look. I tried Jacquard, Brocade, Silk, Embroidered Taffeta and they have some nice offers but all in the wrong colours :( What else could I look for? The fabric for the underdress is easy but with embroidered things I am always pretty picky and I want it to look as accurate as possible.. *sighs* If any of you could help me, I would be really , really grateful! :) Thank you so much!
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Re: Fabric for Susan's Farewell dress :)

Postby coracle » Apr 09, 2011 10:53 pm

Do you have any fabric stores that you could go to in person, and ask for help? - that would give you help and remove the cost of shipping.
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Re: Fabric for Susan's Farewell dress :)

Postby Meltintalle » Apr 10, 2011 11:08 am

Do you have any experience with dyes? If you've seen a white or other pale coloured fabric in the correct pattern you might be able to achieve the correct colour that way. :)

Also, like Auntie suggests, you could ask at the store that carries something similar to what you're looking for if they could order you that fabric in a different colour-way.
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Re: Fabric for Susan's Farewell dress :)

Postby Susan's_look_a_like » Apr 14, 2011 4:15 pm

Littleliontamer - If you are not able to find the right fabric you could paint the design on then free embroider it with a machine or by hand. It will take longer, but you would get the exact design you want. I'm very picky about accuracy as well so I understand your frustration.
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