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About My Dress

Pattern Used:
My own design

Fabrics Used:
Tessuti Floral Blanc Embroidery, Tessuti White Caeck linen

Time To Create:
about 4 hours

Dress Influenced By:
It kind of all started with the sleeves - they're just so soft and were originally on the other dress but they didn't look right, this lovely broderie fabric was more structured and the more I looked at it the less I liked the idea of a whole dress made of it. Loved the two fabrics together and so combined them with a set-in centre panel giving some structure to work on and then the sleeves looked right. Hem detail is one of my favourite things, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to cut out those cute flowers as a trim and used odd vintage shell buttons to attach them (my Nana will be delighted!) It's one of the most comfortable things I've made and I'm going to really enjoy wearing this.

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About Me

Name:
Donna Kirby

Sewing Since:
about 11

My Experience:
Since I was a kid I've just always sewed, I love it and have never wanted to do anything else. After school I studied fashion in Wollongong, competed in and won Worldskills and I'm still involved with the fashion Technology category nationally and now internationally.....come on Tessuti - sponsor our national competition with some of your gorgeous fabric!! After finishing my studies I worked for a few small manufacturers but I've worked for myself for the last 16 years. Made to measure bridal and everything else. So my work has such variety and never really the same thing twice so it's always interesting.

I'm From:
Wollongong,
NSW Australia

My Sewing Goals:
Continue to develop my skills and knowledge, you never, ever stop learning. Raise the profile of skills excellence for young people in the fashion field (that's where Worldskills comes in). Lastly, start to take some time to sew for the fun of it, when you work doing what you love it sometimes means you can't enjoy what you love just for itself....there's always something else (usually a deadline) that seems to take priority.

Additional Information:
In fashion it's definitely beautiful fabrics, historical costume, interesting construction techniques and quirky patternmaking - I love to see new things I've never seen before. In life I really love all manner of desserts and my favourite environment is mountains, preferably with snow, a good book and my family.