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Draping in Fashion Fabric - Progress on My Preservation Ball Gown

March 21, 2017 Jennifer Serr
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This blog post is about how I drape my gowns in the fashion fabric.  This is only just the beginning.  It will take me working on the dress in my spare time over the course of the next few weeks to get a final dress.

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Designing my (Art Deco Preservation Ball) Gown

March 7, 2017 Jennifer Serr
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For me, it usually starts with Fabric.  This time, I was lucky enough to be gifted two beautiful pieces of silk from my friend, assistant and fellow fabric-lover, Maria Chenut....

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In fashion design, costume design, Art Deco Events, Pattern Making and Design, Sewing, Sewing Vintage, the sewing room Tags art deco preservation ball, art deco ball, art deco society of california, ADSC, gown making, couture sewing, 1920's, 1930's fashion, 1920s fashion design, sewing vintage, reproduction vintage clothing, vintage style, great gatsby, great gatsby dress, sewing classes, sf bay area sewing classes, upcycling, eco friendly fabric, pattern making, draping classes, draping, textiles, britex, recrafting co
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Project Runway Designer back at THE SEWING ROOM

August 28, 2015 Jennifer Serr

PROJECT RUNWAY designer Emily Payne Back in Alameda to Teach Draping Classes

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In fashion design, Pattern Making and Design Tags project runway, project runway designer, emily payne, project runway designer emily payne, sewing classes, sf bay area sewing classes, pattern classes, fashion classes, fashion design, fashion design classes, draping, draping classes, sewing, pattern making
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Hi, I'm Jennifer !  Owner of The Sewing Room and the host for these blogs. I love everything about sewing and fashion and have been doing it professionally and personally my whole life.

Inside my blogs (yes, there is more than one), I hope to give you some insight to the fashion world as well my daily design & sewing practice (which tends toward the Vintage).

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