This dress is finished just in time for the warm weather in the northeastern US this week! The fabric started out the lime green color, then I tie-dyed it blue, leaving some lime green as an embellishment. I like the way it turned out.
Back view. If it look a little off, that’s because the form is bigger than me, so the dress does not zip up all the way.
Shibori dyed trompe l’oeil collar detail.
waist detail
The lining is the same green silk faille, in the original lime color
Vogue 2362
dye effect at hem. I did not take photos of my process, but it involved accordion pleating, 2 jar lids, and clamps.
Rolling in Cloth 
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Wow that is truly beautiful. I love the color combo and the shibori tie dye is done amazingly well. Kudos! Are you wearing it tomorrow? I’m sad that we won’t be dying together this year.
Exquisite! Truly a work of art
Wow. This is most enviable. That collar has me in awe!
I love every thing you make but this may be one of my favorites. It is a show stopper. WOW.
Claudine, do you ever make a pattern as is out of the envelope with fabric that you don’t alter in some way?
No?
That’s what I thought.
This dress is lovely. And as usual you gave me an idea, this time for the acres of florescent green voile that I bought for super cheap. Thank you for the idea and for the eye candy. ♥
Awesome
That turned out fabulous. I hope we get to see a picture of you wearing it.
Yes! I’d love to see it on you, too. I love the colors, the print, and the style.
It’s beautiful, Claudine. I hope you’ll be posting (even a small post) about your process. I’d be very interested to see how you did the collar, particularly. It’s so perfectly placed!
Thanks! It is possible that I will do a how-to on shibori, but I’m frankly not crazy about doing tutorial posts. They are a ton of work. The technique I used for the collar is called something like uri nu, but it’s obvious that I’m spelling it wrong because I come up with nothing when I google it. But any book on Shibori techniques will cover it.
Ahh, it’s called ori-nui.
haha! I understand about the work on tutes – photographing every step and writing it all out. I shall pick up a book on Shibori and start reading. And I hope we get to see the dress modeled for MMM…. 🙂
That is such a gorgeous dress. I love the effect from dying. I think the pattern number is incorrect though, maybe 2632?
Thanks for pointing that out. I’ve corrected the photo caption.
This dress is fantastic. Love the details—the quirky trompe-l’oeil collar, the unusual color combination, the silk faille—and the overall effect.
Very nice! The dyeing was done with a light hand and the placement of the special effects is wonderful.
This is awesome! The colors look great together, and the detailed dye work is so cool!
It is a gorgeous dress! I love that you’re using the Vogue patterns from your collection to achieve the looks you desire. I must remember to do that. Love the dyeing technique and how it really brings the dress to the next level! Awesome!
Thanks! I don’t know what possessed me to look through my envelope patterns recently. I guess I should not be surprised that there are a lot of great patterns in my collection.
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