Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Big Selvedge Project


Lots of selvedge

Lots of sewing

and one cheeky brat!

342 comments:

  1. It's beautiful. Amazing work.

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  2. That is absolutely stunning! Incredible. Selvedge aside, the dress pattern is beautiful and your daughter looks lovely.
    I can't believe it. I was sure it was going to be a quilt. Gorgeous!

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  3. That is beautiful...and I can't even imagine the amount of work you did for that. I am impressed and covet it a bit...Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Wow! Absolutely fabulous, Jodie. It is sooooooo cool!! What a great job you did on this. I am impressed, way impressed!!

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  5. That's the most amazing thing I've ever seen! You are either the most talented, creative, patient person in the world or the craziest! Congratulations - that is one very cool dress! Nan

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  6. How incredibly amazing and talented are you?!!! Its a *freakingly* divine creation, wish I could give you a crown...made of selvedges!!! Well done!

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  7. It is just beautiful, project runway here you come!!!

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  8. That's absolutely the coolest dress I've ever seen! I love it!

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  9. ok...i'm trying to find the right words. stunning, marvelous, holy cow this is amazing. none seem to do. WOW! this is fantastic!!! and i thought what i made was impressive. this is a zillion times more. i love it!!!!

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  10. Wow!! As you know, I psychically predicted a selvedge dress but I did not foresee such loveliness. Well done you.

    And well done you for breeding such a gorgeous dress model too, she's lovely.

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  11. this is so unbelievable - it looks couture to me. just really fantastic!

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  12. Wow. This dress is amazing. I just posted a link on my blog directing my readers to take a look see.

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  13. TOTAL HOLY SHIT!!!

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  14. Oh my, I have no more fantastic adjectives to add to all the other comments. Congratulations on such a fantastic project that I am sure no one will ever forget.

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  15. Oh man! It took me bloody ages to scroll down here to say .... Wow! That is indeed one big selvedge project!

    Beautifully modelled too, may I say?

    .... so .... are you over your selvedge fetish yet??

    ;)

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  16. Oh...my...goodness!!! That is absolutely incredible! Words cannot express!!!

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  17. I think everybody has already said "WOW" in enough ways that I won't say it again. (But, WOW!).

    You know what the best part is for me? I remember reading the post the very first time you talked about selvedge and them posted the doll quilt. I remember saying then that you were a genius, and I haven't changed my mind!!

    ~Angela :-)

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  18. OH. MY. GOD. I am agog and agig with amazement. That is totally and utterly wonderful in so many ways. Incredible. Well done! (not surprised you didn't have time for robots!)

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  19. Jodie, what a perfect use for all those precious selvedges. The dress pattern beautifully shows off all your painstaking effort. What a stunner your model looks in it too!

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  20. Unbelievably fabulous!

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  21. WOW!!! Not only is this a fantastic selvedge project the dress pattern is amazing!

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  22. Insane and totally worth it! Love,Love, Love it!

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  23. It must be gratifying to get such a great reaction after all your patient work. I have to add my two bobs' worth: the dress really does look fantastic. I just love the drape of the "fabric". Well done.

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  24. Oh Jodie! This is amazingly wonderful. I am speechless. Please write us a nice long story telling all about it. How you got the idea, where you got all the selvages. Who is modeing the outfit, is it you? Will you enter it im a quilt/wearables show? Please say yes. Was it hard to make? Is it heavy? Which magazines will it appear in? You are toooo amazing. Yayyyyy, Jodie!

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  25. simply unbelievable! i do hope you'll be featured in some magazine so we can see details!!

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  26. I can't even fathom how much time and work went into this - wow!!

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  27. At first I thought, what's the big deal. Then I clicked on the photo. Absolutely Wow! That is so fantastic and creative and an 100 other adjectives. Would love to hear more on how you created it. And how long it took to collect, how many yards of selvages???

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  28. HO-LEEEEE COW!!!! That dress is fantastic! You are absolutely AMAZING!!!!

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  29. Holy Cow! That is AMAZING! I can't imagine the amount of work that went into that work of art. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  30. This is beyond awesome! Beyond words, beyond...? swoon Totally in love :)

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  31. HOLY SMOKES THAT IS SO FREAKIN FANTASTIC!!!!

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  32. OMG!!!!
    That is phenomenal!
    What an amazing dress! And what a gorgeous model!
    I am in awe....

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  33. Unbeleivable!! Every time i have a selvedge I think of you, but my paltry supply wouldn't keep you in keyrings!! I'd love to send you some though...

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  34. This is totally out of control in the most wonderful way! I love it! I save my selvedges, but I was thinking of doing something on a much smaller scale with them. Now I know I need to think big, not small. Beautiful!

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  35. gasp! **** oh. my. gosh. ****

    I am in awe!

    Congratulations lovely lady :-)

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  36. Awesome! How did you have the patience for that? Very impressive. Don't let her eat spaghetti in that dress.

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  37. jodie...oh my goodness. how fabulous! it should be on the runway.

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  38. That is soooo amazing!! Wow! Fantastic!

    Ruth xx
    http://etsygoodness.blogspot.com

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  39. A gorgeous, gorgeous dress, quite wonderful and the model looks good in it too. Did you manage to get it back from her?

    You're right she is cheeky, but then she is wearing a fabulous dress!

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  40. Now that is extraordinary..................... a total labour of love................... just stunning!

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  41. Blimey!
    Thats just amazing. You must be so pleased with it.
    Fantastic work.

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  42. Just amazing !!! how many hours to do this fabulous dress ?? ;-))

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  43. OH my Goodness!!! Terrific, but Why??? Cathy (Im gobsmacked!)

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  44. Incredible dress! And great pics too.
    Congratulations.

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  45. Absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  46. thought i would add to your over-flowing inbox!
    love, love, love your selvedge passion. i love text and this uses it in such a clever way.
    great job. xx

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  47. hieiiiiiihhhh hieiiiiiihhhh hieiiiiiihhhh

    Someone pass me a paper bag, I'm hyperventilating!!!!!

    I love this SO much I've decided it's my future wedding dress! ;)

    Well-done.

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  48. Well Jodie, I'm so glad you didn't take my bet cause I would of lost big time ... I was betting on a bed quilt so there you go ... Love your dress it looks so wonderful especially shows the slevedges so well with the circular skirt ... great job... Sooo what's next on the adgenda??? ha ha
    OOroo ... Bethel

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  49. That is one of the most fabulous things I have ever seen on a blog. It would turn heads in the best possible way. Your work is amazing!

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  50. love this so much..outside the box for sure...

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  51. WOW! It's remarkable! Great dress pattern too!

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  52. Oh my heavens! That is alot of selvages! What a terrific dress. You are absolutely amazing. Very impressive indeed.

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  53. I am SPEECHLESS!

    ANd this from a woman sho can't take up her own trousers!

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  54. Just another commenter here to say that your project is totally amazing!!! Love.

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  55. WOW!!! all i can say is WOW!!! i love it. i came across your other salvage projects a while ago and accidentall y just came across your blog again today. i am adding you to my blogroll so i don't forget your inspiring blog

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  56. WOW!!! all i can say is WOW!!! i love it. i came across your other salvage projects a while ago and accidentall y just came across your blog again today. i am adding you to my blogroll so i don't forget your inspiring blog

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  57. Awesome. I've never seen anything like it. I love it! :)

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  58. ridiculously awesome. i am BEYOND impressed with the patience it must have taken to do this. and it looks SO PRETTY....

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  59. This is unbelievable. The paitence and perseverance this must have taken! I read about this on A Dress A Day blog and I'm going to feature your dress this weekend on my blog, too. I adore it! Congratulations.

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  60. I am speechless. It is fabulous. Fabulous! Your patience! And skill! And your perfect model! :) Thank you for inspiring me, not that I can ever imagine doing anything like this. I did, however, use your fabric bucket tutorial recently to make some of my own. You can see them here if you'd like.

    http://ikatbag.blogspot.com/2008/10/fabric-buckets-and-stitched-art.html

    Thanks again!

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  61. Both the model and the dress are one-of-a-kind. I'm floored by your creative use of fabric ends.

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  62. wow! amazing! yes it deserves to be exhibited - are you intending to enter it anywhere?
    goodo!

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  63. This is pretty much the most amazing thing I've ever seen sewn. You certainly salvaged a lot of selvedge! Sorry, couldn't help myself :)

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  64. What a brilliant idea, and a beautiful dress! I am delighted and amazed. :)

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  65. C'est vraiment magnifique :-))), bravo ma chère.

    Bonne journée.

    Sylvie.

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  66. absolutely fantastic !!!! I'm drooling! Wow. ooxx`jodi

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  67. That is one fantastic dress! Well Done :-)

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  68. Superb!!!!! Saludos desde Barcelona

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  69. Im speechless.....*bows down to the master*

    WOWSER!

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  70. It is a genius idea that makes all of us jealous of not thinking it first. But the thing is, even if we did, we couldn't do it as well as you did! Its amazingly well made!!!
    Congratulations!

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  71. Truly stupendous! Love the dress pattern - and that circle skirt.. WOW. Enjoy wearing it.

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  72. Wow. You are one talented woman. Congrats!

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  73. wow you are amazing!!!! I'm lost for better words but wow will suffice

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  74. this is amazing, wow! my sister is crazy about this style, I have to send her your link ;)

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  75. WOW! That is totaly amazing.
    Beautiful.

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  76. This is fantastic - I love it.

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  77. Absolutely, bloody amazing - it is a work of art in itself Jodie, I am pea green with envy that some gets to wear this, and it's not me!!

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  78. okay, that is an inspired idea, looks amazing and perfect and voluminous and puffy-wonderful, and the gang signs plus face might mean that i love you. you got yourself a new fangirl.

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  79. An incredible dress-I love the retro full skirt and shirtwaist top. Fabulous. This is my first time here-I'll be back :)

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  80. sometimes there are not even words. I am collecting more as we speak

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  81. That is utterly brilliant. I absolutely love it. Love the selvedges and love the design of the dress. Please enter this in some type of exhibiton or competition - it deserves to be shown to all!!!!

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  82. I want to cry over all the pieces of selvage that I've trashed:( You've inspired us all to hold on to those little precious pieces of fabric. Your dress is unbelievable, I think 294 comments about says it all. Outstanding work!!!

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  83. I want to cry over all the pieces of selvage that I've trashed:( You've inspired us all to hold on to those little precious pieces of fabric. Your dress is unbelievable, I think 294 comments about says it all. Outstanding work!!!

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  84. I am in awe! You are amazing!!! What a beautiful dress. This is the best and most original thing I have seen in ages. Well done!

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  85. Okay, you have to enter that in a contest. Not only does it look amazing, it is soooo cool! Seriously, people out there need to know about this dress. I love it and you are a very talented sewing goddess.

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  86. Oh. My. Goodness. I am seriously in awe. That is just plain magnificent. I hope you have some special plans for it?

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  87. So do I send you my selvages to be reincarnated into a new life?

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  88. Ok, I just had to make it 300 comments for you.

    This is just about the most amazing thing I have ever seen online!! Seriously, you are the queen of salvage!
    You have put salvage sewing on the map! I am now collecting all my fun salvages!

    I plan to make a thread catcher with my salvages. But it will take me forever to collect enough!

    Check out my thread catchers here-

    http://lindathompson.blogspot.com/2007/05/sew-happy.html

    http://lindathompson.blogspot.com/2007/05/sewing-sisters.html

    http://lindathompson.blogspot.com/2008/10/thread-catchers.html

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  89. um, holy canoli. Found you via Hyena in Petticoats, and I am humbled by your greatness.

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  90. That is incredible, what a challenge it must have been, technically, but wow it sure is cute!!

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  91. It's official then. You're a crafting genius!!!! I am in total awe. And by the way, your model is perfect (I LOVE that last photo!!!)

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  92. I arrived on your blog trying to find the translation for the word "Selvedge" (I am French !)
    WAHOU! I am breathless, looking at this dress. Now you give me work, i have to post again something on my blog to allert my readers, that THIS thing exist, THE DRESS ! Thanks for sharing your work.
    catherine

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  93. Wow Jodie,

    I have just returned from holidays and was working my way through bloglines....THIS IS AMAZING. But I am guessing you worked that out after the three hundred and fifth comment. I always knew you were a good sewer but this is out of this world. CONGRATULATIONS!

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  94. Wow- this dress is STUNNING!! I am seriously in awe....the time, the patience, all that selvedge!! My hats off to you!

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  95. I know you've received many many wonderful, stunning comments but I just have to say that is THE MOST inspiring use of fabric that I probably have, or likely will ever see. And I sooooo love the dress pattern design to boot!!!

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  96. You should contact Selvedge magazine and they should write a feature piece about this project !

    Your dress is the Sistine chapel of zero-waste creativity.

    Magnificent. A monument to patience and artistry.

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  97. wow wow wow! That is absolutly beautiful! off to see what other goodies you've made! Just came upon your blog from a link on Hyena in Petticoats....
    gorgeous dress!
    ~Naomi

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  98. Simply amazing! I hope you don't mind, but I posted about this on my blog...it's so awesome!

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  99. "wow" just seems to sum up the whole project. Amazing work.

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  100. Oaky...this is just one of the most amazingly creative things I have EVER seen!!!
    My hat is off to you :)

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  101. What a wild idea!! I guess this will be another thing I'll collect.

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  102. now thats what I call creative.
    Top work

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  103. This dress is insane! I LOVE it! Very awesome work :D

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  104. you're my idol. i happened on here through searching for something completely unrelated. i am so happy my weird search led me here by accident!
    kismet.

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  105. Stupefied!!! The dress is wondrous.
    There just isn't an appropriate adjective to describe your creation. Jodie I am truly awed!!

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  106. WOW WOW very good work.
    Milly

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  107. What a amazingly beautiful dress

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  108. Wow how fantastic- I happen to have a personal affinity for those little colour registration stamps on the selvedges of fabric :) Great to see such a creative use of them !

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  109. Oh wow, I visited the Brisbane stitches and craft fair today, and I got to see your selvedge collection. They're all gorgeous!! It was really lovely to see them all :)

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  110. I have LOVED this dress ever since you posted it and back then I cam across it by chance.

    I just came across your blog via Tiny White Daisies blog and looked at your beautiful 1 hour bag. Whilst having a look at your site I saw that you love selvedge and thought - "I must find that beautiful dress and post a link for ric-rac to see".

    Google it and it comes up as yours!!! I am amazed every time I see it - have you managed to get it exhibited anywhere? You should!

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  111. That is the most amazing dress I have seen! How amazing!

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  112. So, I know I'm totally late to the game, but this. is. AMAZING! Until today I didn't even know that this bit of the fabric was called selvedge or that there was someone out there who enjoyed them as much as- or actually, more- than me!
    Congrats on a beautiful job!

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  113. Simply Stunning!

    I hope you have won some sort of prize for creating this awesome dress! If not, you should!

    I thought making a little 'ol checkbook cover with selvages would be amazing! :)

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  114. That dress is incredible! I love the pattern....and the selvedges!.....incredible!
    sara

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  115. I happened upon your website while searching selvage quilt ideas.
    The dress is really a piece of textile art. You should submit it to a gallery. Absolutely beautiful - one of a kind. You are a very talented artist.

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  116. Well here it is! glad to see where it came form!
    Terisa

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  117. Jodie that dress is amazing, and u really found a fabulous way to use those to use those selvedges up.U have inspired me to try it. I hope I got enough selvedged pieces to try this. I got some little sun-dresses to make for my granddaughters. My old granddaughter would just go wild over this dress. She wants me to make her a poodle skirt. So I thought I'd make a couple for summer she could enjoy. But I have bags and bags of this stuff I've saved over about 30 years of sewing myself. Only problem might be is most r from satins, lame', the more formal type fabrics because I designed wedding dresses and formal wear for a few decade.
    This dress is just fantastic. I thought of doing this many years ago, but decided against it, figuring it was ahead of the times. I should of tried it though, this is just awesome, I love it. U do fantastic work. I'm very impressed. Very nice work. Some of the best I've seen in a while. Thanks so much for sharing this.

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  118. Unbelievable! You are one clever chicky!

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  119. That is gorgeous and amazing and fabulous and .... I don't have enough superlatives in my vocabulary!

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  120. Where to start? How about, OMG!!! That's fantastic! How did you do this? So impressed. Love how beautiful your dress is. Big Fan!
    Jessie

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  121. I had to post a huge thank you, Jodie, for the inspiration! I found your amazing dress a little while ago while floundering in a creative lull and I just had to have a go. My attempt turned into a bear as usual but I love it!

    http://silentcompanions.blogspot.com/2011/07/selvedge-project.html

    So thanks again - keep up the good work. :)

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  122. I am amazed and speechless !!!!! Waou !!!

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  123. WOW!! I luv the dress. It reminds of earlier days, luv the style too. Lots of patience and time.
    Great job.

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  124. "Married to a screen printer"; how cute wundermary. Thanks for sharing that. I'm smiling.

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Hellloooooo !!!!