Motif soutache

Jul 26, 2019 - Soutache embroidery on dresses top of the sleeves only. See more ideas about Soutache, Embroidery and Soutache pattern.

The closures on the fabulous wool suit are really neat-o frogs. I want to keep to the spirit of this outfit as closely as I can, so I need the frogs to be in the same color scheme as the rest of the suit. Looking at the frogs in the picture and letting my mind ruminate on how I would go about making the frogs, I came up with an idea!! Frogs on the original suit. I love these! They are really neat...except the straight pieces sticking out to the sides of them.... To start things off, I folded…

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I have been Back into the Marrakech Medina to source These tunics for Kaftan Queen. This is the “Bronze Collection”. This long sleeved hip length tunic made from beautiful percale cotto…

Due to an overwhelming amount of demand on my social media as I’ve been posting process photos of my new green Spencer, I went ahead and put together a little tutorial on the style of trim I&…