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~Elegant Ensembles~
Creations By; Lynne Drabison
Welcome to my page!
I have been a seamstress for almost 30 years. I just love sewing anything from OOAK dolls, Prom gowns, Homecoming dresses, Halloween costumes, drapes, pillows. I have sold clothes for Barbie for 15 years, many at Craft Fairs that were "by invitiation" only. My greatest joy comes from hearing and seeing others enjoy the things I make for them! I have dolls and dresses all over the world including, New Zealand, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Russia and Canada.
My most memorable experiences are:
A banner I made for my daughter's High School Choir who didn't have the 600.00 to buy one for the Homecoming parade and Choir competitons.
A "biker" who wanted a vest made from his leather jacket. One boo boo with leather and it is ruined. It came out GREAT, just what he wanted, and to this day I see him riding around town with it on!
A little girl from Chernobyl that came here for the summer. Her "summer" Mom told her to pick one of my dresses from my display to take home. Instead of picking the prettiest or most expensive, she picked a little sun dress. Seeing this and knowing where she was from, I bagged a bunch of sequin and ruffled gowns in a bag and gave them to her. She told me most of her friends don't have any dolls and they would love to have a dress so pretty! She wanted to "share" them with her friends when she got home. This experience brought tears to my eyes.
Some of the girls wearing my dresses at homecoming and the banner for the choir.
~My Comprehensive Sewing Experience~
I took 2 years of sewing in High School taught by Miss Kerrigan whose motto was "Baste and Press". My second year she didn't check my projects much, just gave me the "A". I have made most of my clothes including suits and my beaded wedding gown with a cathedral train. I was with a Tailor for awhile who could take your measurements and make you a suit from that! I have 2 sewing machines (one as a back-up)3 sergers. I believe in locking seams with a machine. I do not use Fray check because as any professional seamstress will tell you, it has a tendency to stain fabrics especially Rayon and silk. You may not see it right away, but down the road, your garment will have spots. I learned this from the tailor who literally threw my bottle out the window!My OOAK designs & dolls are just that. I draft my own patterns from my own ideas and sometimes I get them from the old movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood. They are tagged so you know that they are my designs. Many of them I have been using for 10 years. Unfortunatly, lately some unethical sellers have copied them and tried to sell them as their own. I have been forced to protect my copyright material. Since some of my OOAK dolls sell for as much as 200.00, I will be forced to have Ebay end any auctions that are copies of my work.
* The United States of America provides the right and the protection of and to riginal Works of Authorshipand certain Intellectual Property works. * As the Owner of copyrighted works I hold the exclusive rights to duplicate, distribute and create derivative works from my works. All the text, photographs, images, products: their titles and descriptions, designs, etc used in my ebay auction and ebay store listings, any of my web sites and in the finished products which I design, create, produce, sell, etc are protected under the U. S. Copyright Laws (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Because of my extensive sewing experience, all may auctions will tell you what type of fabric something is made from. Some are lined and have crinoline slips or lace trimmed petticoats. Seams are serged and I use both velcro and snaps. Since we all know that "one size does NOT fit all", I will tell you what doll the outfit was custom made for. With all the doll sizes being manufactured these days, I don't want you to be disappointed when it doesn't fit, unlike others who say will fit all fashion dolls.
Some of the ribbons I won for my dolls and dresses at the second largest fair in Ohio.
I won 3rd place in the First custom doll contest I entered!
Some of my dolls and dresses
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