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First Challenge Winner Announced!

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Congratulations, Kathy!
We loved your dress! 
We could not believe that you made this from your wedding dress! 
Your craftsmanship was great and we were happy to see you make something different than we have seen you make before. Congratulations!
Kathy is the winner of a set of Pink Mundial Scissors. 


We were so impressed with all of our designers and are so excited for the next challenge! 
Unfortunately we have to send one designer "home" this week. 
We are sorry to lose Tanya this week.


Thank you all for participating! 
We hope you are all enjoying our Fashion Challenge and are busy sewing at home!
Stay tuned for the next challenge! 

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    I love Kathy's dress too. I am amazed that she dyed the fabric. Looks like the dress is not the only thing she has refashioned. She looks great. Pam in Florida

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    1. Kathy {Kathy Sews}September 19, 2013 at 10:05 AM

      Thank you so much! I've actually never cut up an old garment to re-make a new one. I knew I had a massive amount of satin on my wedding dress, knew I could cut it off and treat it as a large piece of material for something different. Lately I have been in the habit of making less time consuming garments and just wanted to enjoy some of the sewing skills I use less often.

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  2. Kathy {Kathy Sews}September 19, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    Wow! Me??!!! With all those really, really amazing entries?!! Thank you all so much! Woo hooooooooooo!

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  3. SandraSeptember 19, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    Congratulations to Kathy and the other eight remaining contestants. I'm looking forward to seeing the next challenge.

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