https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:35:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1869791 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:37:41 +0000 cindysmith 1869791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That dress is so good! Purple is the color of royalty, and you have given it the royal treatment. Well done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1869553 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:34:41 +0000 Anonymous 1869553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH!&nbsp; Purple!&nbsp; Velvet!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1869541 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:09:00 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1869541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much for your kind comments! I'm looking forward to wearing the dress again next week! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868412 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:17:32 +0000 unfrumped 1868412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabulous! Love the style of that dress for you and his you modified it. The whole outfit has just the right combination of dressy and relaxed- effortless look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868408 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:29:19 +0000 Column 1868408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sharan:</p> <p>You, your talents, and your fashion sense are amazing! I click eagerly with every post--and this one demonstrates why! Just superb! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868391 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:04:07 +0000 Bijou 1868391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is absolutely stunning and reminds me why I love velvet so much. When done well, it really is such a statement - and is wonderful to wear.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868238 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:59:39 +0000 Anonymous 1868238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The dress is fab! I love the colour and your bigger necklace and bling bag are perfect complements. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868201 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:08:54 +0000 Karie 1868201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous! I've bee making instead of buying my clothes this past year and I have yet to sew with velvet. Your dress looks absolutely perfect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868127 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:36:44 +0000 Jazzy Dance 1868127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Purple. Velvet. Dress.&nbsp; It's absolutely regal!</p> <p>Your hair looks gorgeous too.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1868124 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:30:45 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1868124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Barbara, harmonica, and Mirjana! </p> <p>Barbara, I'm happy to have finished it in time to wear it this season. Buying the fabric and making the garment within a month is pretty unusual for me!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1867746 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:22:02 +0000 Mirjana 1867746@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing festive look, you are really beautiful, everything is perfect as usual. I am also with Suz, you look royal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1867636 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:12:03 +0000 harmonica 1867636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stunning dress! So festive and luxe. I'm with Suz, you look royal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1867632 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:05:17 +0000 barbaraq 1867632@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love your dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet/page/2#post-1867566 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:30:35 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1867566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Violett, Brooklyn, Staysfit, Lyn, Sisi, Zibbets, and Sara. <br />Sara, you have some fabulous dresses; I hope to see what you come up with for your party.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867480 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:28:54 +0000 Sara L. 1867480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Omg!&nbsp; The dress is beautiful!&nbsp; &nbsp;I want one now.&nbsp; I've been struggling with what to wear to my office Xmas party this week and now I want velvet.&nbsp; Not happening though - I will be shopping my closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867475 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:20:24 +0000 Zibbets 1867475@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow! Ten out of ten! That is a gorgeous dress and I love it with the boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867460 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:32:14 +0000 lyn67 1867460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is just the marvelous one! K2K! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867431 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:12:45 +0000 Sisi 1867431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This &nbsp;dress is marvelous and you look fab!&nbsp;&nbsp;I approve the idea of sleeker boots with it.&nbsp; As usual I am in awe in front of people with such sewing skills.</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867430 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:10:33 +0000 Staysfit 1867430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Super stunning! I love purple and this is a great look! Happy Anniversary! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867426 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 09:31:44 +0000 Brooklyn 1867426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Luxe and lovely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867408 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:52:23 +0000 Violettt 1867408@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your purple velvet dress and coat you made are just gorgeous! &nbsp;Real classic styles you'll wear for years! &nbsp;Well done~ You are so talented to be able to sew like that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867393 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 04:02:39 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1867393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Shevia! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867375 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 03:27:12 +0000 Jaime 1867375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the purple velvet dress! Gorgeous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867366 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 03:19:26 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1867366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, everyone, for your kind comments and support!</p> <p>Sarah, I started with <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.stylearc.com/shop/sewing-patterns/mary-shift-dress/">Style Arc's Mary dress</a>, a simple t-shirt dress that I've made several times. I was trying to copy an <a rel="nofollow" href="https://seattle.oska.com/en/products/detail/dress-vayrona-10170710225/">OSKA dress</a>, so I added a 7" pleat down the front (stitched closed for the middle portion of the dress). The released-pleat cowl didn't lay the way I wanted, so I stitched it down into a placket design and centered my pleat at the bottom. </p> <p>Fashiontern, you are sweet, and you crack me up!</p> <p>Approprio and Joyce, I was really taken with the idea of purple this season for the holidays. I love purple, too, in the right shades, anyway, and have less of it than I would like in my wardrobe. </p> <p>Karen13, I ran the nap so that it feels rougher running your hands downward. Perhaps your reasoning is why I learned to run it that way. I thought I also heard that it wears better that way; with corduroy pants, for instance, there is supposed to be less shine on the seat after sitting.</p> <p>Angie, thank you!!</p> <p>Suz, yes I do. I seem to recall getting a red velvet dress for several holiday seasons in a row when I was a girl. I think my mother made all of them. One had a very pale pink cotton sateen Peter Pan collar, so lovely against the red velvet. Boy, did my mother spoil me!</p> <p>Thanks, Aida! I like your idea of chunky jewelry or stones with it. And lunch! (I had completely forgotten. . .)</p> <p>Joy, I'm chuckling! Yes I will be able to eat a big dinner with this dress. I'm hoping I don't encounter any roving hands, though--yikes! (Well, other than from DH, that is.)</p> <p>Beth Ann, you look so good in purple. You'll have to find another dress to replace it.</p> <p>Dianne, Dianna, JAileen, Murph11, Bonnie, and Rachylou, thanks for chiming in!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867347 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:16:09 +0000 Beth Ann 1867347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a purple velvet dress, and still miss it!&nbsp; Yours is swingy and modern, and both festive and practical! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867306 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:57:55 +0000 Anonymous 1867306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH, you had me at "purple velvet". The style will allow you to eat your dinner in comfort.<br /> You have most of the considerations in Angie's blog post...color, texture, shine. Toy don't need pattern but could easily add a patterned scarf or footwear or bag. I especially like the chain-handled bag. You look stunning. Warning: Everyone will want to touch that velvet dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867299 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:46:53 +0000 Aida 1867299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh the dress!! Love that front pleat; fab swingy action in motion and enough structure when not. Fun with the more casual tall boots and will look lovely with the dressier tall ones too. I might go chunky metal or stones on the jewelry with that one for contrast. So nice to see you I still owe you lunch sometime, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867289 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:16:59 +0000 Suz 1867289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, you look like royalty! What a stunning and festive colour.&nbsp;</p> <p>Do you remember velvet dresses at the holidays in childhood? I had red ones, green ones, blue ones -- and loved them all. But I'd have loved this one even more!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867288 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:15:21 +0000 rachylou 1867288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Woo! Now that’s a party dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-festive-purple-velvet#post-1867281 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:52:56 +0000 Bonnie 1867281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it!! </p>