Silverlode Needlecraft

Happy Easter, everyone!
Spring is here, and along with Nature’s surrounding growth and change and blossoming, there have been little changes coming to the little seamstress’ workshop. Just having transitioned into other work, I will gradually be making Silverlode more and more a passion project, and I look forward to having the opportunity to experiment in [...]

Read Full Post »

Revolution, Silverlode’s newest ready-made dress, is dramatic and bold in its shades of red, black, and silver. The base fabric is the rich black dupioni silk of Silverlode’s earlier work The Once and Future King. The applique consists of various metallic fabrics in red, silver, and silver/black ~ with red glitter-spattered sleeves, and a holographic [...]

Read Full Post »

Rachel has been busy, busy since November, between dressmaking and class work…and she needs to update her dress photo gallery! All in good time…
Rachel’s most recent custom dress is “The Wood Beyond the World”, whose central image is a tree. The skirt is composed of 10 attached, flexible panels on a pleated underskirt of shimmering [...]

Read Full Post »

Rose Fan is a one-off original design by Rachel, and another of the “fan series” following the Dragon Fan dress of 2007.  The base is a pale icy pink metallic silk, and the appliqué consists of various metallic fabrics—especially brocades—in shades of pink, red, and pale gold.  All embroidery is freehand machine work in metallic [...]

Read Full Post »

Knotwork Fan #1 was designed and made by Rachel as part of the “fan series” following the Dragon Fan dress of 2007.  The primary base fabric is a rich fuchsia-gold metallic silk, and the appliqué consists of various metallic fabrics in sunset colors, with a “fan” of wheat-gold glitterdots and brocades. More symmetrical than it’s [...]

Read Full Post »

Cherry Blossom is a one-off original design by Rachel. The bodice base is a shimmery fuchsia-pink liquid lamé. The eight skirt petals (four front, four back) are individually lined with the same lamé, as well as the skirt lining and bloomers. Each petal is attached only at the waist.
The embroidery is all freehand [...]

Read Full Post »