"Fantasy Silver Birch" is a new, one-off original design Irish dance dress from Silverlode Needlecraft, inspired by the shimmery grace of silver birch trees, which are native to central Ireland.

The primary base fabric is a dark teal-green dupioni silk, and the secondary base fabric is a silver-green metallic silk. The appliqué consists of various metallic fabrics in shades of green (especially lime- and teal-greens) and silvers. The embroidery is freehand machine work in metallic shades of the same colors. The pleats—front and back—are a lime-silver glitterdot, and the skirt lining and bloomers are a pale lime-silver liquid lamé. The dress is accented with Swarovski crystals in the colors of Blue Zircon, Peridot, and Crystal Aurora Borealis.

designer/seamstress
Rachel Murphy

"Fantasy Silver Birch" was completed in July, 2006, for a dancer in Kentucky.

back to irish dance dresses