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Dress Design

Designing a Dress A dancers ideas on designing a dress. Creating something slightly different is important. SUPERLINK

Dress Design 2 It's time to create another dress. Where do we start? SUPERLINK

The Finished Dress - What we ended up with! SUPERLINK

Earthly delights - Aylwen actually shows you how to make a dress with lots of photos, definitely worth a look!

Celtic Daughters Nice site this. Dresses and lots more. Info on dress design as well!

Moore's of Derry Irish Dancing dress patterns. Adult sizes 8 - 18 and childrens ages 3 - 12. Also supply transfers, diamante etc. Well worth a look if you are thinking of making your own dress.

Danceworld - dress patterns here!

Celtic Geometric - very striking site helping you with advice on designing and making a dress in the latest fashions

Claddagh Designs - Toni Howe was only 15 when she started designing dresses in 1999 and she has seen her designs turned into dresses by lots of top dressmakers including Siopa Rince Teoranta - check out her guide to whether you want to make your own dress or not! (click here)

Seoda Designs - unique one off designs for only $45 - take a look!

Celtic Image The Ultimate dress makers! The best place to go if your looking to buy a solo costume. Supplied as complete kits. (mail order to anywhere in the world) All the embroidery and applicque is done for you on pre-cut panels. All you have to do is sew it up! For details e-mail info@celticimage.co.uk . They also do a range of Iron-on dress designs for you to do yourself, and even supply paper dress patterns if you want to do the lot!

Book of Kells A place to go for inspiration when designing your new dress. Traditional designs.

Seven Gates Designs These designs are used by some of the top dress makers in the world. available as Iron-on transfers for you to Applicque or as a guide for your Embroidery. For details e-mail : info@sevengatesdesigns.com Tel 041 983 5591 (Ireland)

Blarney House designs - Paula Jeffers designs dresses that are made by lots of the top dressmakers

Celtic Cross Stitch Not strictly speaking dress designs but might be handy for ideas, or for those interested in this particular craft!

Celtic Collection Downloadable fonts and Celtic Art available on CD. Some amazing pictures.

Dance Costumes & Fabric A good range of fabrics to choose from to make your next dress. Also known as All that Jazz!

IrishDancer.com Holographic and metallic iron on applicque etc.

Irish Dance Wear nice choice designs & materials. Also ready made dresses and accessories (Dublin Ireland)

Termon Computerised Embroidery Unique Celtic designs by Aisling Donaghy. Dresses made to order and some second hand available. Also embroider dance school sportswear etc. also sell Shoes, Wigs etc. Co. Tyrone

Celtic Or Knot Fantastic site with site themes and clip art all freely available. Worth a look

Constructing a Celtic Knot Great site this! A simple guide to drawing knotwork.

Irish Threads Design Costume Patterns for Irish Dancers by Patricia MacKinnon

Kilkenny Embroidery From Kilkenny (where else!) in Ireland. Have been supplying dressmakers for a number of years and are just about to launch their own rage of dancing costumes.

Dress Materials

Borovick Fabrics A Fantastic range of materials and fabrics to make your dress. Call 0171 437 2180 Fax 0171 494 4646 (UK) email borovickfabrics@btclick.com

Radhika Fabrics A full range of specialist materials for Irish dressmakers Call 44 (0)117 924 5116 or Fax 44 (0)117 909 8880 or email : radhika@lineone.net (UK)

Dalston Mills - a new website with a really good range of unusual fabrics. Or you can visit their shop in London. 44 (0) 207 249 4129

Action Fabrics & Trim - lots of fabrics to choose from (Illinois)

Sew Unique - also known as Mandors "The Fabric store" Glasgow/Edinburgh Scotland

Online Fabrics - Fabrics From All Over The World Delivered Direct To Your Doorstep - 024 7668 7776 or email : sales@online-fabrics.co.uk based in Coventry (UK) and seem to have everything!

NevTex All sorts of materials, Swarovski Crystals, Rhinestones, sequins, diamante etc. email sales@nevtex.co.uk

Beads & Crystals - does what it says! Swarovski crystals etc.

Moore's of Derry Irish Dancing dress patterns. Adult sizes 8 - 18 and childrens ages 3 - 12. Also supply transfers, diamante etc. Now offer a special applique kitWell worth a look if you are thinking of making your own dress.

Highly Recommended by Irish-Dancer Irish Dance Wear nice choice designs & materials. Also ready made dresses and accessories (Dublin Ireland)

Earthly Delights - great site, with plenty of fabrics and info on how to make the dress

Fabric Land Materials sequins etc. 9 stores in the south of England

Ann Margaret Keller - fine Irish Lace for dressmaking - nice site with good music & even some video - Dublin

Dance Costumes & Fabric A good range of fabrics to choose from to make your next dress. Also known as All that Jazz!

Carrick designs NI 028 3083 8061 (fax 0087)

Barnyarns - suppliers of all types of embroidery threads UK

Irish Threads Design Costume Patterns for Irish Dancers by Patricia MacKinnon

Karsons UK A new supplier of materials for dancers

Fashion fabrics online - Check this site for fancy materials

Mandors Fabrics - Edinburgh based

White Lodge fabrics - all the sequinned, holographic & foil fabrics that you'll ever need! Retford UK

KBT fabrics (Fabric UK.com) extensive range in Birmingham (UK)

Hansson Silks - good range for this Guildford based company (UK)

Mandors Fabrics - apparently Glasgow's largest range of fabrics! (Also have a shop in Edinburgh) UK

Cotes Fabric - all sorts! Morrisville Pennsylvania

Baer Fabrics - lots of choice in Louisville Kentucky

Britex fabrics - massive REAL shop in San Francisco!

Blanks - Maryland's largest fabric centre

Fabric.com - order online from this company based in Marrieta GA

Fishman Fabrics - nice site for this Chicago based company.

Hershey Levinson - ever wondered where to buy that all important stiffener? Try Here

Hyena - Rock & Roll or just chill out here. Range of silks available Hollywood CA

Your designs - selection of Lycras etc. Fargo ND

Murielle Roy & Co - good range of materials sequins etc Naugatuck CT

Rainbow House - apart from the baton twirling stuff they've got a range of fabrics and sequins etc. Evans WD

Rhinestone Guy - what it says! All sorts of Rhinetones and sparkly bits. Costa Mesa CA

Stitch 'N' Sew - Monmouth and Ocean Counties' Largest Fabric and Sewing Machine Center -Lakewood NJ

Sue's Sparklers - all sorts of sparkly bits to iron or sew on on this massive site! Escondido CA

Super Silk Inc. - simple site with a good range - Flushing NY

Theatre House - big site with all sorts of stuff! Covington KY

Yellow Brick Road - Dublin based stockists of all things that sparkle!

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