More Than a Little Black Dress

My college attending daughter was in need of a dress for a solo in an upcoming concert. We headed over to Goodwill where we found an elegant but plain black velvet floor length gown (with the tags still on!) for $5. After some discussing several design ideas, we decided on a scatter pattern accentuating the keyhole in the bodice.

For this project I used:
Black dress
30ss Crystal Rhinestones flat back (approximately 15 pieces)
12ss Crystal Rhinestones flat back (approximately 5 gross)
Gem-Tac  adhesive
Wax tipped tool or tweezers

Begin by washing the dress to remove any chemical finish. When dry, lay dress as flat as possible on your work space.  Pre-laying rhinestones out on the dress helps to determine the pattern. I began with outlining the keyhole and worked out from there.

Place a drop of glue on the dress about the same size as the rhinestone. Using your wax tipped tool, pick up a rhinestone and place it in the center of the glue drop, gently pressing down. The glue should seep out a little covering the bottom sides of the rhinestone. Continue gluing in this manner until your pattern is complete.

From plain to spectacular you too can change any dress into a sparkling extravaganza!  Feel free to send me pictures of your own masterpieces at [email protected]. I’d love to see them!
 
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