American Sewing Expo, Sept. 26-28                                                              October  2014  
2014 Passion For Fashion Winners 
Theme: Alternative Wedding Gowns 

First Place Goes to..
Ruth Ciemnoczolowski from Omaha, NE  
  
    
  




 
Ruth's alternative wedding gown is based on the wedding theme Masquerade. Ruth has a custom sewing business and is a very enthusiastic seamstress. When you meet her there is no doubt that she is one of the lucky people in this world who gets to do what she "loves to do" every day. The beautiful and fun loving model that wore the Masquerade wedding gown is Kiera Mosley.
Ruth's winnings included a fabulous prize bundle from Clair Rowley, owner of Creative Feet (pictured upper right), a professional grade dress form from  Fashion Supplies, Inc. and the amazing Baby Lock Crescendo Sewing Machine!!  CONGRATULATIONS RUTH !  
Additional Winners


Pictured top and bottom left, second Place winner of the 2014 Passion For Fashion Michael Cummings of Brownstown, MI. Michael's wedding gown theme was Magic. Michael also won a professional dress form from Fashion Sewing Supplies, Inc. and he won the Baby Lock Eclipse DX Serger.
Pictured top center and bottom right is the third place winner, James Stopher or Roswell, GA. James chose the wedding theme, Winter Wonderland. His prizes also include a professional dress form from Fashion Sewing Supplies, Inc. and a Baby Lock Anna sewing machine.
Pictured top right is the people's choice winner made by Kristine Opaleski. Her theme was Renaissance.
 More Fabulous Contestant Entries

 

 

Pictured left to right. Top row: Steampunk by Hea Joo Lee,
Science Fiction by Mila Pershyna, Super Hero by Sarah Kolis
Second row: Carnival by Erin Benjamin, Alice in Wonderland
by Diane Jones, Under the Sea by Chandra Worman
Bottom left: Victorian by Andrew Gilmore
Three lucky audience members also won big prizes!
 

A special thank you to all of our sponsors: Baby Lock, Fashion Supplies, Inc.,
McCall Pattern Co. Fabric Traditions/David Tutera, Creative Feet and A & E.
We are also thankful for the wonderful Finale MC's, Steve Jeffery, president of Baby Lock, Angela Wolf of Angela Wolf Designs and the Passion For Fashion mentor, Becky Fulgoni.

Watch for Fashion in Half Scale, Innovation Generation, Push the Envelope and Cosplay contest results coming soon..
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