18 March, 2009

Taffeta revisited


Sorting through photos, I stumbled on these again. This is the dress of all dresses for me. If and when, I mean when it comes to be, it will be quite something. I have labored for years over the style and pattern. I have amassed patters from late Italian Renaissance to Elizabethan. And still I wonder which it will end up being. Will I even use the lovely ivory taffeta with all the hand embroidering and beading? I hope so. Pictures just can't do it justice. You can't believe how lovely this stuff is. The idea of slicing into it is terrifying. So there is sits, safe and sound in my cabinet for extra special fabric and occasionally I have to pull it out and ponder and dream. It is so pretty I can't help but just revisit it from time to time.

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