it all comes together

Guess who found the perfect shade of dark blue velvet for a Titanic Flying Dress at Jo-Ann’s yesterday? Not only was it the perfect shade but it was *drumroll* on sale for $3.50 a yard!!!!!!!!

Of course I bought it, despite have no real need for another costume on my to-do list this year. So bad! It’s not the highest quality velvet I’ve ever seen (it’s an acetate/nylon) but it was $3.50 a yard! So you might want to check out the “red tag” section of your local Jo-Anns for some of the value triple velvet. It is regular price $7 a yard, on sale this week 50% off. They had a couple of colors too… I hope this becomes a regular thing with JA!

So anyway I started researching last night. I had it in my head that that skirt was velvet too but no it is a coordinating silk. I was a bit discouraged since I don’t have the money to buy more silk right now when I remembered the dark blue silk taffeta I bought in the Fabric.com sale last year. I pulled it out and it is perfect!!!! Whoo hoo! I love it when I plan comes together!

So now I have to do some more research and decided just how screen accurate I want to be with this thing. Since I found the perfect fabrics I feel like I should be more or less screen accurate but then again I don’t necessarily enjoy slavishly following someone else’s design (I’m too independent!) so we’ll see. :>

costuming this & that

I had a good time at sadievale's annual Pumpkin Tea on Saturday. I didn't take many pics but what I have are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennylafleur/sets/72157625342054826/

redthreaded came early and dressed with me then spent the night. It was wonderful to see her again and have a chance to catch up - I hope it's the first of many visits! :>


In other fun Costuming news, there was some serious talk at the tea about an East Coast Costume College or Costuming Retreat weekend. The subject comes up every couple of years but no one has ever been willing to step up to the plate and take it on (including me!). Enter past_blue and "Dress U"!

The original post is here and Victoria has set up an LJ group to get things started here. Currently up for discussion are location (Philly or Richmond) and date (March or June of 2012). I really hope this actually happens - it's way past due!