Candy Cane

The Candy Cane dress is now 100% done! Yay something to cross of my list - whew!! Narcissa dosen't do anything for this dress so no more pics until Saturday.

I'm really happy with the way this came out. It's simple but I like that. Because of the fabric and the color I can easily dress it up (like I will this weekend) or dress it down for more everyday occasions (it looks really cute with my Mela hat). Versatility is a fun thing!

17 days until CosCol

the un-friendly dress

The Green/Rust striped Anglaise is just determined to be un-friendly. When I tried it on to mark the hem tonight I discovered that it was on the verge of being too short on the sides without doing anything. (Actually this happened on my Bellini too - Note to self when making a roundgown cut the front panels longer than usual.)

*sigh*

Unfortunately all I have left of the fabric is a small baggie of scraps - I don't know that I have enough to piece it. I could possibly use some of that brown faux taffeta I didn’t make into a petticoat... would it look too funny to have a ½-1" band of almost matching brown at the bottom though? It doesn’t seem a very 18th century thing to do but I’m not sure I have another option at this point…

Time to stop work, ponder and make decision in the morning when I'm fresh...