More fabric

[frualeydis]

Since I have now bought fabric from Denverfabrics I also get their newsletter/advertising via mail. This will be Very Bad for me and prove my undoing. I want this to make a late 18th-early 19th century dress from. If it's not too heavy, ounces say nothing to me and ounces per yard is just too much converting.
Another fabric I would like to have very much is some silk metallic organza.
Aargh, so much fabric, so little money. And no place to keep it either. Or time enough to sew. And where on earth would I put all my costumes?

Comments

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

The metalis silk organza is a bugger to work.

Looks lovely, when done - I used it on a friend's wedding dress a few years back - but working it is a nightmare.

Teddy

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It may ease some of the craving for it.

Eva

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

It's also not very drapey. It's great for puffy things (I used it for very full indersleeves meant to puff through gaps in tightly fitted oversleeves, for which it worked perfectly) but not for anything you want to drape nicely. The bridesmaids dress didn't have the oversleeves, and the undersleeves balooned out and had to be re-cut much narrower in order to control the effect.

Teddy