Luxurious....
My new black silk satin:
I thought I was buying almost 7 yards of 54" wide, and had all these grand spanish gown plans.
Sadly, when it came it was only 4 yards at 45" wide....BUT, its still lovely, and I'll no doubt find a use for it. I was reimbursed for the diff in yardage and the inconvenience, and the final price including shipping was $5.55/yd. For silk satin, I couldn't hope to beat that, so i'm thrilled. Disappointed that its not enough to do the black slashed spanish gown, but still thrilled. Its a lovely piece of fabric--lighter weight, so i'll have to back it for support, but heavy enough that it takes slashing/pinking well:
silk slash
So now.....what do I use it for?! Surcoat (is 4 yds enough)? Fancy kirtle? Doublet? Convince hubby he wants all black fancy pants (fat chance of that--I already tried)?
I thought I was buying almost 7 yards of 54" wide, and had all these grand spanish gown plans.
Sadly, when it came it was only 4 yards at 45" wide....BUT, its still lovely, and I'll no doubt find a use for it. I was reimbursed for the diff in yardage and the inconvenience, and the final price including shipping was $5.55/yd. For silk satin, I couldn't hope to beat that, so i'm thrilled. Disappointed that its not enough to do the black slashed spanish gown, but still thrilled. Its a lovely piece of fabric--lighter weight, so i'll have to back it for support, but heavy enough that it takes slashing/pinking well:
silk slash
So now.....what do I use it for?! Surcoat (is 4 yds enough)? Fancy kirtle? Doublet? Convince hubby he wants all black fancy pants (fat chance of that--I already tried)?
posted by Julebug | 1:15 PM
2 Comments:
Ahoy. I have no idea what to make out of the fabric, but I wanted to say Hi! I found your journal (can't remember how) and have been following along since the start of your flemish dress. I have a question for you: did you end up wearing the corded corset? I want to make my own flemish and am wondering :)
Thanks!
Hi, Laura. Glad to see I didn't lose all my readers during my insanely long break :).
I actually didn't use the corded corset in the end. The bodice of my kirtle was lined with really sturdy white denim, and i found that it supported me enough without a corset (or additional boning, actually). The only boning in my flemish gown was along the lacing edges for strength. Its comfy!
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