So, after getting all psyched to make the emerald I have had a slight change of plans. My husband and I were in Durango at Durango Heritage Festival this weekend and were chatting with a few fellow passengers on the Victorian Dance Cruise we will be going on in January. That's right, Victorian Dance Cruise :) It will be epic: 7 days; Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica; AND 3 Victorian Balls during the evenings!!! Any of you that have ever been on a cruise ship know that things can be a little... tight on board. Tiny rooms, miniatures of everything. And my hoop skirts are 126 inches. One of the balls, the Sapphire Ball, semi-requires a gown with a blue theme and originally I was thinking the Sapphire and Snow Ballgown would be perfect. But not with 126 inch hoops!!! So, a new gown is required.
Hence the change in plans. I will be making (hopefully in time!!!) a new natural form gown. Another natural form gown would also make it so that I have no hoops or bustles to pack :) Enter the Starry Night Gown:
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| Starry Night Gown |
Either silver or black bullion fringe trim for the skirts and bodice edge. White lace for the neckline of the bodice, hopefully I can find some soft (aka not itchy) white lace. I have some blue samples on order from NY Fashion Fabrics, which has provided me with fabrics in the past and they have been VERY good quality silks :)
All in all, I am pretty psyched about this project. It will be tight to get it all done in time for January with classes and work etc, but I think I can make it happen. I will also have to get over this nasty head cold that I picked up, although I don't anticipate that lasting too awfully long.
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| Silver Lace |
The patterns I have aren't quite perfect so I will have to do some re-working of those. Not the end of the world, just a bit of extra work. I'll keep you all appraised as samples come in and things begin to progress.
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