and a total switching of gears

[mandie_rw]

1950s! I decided to spend most of my day today pretending I have no homework, and so did some poking through my vintage patterns and fabric stash to see if I could decide what to make for the vintage tea we're having in December.

I was originally thinking of using one of the many "plaiditudes" I bought end of last winter from work (nice weight cotton flannel) or a wool, but then I came across a piece of plaid taffeta I bought some time in the past year in one of those FabricMart sales. It's a somewhat obnoxious Christmas-y plaid - bright red and green, and I'd originally thought 1860s for it, but they only had a 3 yard piece left, that I took anyway (because who can pass up cheap silk taffeta? Not me, apparently), because hey, could work for vintage!

Naturally, the pattern I wanted to use it for, V8768, calls for 4 yards, and I had just a smidge over 3. Who follows pattern layouts anyway, amirite? So I cut the pattern tissue, laid the pieces out on the fabric, squinted, and said..."eh, probably. Might need some piecing, but..." You might not have noticed, but I am unfazed by piecing...

(It's brighter in person...)

Three pieces to be pieced, exactly. Not too bad. I'm doing the joining of pieces by hand, because it's me and I want to. xD Made sure to at least get that big skirt piece in one, so the joins aren't too big!

Comments

[mandie_rw]

But who doesn't want $40 bridal lace?! (Everyone. EVERYONE doesn't want $40/yd bridal lace.)

[danabren]

Everyone. Doesn't want it. I got to stand on line at the cutting table behind a woman who told - in great detail - the poor woman behind the table how she would never spend $40 on a yard of bridal lace, how she would bead her own, how nothing is worth $40, and oh my god the line was held up for SO LONG because of her pedantry.

[mandie_rw]

Oh my god I HATE THOSE PEOPLE SO MUCH. They keep you captive while you can just see the line forming behind them and you can't tell them to shut the hell up and move on! D:

[danabren]

And sometimes if you are fortunate, you have customers like me who say things like "Excuse me, there is a line behind you."

Because fuck those people.

[mandie_rw]

We SO appreciate the customers who say what we can't! Although one time one customer almost got into a fight with another over something like that...sadly I did not witness that firsthand! Customers be CRAY-CRAY.