Snowblind

    With a finished dress, a fresh shortage of valid excuses against it, and an incipient winter storm threatening to turn the current winter wonderland a little too winter wonderlandy, it became apparent that it was time to quit dragging my feet and actually take a few photographs of my very first Intaglio (the everything-and-the-kitchen-sink version). Without further ado, here is its debut!

Taking a dilemma by the horns

     The solution to too many design possibilities?

Not one... 

                 ...Not two...
                                                              

                                                        ...But three different dresses. Two in silk. Pretty, drapey, slippery, aggravating, want-to-pull-your-hair-out-sewing-it silks. Clearly I've thought this through. 


    My fabric for the first version is a brown herringbone wool. Solid, stable, sensible wool. I ordered extra to account for shrinkage, reviewed recommended wool pre-treating suggestions, ran a trial on a test square with beautiful results, and figured this would be the easy one. HA! Of course the full yardage shrank more than ever anticipated, and felted a little bit out of pure spite. I suppose better now than later. Ordered more to make up the difference, ran it through the same process with a twinge of regret, and we're off again towards a slightly fuzzier winter dress.