Who'd a thunk it?

Hello to all of you out there in Blog land! Sorry it has been a while since I've been, but I'd been quite ill for a number of weeks, then both my daughters got it as well! While we still have remnants of the heavy chest cough, we are pretty much back to our normal selves.

Well, in not having been here for a while, I just thought I'd share something that came about while spending some quality time with my two darling daughters early this afternoon over a cup of tea.

Would you believe that this picture was actually taken today? Oh, yes!

It is not a picture from someones Gramma's photo album, but one fresh off the camera today!

And, the 'Gown' this young lady is wearing ... is really just two lace shower curtains creatively draped and tucked to resemble the kind of gown my youngest wants me to make her for Graduation this Spring!

Well! Who'd a thunk it, eh? While my darling daughter, Becky, was playing dress up, trying to show me the type of dress she wants me to make her, I started taking pictures so that I could remember, and make a dress that would please her once it was completed.

I downloaded the image from the camera, switched the colour version to 'Sepia', and Voila! Picture of a young woman in a lace gown from 150 years ago!
And to our right, is the original shot that I took, minus the background as I didn't think that anyone really needed to see the bookcase behind her, piled high with things that don't yet have a home, and the mounds of winter footwear at her feet, so I cut them out of the picture, to keep the eye on the main subject of the shot, 'The Gown'.

It is actually quite funny that she chose to play with these lace curtains as I had just laundered them to turn them into a long, beaded, lace jacket to be worn over an ivory, stretch satin gown I had just fashioned.

No one has seen this Gown yet, nor even knows of it's existence; it is to be a Christmas present for someone, and I was hoping to have the lace coverlet finished in time to package the two as a set for Christmas, but with 3 weeks to go to the big day, and very little of my holiday shopping done, it's going to be a close one!

I hope to cut and serge the basic jacket tomorrow, so I will give you visual updates of the project as it is coming along. As for the train? The train will be on the jacket, not on the dress. I have designed the lace jacket in such a way that when you place a hook in a hidden eye near the empire waist at the back, the train actually becomes a bustle at the back of the gown, that can be worn either long and flowing gracefully along the ground, (depending on the weather, of course) or pulled up into a bustle at the back, for a 'period' type of look.

I hope the vision I have in my mind's eye, is what will result after I've stitched this baby together tomorrow!
All prayers are welcome!

Until next time ...

Be Well & Happy Holidays!
Cathy <3