CoCo consolation prize

[fleurdelysa]

I missed CoCo (again) this year. I had reasons, but still! Sad! My hubby has been traveling a LOT and with being basically homeless I decided at the last minute to piggy-back on his current trip to Burbank. He works long days, but I've gone mall-shopping, got a mani-pedi, we eat delicious salads every night, I've been using the exercise room,

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[starlightmasque]

That's one helluva consolation prize! Fabulous!

[fleurdelysa]

$10 a yard!! :-O

[the_aristocat]

Sounds like fun!

[fleurdelysa]

It was very nice! I left feeling like the downsizing at home needs to continue. The simplicity of hotel suite living really struck me as freeing.

[vanessa_lynne]

That fabric is amaaaaaaazing.

[fleurdelysa]

I'm a little worried about the "sticky" quality of shantung, but I LOVE the color and the embroidery pattern is one of the best I've seen in modern fabrics. I think version 1.0 will be without the gold lace trim so that I don't get bogged down with waiting to find the perfect trim.

[girliegirl32786]

I'm glad you had a enjoyable trip! Also linen gauze!!! Jealous!

[fleurdelysa]

It was over too soon! I could live forever in vacation mode. The linen gauze is pretty rough and crinkley. The V&A fabric was very coarse too, but more open-weave. I'm hoping if I wet the gauze and then iron it, that the crinkles will flatten out making the loose weave more discernible. Petticoats can be so heavy - I'm excited to try this for a VERY light-weight hoop.