tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83397466779560221292024-02-07T02:30:35.947-05:00That Damn Green Dress
Collector of dresses connoisseur of greensthatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-89914220675788163462020-02-06T23:27:00.001-05:002020-02-06T23:35:55.457-05:00A work in progress...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, aren’t we all! A few years ago I got back into knitting, trying to step up my skill level from the occasional loooooooong scarf that I have been making since my teens. With those, the only experiment was in varying coloured stripes and deciding on stockinette or purl. Then I became interested in lace knitting, since I love the effect and the magic of creating textures. It’s so impressive how just a few variants of stitches can create such an array of patterns. It can be beautifully rewarding, but tricky (and frustrating) when you’re absent-minded like myself. Sometimes the effort of repairing the errors is so stressful it seems like it’s counter productive to knit as a ‘pleasant pastime’! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of knitting a 3-dimensional garment. It seemed so daunting. I have started a couple here and there but I am only now, NOW! Now? Really truly getting close to completing something! </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’ve been following Helen on Instagram for a couple of years as a vintage seller (Fabelvintage), and then she released sets of themed knitting patterns on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabelknitwear/?hl=en" target="_blank">Fabelknitwear</a>. This Rowena sweater was one of the first of a beautiful line of romantic designs inspired by the witchy ladies of Harry Potter (The Hallows Collection). I think I immediately zipped over to her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/market/fabel_knitwear" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop to get the pattern, ordering the same lovely warm tone of brown wool from Pickles in Norway even. I mean, brown anything, puffed sleeves everything, and I'm quite partial to turtlenecks...I’m so down with all of this! So excited. And then I started about 9 months later :)</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I have definitely been lagging, getting more diligent only when I'm confident with the steps of a particular round, and then slowing down when new-to-me skills are coming up! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I guess I started about a year ago. I've dabbled in fits and starts, and I’m very thankful for a skillful friend who has helped me learn new things, like knitting in the round for a start! (And Helen has been kind of enough to answer some questions too)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And here we are, a couple of weeks shy of a finished garment. Well, I'm pretty sure... I have some doubts about the sizing, so my hopes are high for either a really really good round of blocking to make it fit. Or I need to find a six-year old with a penchant for brown turtlenecks…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> And now that I can knit anything...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hope to add some lovely 1930s and 40s sweaters to my wardrobe. I've got some patterns already in my hoard (of course) but here's a taste from my Etsy wishlist...</span><br />
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thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-41422341287187061192020-01-30T17:38:00.000-05:002020-02-06T22:40:30.514-05:00Testing...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Huh. Is this still here?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What's up? I've been kinda missing this dorky little corner of my brain world. Missed trying to lazily document a love of textures and colours and things. Not that much has changed- still obsessed with all shades of mustard to ochre. Terracotta to rust. Forest to sage green.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've gone back to my vintage roots, hoarding brown 50s shirtdresses, 40s florals, and savouring the occasional 30s checkered frock. Thanks to Instagram, I have a world of wounded old dresses piling up in my sewing <strike>basket</strike> pile. I've been planning on getting back into this little piece of the internet, if only to keep me focused on actually finishing things and like, wearing them...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plus it has apparently been 10 years now exactly since my first tentative and abstract post in here! What? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, I'm back. I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I might even finish knitting that sweater I started two years ago...</span></div>
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thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-24489525998470021252016-02-26T01:32:00.000-05:002020-01-30T17:41:23.820-05:00lady in plaid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I usually wear this dress with more brightly coloured tights for some fun and contrast, but I am very lazy and this dark berry (which I guess you can't actually see) is the colour that I found myself clutching in the darkness early this underslept morn... <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">brought out some different tones in the plaid, so that was cool.</span></span> Most of my hoarded shoes are also at work, so I pulled out this old pair from Anthro to take this photo. I think I need to actually wear the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">se again, or</span> more often- I was surprised at how comfortable they are. I had forgotten since I<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">`ve just been wearing whatever is at work</span> (see above: lazy) but these are great!</span></span><br />
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Ack, you know I love a trompe l'oeil print. There's also something about the mix of rusty red with a classic navy (or steel blue actually...) This dress was a surprise find at Anthropologie's after-Christmas sale last year- must have been a return because it was like $30 down from $220! The fabric is very synthetic, but sometimes that's a nice relief after carefully hand-washing a batch of vintage dresses. And I love the lace print.<br />
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(aside- I need a new source for rust tights. I wear rust coloured tights a lot. So I have a ton of pairs. But tights don't last forever and I'm going to have to make some tough decisions a couple of years down the road...I'm so mad that stores don't seem to stock Hue tights in any 'hue' other than navy black and grey. boooooring! With the US dollar now approximately 40% higher than Canadian I'm not ordering much online (unless they're $15 damaged 50s dresses, of course, though those end up costing at least double with the exchange and shipping...sigh...)<br />
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I was thrilled to hear Cos was opening a store in my city- I've had brief pleasant visits to stores in Europe, and then popped in several times while I was in NY in September. (I could only allow myself a pair of socks...) Going in to visit my new store this past November, I was immediately tempted to throw out all of my maximalist wardrobe and invest in a simple capsule collection of immaculately-cut tent dresses. Well, in my defence, their feature colours this fall were chartreuse and rust and forest green. Enough said. (I had a really hard time after Christmas when almost the whole store was 50% off...!) But I invested in this amazing simple navy dress- it's made of a few layers of overlapping sheer fabric that flows while you walk, in contrast to the simple shape of the whole. <br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, while last year may have been rather up and down (and inside-out), I was fortunate in getting to go on a few rather spectacular adventures. I had the opportunity to visit Tokyo for a week in the spring. It's been a goal for many years and we certainly used the short time available to us to the full. One of the highlights for me was hunting for vintage fabrics and clothing, and though we unfortunately timed our visit to the one time of year that all the big flea markets are closed, I did still manage to start a nice little collection of silk haori jackets. This beautiful floral piece cost me all of $8. I think it's worth the small investment in going back for more in the near future! (Tip 1: You can eat for practically nothing in Tokyo, so we spent our daily budget on things, lovely things.) (Tip 2: locals don't seem to value old kimonos and haoris in 70s mustards and moss tones. But guess who does!)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Woohoo! My hallway is getting repainted, so no more sick yellow to try and edit around! I just have to watch my step since the workmen don't leave any 'wet paint' signs and have been randomly and incompletely painting bits and pieces every day with slow-drying oil paint. I guess I love a sick yellow, but not a sick beige. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Continuing in the vein of the winter florals, this colour combination is a favourite, but was also inspired by the Lena Hoschek post. I accidentally wandered into Zara at the end of their winter sale last week and couldn't resist a couple of great brown dresses. A long 1930s style knit for $22 (yay) and a jumper dress that didn't fit quite right on top but I could see the skirt portion would make a perfect a-line separate. The fabric mix is a little odd, but has nice multicoloured flecks to give the brown a rich depth. Rather than have it sit in my project pile for months, I cut the top off right away, loosely hemmed the waistband and wore it the next day! It has a proper grosgrain ribbon trim inside now to give it shape, but didn't here. And all brought together with floral tights, because of course one always needs more prints :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm pretty much glued to instagram from the moment I wake up to just before I fall asleep (that's basically 9:45 am to 2:45 am, so I totally miss any early birds and their musings). I don't post a whole heck of a lot, and it's not that exciting, but I love the beautiful variety that flows by, from vintage wearers and sellers (mmmm...) to knitters and sewists, the everyday wearers of clothing and the wildly dressed, abstract spaces and found objects, architecture and books. Oh, and cats. I like that there's someone in Australia who starts posting themed images every morning, which is late in my afternoon (@jillkellett). I like that there's someone who posts short informal dance clips a couple of times a week (@personalpractice). I like the Swedish design lovelies of @finelittleday and their occasional portraits of bemused cats sitting at the table (in front of divine floral wallpaper...)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On instagram I was introduced to the work of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Austrian </span>fashion designer Lena Hoschek. She combines <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an homage to </span>traditional <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">dir<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ndl <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">style with 50s <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">flair and modern prints. </span></span></span></span>The fashion show for her Autumn/Winter 16-17 was held last week, and is perfectly in keeping with my current loves (well, or to be fair, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">my</span> forever mustard-and-tweed mood). So here are a couple of images from the show, for inspiration!</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Autumn floral? Winter floral? I'll take it. And the shoes.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, I have already worn this outfit a million years ago, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGv3ah4HOZOHhMP44MYrUQlfaIUQ5LCCJPA4oT-XhHzR2wo7-444QT-m0ArvGT2bR8W1WbfC78CGhHfkiHBuv7ahi-DfXjUMGFEmPOxfI4qaAz4V4YDhGcrv_TpTCtlHaSMJ1Cmsr1fc/s640/pepperedplaid.jpg" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Green sweater and taupe lace? Sure, I can step outside my zone a little...</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is everything. Also, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">w</span>hy can't I have boppy, bouncy hair like this?</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This, too, is everything.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is so Anthropologie. Anthro, are you listening</span></span></span></td></tr>
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so much as I love everything about these- the prints, the fabrics, the
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It feels kinda nice to surreptitiously slip back in here. I've been missing being able to look back and see the flow of favourite outfits, dumb obsessions, and those bits and pieces that make up a year in a life (even as the years pass increasingly effing fast...). I do like being able to share images in the moment through instagram, but it does have its limitations. I felt like I wanted some kind of combination of Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook. Oh right- that blog thing... Hope there are still a few of you out there!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I got this velvet skirt at a flea market in New York about 7 years ago. It was a bit big and I remember sitting in the hotel room that night stitching up the side seams so I could wear it the next day. I then used the excess fabric to make tiny bows that are basically invisible. I haven't worn it in a long time but I'm suddenly obsessed with velvet again! Since I'm also seeing velvets and corduroys slip back into the stores I guess it's time has also cycled around! I love the luxurious almost Russian pattern here, though when I first thought about adding the necklace it seemed a bit much for the workplace. Well, I wore it anyway, and felt kinda great. This collar has such a beautiful soft drape to it. The gems are all sewn on a floral fabric and it somehow seems to merge beautifully (and unexpectedly) with whatever it's paired with. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So there you have it. This blog reached the 5 year mark and then I abruptly disappeared for a year, but I hope I'm back! I had some interesting travels in 2015 that I'd like to revisit. I'm always dreaming of new dresses. I'm also wearing a lot more vintage again. However when I'm not sewing things back together I still ramble over to Anthropologie regularly to check out the sale room!</span></span></span>thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-59260031595494385812015-01-31T23:13:00.001-05:002015-01-31T23:45:04.647-05:00black and white and spring all over?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wishful thinking, I know, since it's still January, and still crazy cold out there! But the spring wishlists and catalogues are starting to roll in. And if it's not actively -20 out there I'm still wearing dresses and bright colours (plus legwarmers), and it looks like black and white prints are gonna be a thing (when are they not, I guess?) I got this dress for my birthday last spring and I wear it constantly (though only in tights season, for obvious reasons).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are always rumblings about the "Pantone colour of the year" each spring, and usually I find the colour really taps into whatever I'm obsessed with at the moment. But marsala? I love maroons and burgundys, but mainly in fall, when it sits so well alongside russets and mustards, with the occasional flash of jewel-toned blues and greens. All of which are in the above dress that I fell unexpectedly head over heels for in the sale room this fall. It's <strike>a weird</strike> an avant-garde boxy shape, so it works best with some careful accessorizing, but the colours are incredible! </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was
hoping to do a post on reds in December,as I suddenly found myself clad
in a succession of warm reds and maroons, but then time got away from me
and the feeling of 'urgency' passed. I also missed photographing
many, as usual. (I guess one of these days I'll reuse my Christmas party
outfit for you- maybe you'll get it as a Valentine?) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It seems like retailers are trying to slip this marsala tone in for spring, but it feels wrong, especially when everything else is in fresh pastels or crisp black and white. This spring, I'm excited once again for soft pinks and still feeling some unusual (for me) love for pale blues (J Crew seems to be channeling these, though I haven't fallen in love with any of their offerings yet). However I suppose marsala and pink might look rather swell together... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The laid-back glamour of the 70s is still a factor in the shapes and mood, and I love it (though I would never have thought it possible while growing up in the 80s) Itself hearkening back to the 30s and 40s, the look inspires streamlined flowing tops, occasionally boxy tops with long silky skirts and overall playful combinations (thank-you Annie Hall!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And because love isn't sensible and follows no fashion rules or guidelines (thank goodness we've gotten away from those, you know, like no minis after 35...) I am madly in love with this Marimekko vibrant printed shift. Très 60s. Which is good, 'cause I'm just about très 40s. But it's also très over my budget...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What are you looking forward to this spring?</span></span>thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-3315006388807683612015-01-25T23:51:00.000-05:002015-01-25T23:59:19.338-05:00plaid mad...bad... glad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's nothing for it- the end result of months of watching a bevy of bright plaids pass before my eyes has led to a brief run on the darn things. I've mostly kept to a budget, but it sure is tough! I've been eyeing the above blazer for months at Target, and I've got to say it's pretty representative of why Target has failed utterly in Canada. For the most part, the reason Target lost eager customers like me was with huge inventory problems- most of the time the shelves were either empty or unchanging. I saw this blazer months ago and liked it, but not for $40. I would occasionally wander in, but the blazer was always there and still at full price. After Christmas, I was sure it would finally be marked down somewhat, and yet no clearance signs, no sale signs on anything. I looked at the tag closer and suddenly realized that camouflaged against the red tag was a clearance tag and the blazer had actually been marked down multiple times! Just never advertised or clearly marked as such! Anyway, I finally got it for $11.50, so<i> </i>uh, I guess that's all right :) It seems like such a shame for Target to waste so much time and money and fail utterly at the basics of retailing. You'd go in and see rows and rows of empty shelves, or the same brand of over-priced paper towel. Sigh. Maybe I can benefit from a clearance sale and score a mint-coloured Kitchenaid mixer. Cross your fingers for me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not only am I a sucker for plaids, but throw in the unusual contrast of diaphanous chiffon and basic browns and I'm an easy mark. I usually try and stay away from Etsy since there's so much temptation, but I'm very pleased with this timeless number. I do appreciate the ease of care in vintage polyester pieces- they're great for everyday and for travelling. I guess it bothers me more in new pieces because the textures aren't as good, and I also think you shouldn't have to pay premium prices for materials you can find at Forever 21. While we're at it, how about a shout out to this cropped linen blazer I found at Gap 10 years ago for $20. That's staying power!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whew- this coat kinda says it all! It's my splurge of the season, but I haven't had a new winter coat for a few years and they really don't make them like they used to! I was watching a 30s movie over the holidays and a random secretary in the background was wearing a stunning plaid wool coat. I basically squealed aloud and spent a few days searching Etsy for inspiration. Instead I came across this beauty on instagram and I'm so glad I made the leap. It's beautiful and unique and makes trudging out into the winter landscape a more enjoyable experience!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pretty soon I'll probably start hankering after spring florals, but in the meantime I have some nice plaids to keep me warm. And hey, I can even mix the two, right?!</span></span>thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-43778370157565809372015-01-13T01:49:00.001-05:002015-01-13T01:49:22.359-05:00winter florals (looking forward and inside-out)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's January and it's a cold white world out there. So it's certainly a wonderful time to bring a little floral and colour back into the everyday. I invested in this knit dress back during the sweet dress promo at Anthropologie in the fall (instead of that swell green silk number. bah- I didn't need it!). Looking at these two outfit photos it appears I didn't try anything earth-shatteringly different colour-wise. Ah well, earth tones... I adore the hint of plaid and the unique beauty of the overlaid felted blooms. I hate ordering such things online, with no reviews to go on, but I knew the quality would be excellent based on a scarf from the same brand I saw in store and I just had to try it. I love knit dresses!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Aaaaaaand...I do believe with a little work, say the addition of some trim over the seams, this would work just as well (maybe even better) inside out! I love the rust tweedy tone and the way the bloom forms are just ever so subtly emerging from the knit. Sweet! I do believe I may have two dresses in one!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2014 is finally limping out of orbit, or rather coughing and hacking it's way out. December was chaos, without and within, and then the minute Christmas was over, I of course settled cozily on the couch to enjoy some quiet time and got sick. I haven't left the house in days! It's just been 'My Cat from Hell' marathons and a little bit of fevered reading. I'm trying to look at some of the pretty design books I got for Christmas as inspiration towards 2015, but instead I'm a coughing sweaty mess, and getting fatter by the day since we only seem to have leftover sweets in the house. blergh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I just watched the delightful movie Frances Ha (2012), and it makes me feel a little better knowing that someone more dysfunctional than I(but only just) could turn things around (if only just). Maybe I just need to go back to taking the occasional dance class?
Frances is pretty much me, a socially awkward lazy free spirit with a
propensity for messiness and falling. Except she can actually dance and
has better arms and hair and she's a mere child at 27. The movie is funny and charming and makes me want to run and do jetées down the street as I once did. I almost died laughing at an early scene- I do not recommended watching funny movies with an out-of-control chest cough!</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have been neglecting this space, and missing reading and looking at pretty things online. But somewhere along the way my three little plants died and I lost all the comments on this damn blog going back 4 years. Sigh. 2015 has GOT to be better than this! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And finally a forgivingly stretchy Christmas dinner outfit, featuring prezzies from my manfriend and my sister<u>:</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's to finding our way in the new year! Or at least some dancing in the streets...! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(p.s. I think the comments field is working again- I love hearing from you!) Argh- I spoke too soon! Mysteriously the old comments are back (yay!) but there's no comment field for this post? Sigh- and I'm the technophile at work... Maybe next year! </span></span><br />
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made a late night run to the local depanneur/corner store the other
night to pick up a can of cat food to tide us over until the morning.
(Mr. Ghibli pretends to only like the dry kibble, but at 5 am will
complain loudly and vigorously until some wet food is presented with
it...my sweet babe....) I scanned the magazine rack just to see if
there was anything fun I could bring home and lo, there was an
October edition of Vogue magazine, like a friendly blast from the
past, from a warmer, more colourful autumn that seemed to go so
quickly. Where did November go? (and for that matter, October and September....) I take it as a sign that I can freely jump back to those
days myself, and catch up with a few of the colours and prints that
marked my own autumn, none of which made it yet to this public domain/wardrobe diary/catalogue of a hoarder. Which is a shame, since fall is so beautiful and so full of my favourite colours! Rusts and oranges and florals... and leather jacketed layers. There's something I love and always forget to share! More love for coats!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And welcome back, Autumn!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Many of you celebrated your own Thanksgiving last week, so I will indulge in memories of pie and lakes and blazing orange leaves from way back in October. sigh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thanks Vogue-from-the-past! I could get used to this (editor's note: get used to this)</span>
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</span>thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-54058762363283101402014-11-14T22:57:00.004-05:002014-12-14T20:54:43.136-05:00wearable art...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before winter sets in, I guess I ought to try and catch up with the
fall season. (newsflash- it snowed today!) But first, a touch of the painterly and a little ode to
fall flowers inspired by some recent loves... I know you've been
wondering- what DID that girl pick up with a surprise 25% discount at
Anthropologie? I mean, if a green silk gown didn't make it into this hoarder's array, what did? I thought I'd stick with some pretties I can wear every day, because my everyday's are long these days.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, I'm entering my habitual 'obsession with plant life' phase that usually begins just
about the time that all the leaves drop off the trees (seriously, it's
all pretty and colourful and then one day, fwoosh, you look out the window and the
trees are grey and naked). I pretty much only wear florals in winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My local store had this hiding between layers of nondescript pullovers, a beautiful and delicately painted nighttime garden scene from artist Michelle Morin (check out her website <a href="http://www.michellemorinart.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. I loved the pastel colours and soft linear shapes against a black background. And there was just one, in my size. It's the last-item-in-the-vending-machine rule...sold! Plus it goes with everything from a tweed skirt (below) to mustard or...stripes...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've decided to add some of her prints to my Christmas list- beautiful and affordable! Voila one of my absolute favourites:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The incomparable Lulie Wallace is also finally offering some of her floral prints for sale- I think it only happens once a year. I wish I had found her sooner- I like the vibrant colours and harder edges of some earlier pieces. But this is still pretty lovely- I adore the shape of these petals against stripes and geometric patterning. Maybe one day I could afford one of her paintings. You know, if I stopped buying wearable art!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, what else did I bring home, in this line-and-colour inspired mood? I couldn't ignore the siren song of this swingy, watercolour-toned stripey skirt. And it's a good thing I found it, because I think they sold out instantly at my store! It goes with literally every colour (including a subtle silver stripe...) and has a beautiful sway and drape.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I went pretty simple for the first trip out of the house, just a simple dark brown sweater and brown shoes. But the skirt speaks for itself. With a little swirl of blurred colour and line. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We interrupt my unscheduled programming/silence with a little whimper at the universe... This splendid, gorgeous, perfection of a dress appeared on the Anthropologie site last week and I'm...dyin' Oh why, oh why, does such a perfect slip of a perfect green silk dress, at such a sorta reasonable price have to tempt me so? And did I mention I received the offer of a 25% off code from my friendly local Anthro store? And that I just finished paying off my student loan and feel like celebrating before re-buckling down? Oh, the universe is tempting me!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I seriously have nowhere and nowhen in my life for such dramatics. Could I seriously justify such a purchase, in this year of financial restraint, just to hang it and touch it lovingly? Sigh. It is sooooo totally perfect. I would get married in this dress (honey, what do you think?) Dammit, it"s the Atonement dress, but now more wearable!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anthropologie emailed me this morning to inform that this dress is already near sold out in my size. It's so hard as a somewhat superstitious person to try and read the signs- is the universe telling me I should go for it? Or are they telling me I need to remind myself about restraint and self-control and that "cookies are a sometimes food" (darn you, politically correct Cookie Monster of the nineties!)? (you're probably right) (Though I did grow up with the gorging, uncontrolled beast of Dionysian delight of the eighties...it always bothered me how many cookies he wasted eating that way...)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I did find this pretty cool vintage Vogue pattern for $1 at Value Village today. Is that the sign? That I should wait and the dress can happen anyday when I need it? Off to check that lottery ticket...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Colour, you say? Sure it's brown and monochromatic print. But oh such a rich warm nutty brown. Reminds me of the chestnut fights we had as a kid, hiding behind aromatic piles of leaves. (fact: it happened once, in 1981, and yet I remember it as a cherished childhood tradition. I think someone went home crying and that was that) Okay Autumn- bring it on! (fact: I'm back!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yup. I done it. Snip, snip. I picked up this lovely printed romper a year ago on clearance, looking forward to making it into a dress. I know rompers are still most definitely 'in' but they really don't work for me. The first time I saw this piece, I fell in love with the retro shape and bold summery print. And then I realized it was pants. nope.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've been really slow to mod things lately- and I'll probably keep tinkering with it for awhile (hey, 'cause I can. call me the lazy perfectionist. I think it's a bit too long, right? Could be shorter?) How about renaming it 'Within a Year jumpsuit'?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm reminded of this since I'm currently trying to pack for my annual pilgrimage to the seashore, and I seem to be packing exclusively 'make it work' projects. sigh. oh well. whatever makes ya happy, right?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I also have a mountain of books- including a 1200 page behemoth. I think I'm going to have to edit my selection!</span></span>thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-37641049539323555912014-07-28T23:49:00.001-04:002014-07-28T23:56:01.333-04:00mid-century moderns...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This spring I was obsessed with finding a simple sleeveless pink blouse. Etsy was not coming to the rescue-
too much 80s- and I couldn't find anything in contemporary retail. I was starting to think I might have to make something myself (we're talking REAL desperation, I guess). But then I
visited an incredible local vintage shop with a friend, and there it
was- a bit girlier, with a pretty, embroidered collar. I had to remove
some remarkably oversized sleeves, but I was left with a perfect little blouse with impeccable floral details.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I wore it the other day with the perfect green, perfect silk skirt- one of those holy grail items I've been seeking for a few years. My ebay 'saved search' for this amazing Madewell skirt came to the rescue over the winter, though I don't think any of its forays into the world have been photographically documented. (hey, so what else is new?) I love a swishy, swirly light silk skirt, so I took a breezy stroll at lunchtime to a nearby mid-century monument, our own little touch of Mies van der Rohe in Montreal, a sort-of mini Seagram building. </span></span><br />
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designation without bringing in the ol' mid-century modern skirt? I
guess there are different kinds of vintage- this is definitely vintage
Anthropologie (um, circa 2009?). And the ol' mustard and white lace combo, also classic.
It's really almost too easy. But then, so is summer. and sunshine. sigh. bliss. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's funny, a couple of months ago I suddenly found myself obsessed, absolutely driven, to acquire some soft pale pinks. You know I'm all about the earth tones and brights, and here was something I found was...missing...in my life. ahem. Because skirt options in the retail world are still pretty sad and insufficient these days (what's up with that?) I spent several weeks haunting Etsy. It's a great place to shop, but very dangerous for me 'cause I have a hard time saying no to one-of-a-kind pieces! vintage, pink, skirt, midi, knee, wrap, 50s, 60s, 70s (not desperate enough for 80s, but I know that day is coming!). And suddenly one day, there it was- the perfect long elegant midi skirt. It has a nice nubby silk texture, and incredible sway as you walk.</span></span><br />
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Oh, how I love summer- not least because a surplus of well-timed government holidays has given me several 4-day weekends in a row! We're in the middle of a heatwave, but I love, love, love it. I thrifted this black embroidered sundress a couple of weeks ago and it felt like a refreshing change from my usual brights. I went out for drinks with some friends on an outdoor terrasse, feeling just a touch guilty since the dress would have been a perfect find for an often-in-black girlfriend. It was like a '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathers" target="_blank"><i>Heathers</i></a>' moment, empowered to borrow someone else's uniform!<br />
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Speaking of <i>Heathers</i>, we took advantage of another recent beautiful weekend to play a casual but competitive few rounds of croquet in the park. For the occasion, I pulled out the frothiest and girliest of dotted dresses in my arsenal, this 'ancient' dress from Anthropologie, circa 2009. Man, it is so girly it's no wonder I've never actually worn it before! Now that the ice is broken I swear to give it a bit more lovin'! Especially since I'm revisiting a heretofore unknown desire for white dresses now that it's...ever...so...hot... <br />
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Forget the World Cup and all that brouhaha in Rio....croquet is the ultimate summer sport. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was extraordinarily heartened by the kind and generous response to Ghibli's crowd-funding page. I'm a bit of an introvert, not very present on Facebook, and really only sharing the most surface reflections here and yet friends from long ago and acquaintances from around the world helped out. People are amazing and I think I should maybe I need to reach out more!</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I mean, it's still rough, and I'm still spending far too much money on weekly check-ups and little interventions that always set things back a bit, but hey, he's alive and purring! (and he has the cutest little tummy tuck!) I also found a friend with a car who has been extraordinarily generous with her time, driving me out to the vet office in a distant industrial park. Thank goodness for grad students and their flexible schedules! Without her, I would be back to spending $70 a visit just in transport, which is disgusting and infuriating! I have a vet right next door but my boy needs these specialists who are just not accessible any other way than by car. I've always been able to get anywhere with public transit. Just not here (or not without transferring 3 times over the course of an hour and then walking under a highway overpass for 10-15 minutes with a 20-pound sick cat...nope!) Anyway, they aren't so bad- I have found all of the vets to be really generous with their time and services, at times only charging for materials! Future cats in this family will most definitely be registered for insurance however...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When the results of the biopsy came back negative on Tuesday night (following another round of enemas to keep him going for a few more days) it was an unbelievable relief. He's not quite 9 years old, and so full of love and play. The other night, he felt better and chased a piece of plastic around the room for 10 minutes, tossing it in the air, pouncing, and skittering off after it...and adorably sliding into walls, since he has no front claws for braking! I felt I had no choice but to really investigate the intensive option now open to us to restore him to health, because once you've gone through that phase of mourning (in those dark days I would have bargained anything for another chance!) the strain on your finances seems pretty irrelevant. I've always mentally earmarked some savings for his care, as our dear pets do throw us these twists from time to time, but not for such an extreme case! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My boy went in for surgery on Thursday for a colectomy. They removed most of his damaged colon, an operation with a good prognosis and one that offers cats a good quality of life with little likelihood of incontinence. It was....costly...and I've set up an account at gofundme to try and offset some of his bills. I am heartened by the success stories I've seen there, and completely humbled by the beautiful response of family and friends.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ghibli's Gofundme page<b> <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.gofundme.com/8toz6c" target="_blank">here</a></span></b> and Ghibli's future tumblr adventures <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.lollcat.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">here </span></a></b></span></span></span><br />
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thatdamngreendresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01447077996033438075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339746677956022129.post-73552074495597576992014-04-10T22:27:00.002-04:002014-04-10T22:50:14.307-04:00sewing with scissors...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anthropologie Speckled Sky blouse, Spring 2013</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have already expressed my passion for lovingly cutting up
clothing...and never better than when it's a fine surgery, the delicate
snipping of threads on soft silk...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If like me you
watched (and maybe rewatched) the oh too brief episodes of the Great
British Sewing Bee last spring (and if you haven't yet, oh god what are
you doing, go watch it now!) then you might be thinking that it's time to throw caution to the wind and just rev up that sewing machine. I just binge-watched the latest edition,
which is fun too, but there was something extra special about the first
edition moments...(whispered, "she looks like an unpicker" and declarative, "isn't that a lovely pocket!")</span></span><br />
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I admired the quiet determination and confidence that Tilly brought to the
(sewing) table in the first season. A relative newcomer to sewing, she
had quickly developed a following for the simple and sweet garments she
designed and shared through her blog <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/" target="_blank">Tilly and the Buttons</a>.
I love the button-back blouse Mathilde blouse she designed, and
particularly loved the polka dot version with red piping made for the
show. This is one she made subsequently with delightful yellow buttons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But
I am still a lazy sewer (even more than I am a lazy blogger) And so
when I found this blouse in the sale room at Anthropologie for $19.95
last summer I saw my moment.I am still so much more comfortable with the slow pace of working by hand!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anthropologie Speckled Sky blouse and J Crew Clover Tweed pencil skirt</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd already tried it on and rejected it for me based on the sleeves (it looked terrible, seriously, all those ruffles?) but for that price I knew I could afford to make a few adjustments on this soft sensuous silk. Besides, one of the daily challenges on the sewing bee is to remake an existing garment. Right up my alley. This wasn't a dramatic alteration, but it sure was satisfying. All I had to do was gently remove the applied ruffles- snip, snip, snip- leaving one at the cuff, and replace the dull navy buttons with some mint to match the dots. easy peasy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now I just need to either learn how to read patterns and actually start making a few garments from the piles of pretty fabrics I've <strike>hoarded</strike> acquired over the years, or take my inspiration from the inspiring Chinelo of season 2, who can whip up an amazing fitted dress, bodice or peplum by eye and hand! Well, I guess Tilly has a book coming out soon in the UK and I'm looking forward to getting myself a copy when it ever makes it to these parts. Plus there's also a book to accompany the show itself, with patterns of some of the most successful garments. Swoon.</span></span><br />
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