Happy holidays to all my lovelies! As decoration for today’s holiday archives entry, you’ll see what passes for a Christmas tree around here.
Yes, it’s a vintage wire dress form adorned with lights and giant microbe tree ornaments. [I have a soft spot for those because if that company owner had come to me wanting a professional assessment, I would have said their idea didn’t have the proverbial snowball’s chance.]…
There are plenty of things I’ve never sewn but I don’t worry too much about it. I figure it out one way or another since so much of one’s repertoire applies from one project to another. I’m guessing most of you feel the same way.…
I bet you thought I forgot (wouldn’t blame you) about the giveaway of the pattern book I reviewed but I didn’t. With several hundred entries, I finally had the time to collate the data, print out each person’s name (for however many times they entered) to create the slips for the drawing.…
We had some very good guesses in response to yesterday’s challenge. Without further ado, here is the scarf laid flat:
The designer of record is Vionnet -who else? I found this item courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum. This is how they describe the piece:
Madeleine Vionnet was a consummate technician, particularly known for her innovative use of the bias cut, mathematically precise construction, and use of geometric forms.
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It is a long story how I happened to come upon this scarf but I will tell all tomorrow when I make a (small) announcement.
I would tell you the name of this scarf’s designer but then you’d just look it up and figure out the trick of it.…
