Friday 24 January 2014

If only I could wear citrus colours

I've been looking for a fabric to re-cover a nylon modern parasol so I can use it at the regency festival in April. I found a fashion plate with a checked parasol & matching shawl, so I was searching for plaids or checks on FFC.

Now I know why my heart sang at the sight of a wool fabric there ... and yes I should have narrowed my search to silk. Enough waffle, it was because of this cloak at the Met and FFC's 25510




It's very sad that orange & yellow make me look like liver-failure. I love them but can't wear them so have citrus accents in my kitchen.

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  1. It's a gorgeous collection of colours. :-)

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    1. Isn't it delicious. One of my friends (samoan) would look gorgeous in it.

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  2. It's very disciplined of you not to purchase a fabric you love - I'm not practical enough to stick to colours that suit, my heart rules over my head

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    1. It would be one way to be sent home from work sick ;) and a friends sister used to do that! For me though the postage would be way too much. It's $15 a yard (not metre) and the post would be 1.5-2 times that again. If it was local it would be very very hard to resist

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