So, once more I’ve been tempted by that magic phrase “fabric sale”.
From a recent DuckaDilly Tana lawn remnant sale - Carline Rose by Liberty. I had long wanted to make a blouse from this vintage rose print.
As you may have noticed it did not become a blouse. Why? For some reason - poor eyesight, computer display, lust blindness - I had not realized that it was not red roses on a white background, but rather beige, bone, ecru, whatever - not white. Sigh. I just can’t wear beige, especially close to my face — even the luscious red roses wouldn’t keep the beige from giving a “gosh, you look tired” cast to my face when I tried draping it in various lighting.
Luckily, I had wanted a new summer robe and I had enough yardage to make one and it all came together as a good solution to using lovely fabric. After all, I still enjoyed looking at it, it felt nice on, and the only other person who will most likely see me in it is colorblind! Going to call this one a win, but I’m also going to try to be a little more careful buying fabric that I haven’t seen in person.
