My friend Karen, who writes the best anti-Slumpadinka blog out there (Of A Certain Age), responded immediately to my urgent request for fashion assistance. She told me to "look like a snowflake" and created the idea for this fantastic outfit. Vintage bag, off-white Ann Taylor pants, sparkly tank top from Nordstrom, amazing Claudia Cuti red platforms from Piperlime and a huge red mohair knit flower pin by moi. I was set to dazzle.
Like so many other things in life, my flower looked better lying down that it did standing up:
Don't worry. The outfit itself, sans flower, looked great. And I was upstaged by DH in a velvet jacket. Everyone wanted to pet him.
Like so many other things in life, my flower looked better lying down that it did standing up:
Don't worry. The outfit itself, sans flower, looked great. And I was upstaged by DH in a velvet jacket. Everyone wanted to pet him. 
If you're a knitter, you are cringing right now and saying, "Why didn't she felt it?" I was worried that I would lose the fluffy airiness of the Kidsilk Aura yarn. (Colorway: 760 Quarry Tile.) I probably should have knit a million more petals and then felted it. I think more petals would really add to the fluffy factor even if the flower were felted.
If you're not a knitter, felting is like putting your favorite sweater through a hot wash. On purpose.
The Funky Felter has solved the problem - needle felting! If I had done my flower using this technique, I would have had a gorgeous big, non-floppy flower! Imaging something like this...but red, more petals and rounded petals. Perfect. I think I just may try again.
4 comments:
Okay, you look soooo good!!! Going out on a limb, I think you should STARCH the flower!!!! All is not lost!!!! You can try spray starch on the backside of the flower first, letting it dry hanging. This will give the supporting petals in the back stiffnes so that the rest of them can relax. What do you think? You also can go to a craft store and ask. But I think it is going to be some sort of spray job. Does this make a bit of sense? Try it on a similar item first!
Trish, which Ann Taylor pants are those? Are they the curvy stretchy ones? I was going to order to see how they fit!!!
The shoes are rockin'.
Thanks for including my flower brooch :) I made it through a combination of needle felting and wet felting. You can starch your flower though or soak it in a diluted solution of 2/3 water and 1/3 white glue or modge podge. Then shape it and let it dry that way. For whatever reason, I didn't have to use starch or glue on my flowers. I just shaped them, and they stayed that way :)
Your dress is lovely without the flower though! You look beautiful :)
you look gorgeous, with our without the flower!
Post a Comment