Shopping

No sewing right now, mostly figuring out what I'm going to need for the next few projects. To that end, I have ordered a small bolt (~11 yds) of white silk organza from Dharma Trading. I had ordered from them several years ago and it was a good experience, so I thought I'd stick with them. The organza will be for underlining sleeveless sheaths. I will probably make one in each color of wool crepe I have.

When it comes to shoes, I recently realized that I haven't bought new shoes in over a year (no, house slippers don't count, and the knock-around cold-weather shoes my parents gave me for Christmas don't count either). So, I've been looking at shoes a lot. I mean, I have looked at several thousand pairs of shoes online in the last week. Pumps, sandals, wedges, heels, flats, slingbacks, ankle straps, T-straps, Mary Janes... you name 'em, I've seen 'em.
In the end, I chose two pairs. The first one is a lovely T-strap pump that will work well with all those dresses I'm going to have. It will work well for times when sandals are not appropriate, because of the situation or thanks to the uncooperative German weather. If you like them, you can find them on Endless, they're called BCBGirls Bomb Round Toe Pump. What a mouthful! (Placeholder picture from Endless.com until the shoes come in and I can take my own pictures.)











The second pair is Sofft Ria from Zappos. It has 48 reviews, all of them praising the shoes as the most comfortable sandals ever. Well, I need that because I plan to wear them all summer long. With dresses. With skirts. With pants. Everywhere. (Placeholder picture from Zappos.com until the shoes come in and I can take my own pictures.)














And I ordered the last of the white and black striped cotton knit from Julie at Timmel Fabrics. I had looked at it a few times before but it wasn't until I saw Nancy's beautiful top that I decided it was exactly what I had been looking for.

Now I just need to find some pretty silk charmeuse solids and prints for lining.