Exhibit A:

I know, you're speechless.
Anyway, in 2007, on a trip to the LA fabric district, I picked up 10 yards of blue/green shot silk taffeta. Being my first real silk purchase, I knew it had to be something fabulous and the idea for the Peacock was born. I intended it for Costume College 2008, but as you can see from the pictures of me that year, I was enormously pregnant. 2009 was the year! All I knew was that I wanted a better francaise that was (mostly) handsewn and an embroidered stomacher. To date, this is still my favorite embroidery project.
In progress embroidery:

Finished embroidery (next to Katherine's tiny stomacher):

The dress turned out to be a little traumatizing. When I fit the lining, I tried to do a lace-up panel under the pleating in the back, and I didn't account for lacing. I tried the dress on the night before heading down to Costume College and found that it was entirely too big! After a nice long cry, I begged for help from my lovely roomate and got it.
The finished product:



Someday, hopefully for Williamsburg, the dress will have ruched trim and a crap ton of these:

I guess we'll see!
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