Checking out some items at AddAll and noticed that one place (Alibris, IIRC) has your Lingerie book priced at over $100!! I thought you would enjoy knowing that. Let’s see….perhaps an autographed copy to Martha Stewart? LOL
Am I ambivalent? Well, yes and no.View Image
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Jean, you're kidding! why would anyone pay $100 for my book?? maybe it was a typo....
Karen--I probably couldn't afford to buy your book for $100 (I did buy it retail, though, before I was a Taunton employee, so at the time I was unaffiliated!). However, I'm sure I got at least $100 of fun reading it. It's really one of my favorite sewing books for both techniques and inspiration. Those of you who haven't looked at it, trust me when I say it's lovely and has lots of garments which, though intended as loungewear or lingerie, could easily be worn or adapted to stylish, comfortable and beautiful daywear. Wish I know where to get silk seersucker...it sounds like a dream come true for summer clothes.
Carol Fresia
Thanks, Carol. I'm glad you enjoy the book. I agree that silk seersucker is an elusive fabric, but it pops up once in awhile. I found mine at Josephine's Dry Goods, which is a wonderful store to haunt (521 S.W. 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97205; 503-224-4202; mail order fabrics, luxurious basics; swatches $3 per request, applicable to purchase). At the time, they had it in that saffron yellow and also in a beautiful smoky violet. I'd also ask at Banksville, since they seem to have everything (115 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850; 203-846-1333; mail order fabrics; $10, refundable, for 36 swatches).
Thanks for the into, Karen! I once ran across a really nice silk chambray--it looked almost exactly like workshirt fabric, just a bit finer in the weave. I loved the feel of it, but realized that I couldn't think of what I'd make in chambray of any kind, so I left it in the store, and have regretted it since then. Would have been a really nice camisole and slip, or nightshirt, or.....
I was rummaging around the old discussions that I hadn't read previously and came across "Oh, Kaaaaaren" where you guys were talking about sewing and capentry and how we both use "construct" to describe what we do. But I think I missed the beginning part. Can you remember the background for that discussion? It made me curious. rjf
Sorry, but I can't remember where that conversation started! Although it does sound like something I would say....
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