Last weekend Jen and I went "fabric" shopping for my dress. I say "fabric" because what I am using is non-traditional - but then what else could a Viking BBQ be? LOL
I had a *very* difficult time picking exactly which colors I was going to use - the selection was pretty good. And no, it was not between "white" "snow" "eggshell" "ecru" etc - non-traditional, remember? We were careful not to pick anything exactly from the wedding palette (with nine colors to choose from, it was difficult), and I kept being drawn to the blues (my mental image has always included navy or a deep blue for the dress) but THERE IS NO BLUE IN OUR WEDDING (EJ was actually joking with me about this before we left for shopping). And, picking the colors/fabric seems so, well, *final* (nothing like putting a 50% deposit for our photographers - that was actually fun!) After a lot of back-and-forth and comparisons, I made my decision.
This is what I finally chose:
Two sets of jersey sheets; the picture does NOT do the colors justice. The green is a deep sage-y green, and the gray is very much "stone" (Jen keeps calling it "taupe" but there is no brown to the color - the pic makes it look like mint + heather gray, and that's totally inaccurate).
I'm still (1) working on the prototype shirt, to practice my technique before I cut into my "yardage", and (2) frantically trying to locate a dress or top/skirt pattern that will *work* for me. Slow and steady, I guess. At least I still have time!
EJ's fabric arrived in the mail at the beginning of June; I will post a pic once I take one, and then I will distribute swatches of all three fabrics to the Minions (um, because they want them).
