You know how there you are walking through the woods minding your own business, when all of a sudden you run face-first into a spiderweb you didn't see and you freak? Wanted that on this dress, a web that you could only see if the light hits it just right.
Going back to the proto, I doodled potential layouts in three colors (so that I would remember which was which). The red layout won. The black layout didn't get very far..something about putting a web right over the breast felt cliche.
And with that, off to the real cloth! Used a white pencil to draw the lines, then traced over that using a tight chain stitch in the Storm thread. I knew it would turn out great when, while stitching, I had trouble seeing the thread. In these two picts, My Lovely Assistant*** puts up with helping me try to capture the light for a direct and indirect shot.
Then off to the 24-hour drug dealer laundry for a third run through the washer, which erased all the guides, leaving only the near-invisible web loveliness.
*** All last week here's how My Lovely Assistant and I greeted each other daily:
Me: HOW MANY MORE DAYS?
Assistant: FIVE MORE DAYS!!!
Together: WOOOOOO!!
Guess what we were talking about?
Next time, Old Wives Tales!
