I've hit a creative block. I've spent two whole days going through boxes of fabrics - silks, satins, brocades - and have found nothing that "speaks to me" as a good choice for a Victorian ball-gown. And even though I have hundreds of spools of ribbon, nothing matches any of the fabrics. Unfortunately there's really not much available at fabric stores either - assuming you can even find a fabric store. The only places to look for fabrics these days is Fabricland - there's still one left in Ajax - and quilt shops - we have one of those left too, open at really odd hours I can never make, but cotton quilt fabrics are not what I need for this project either. I went to Fabricland last night where they were in the middle of yet another big sale. I went looking for something suitable in a pale pink, blue, green, or lavender - or white or cream. Silks were too thick and totally the wrong colours. The bridal section had nothing useable either. I did find a nice soft silver gray in the discount section and decided to get some just in case. Of course, they didn't have any matching ribbon. My search for Victorian ball-gown fabrics may not have been very fruitful, but I did come home with quite some selection of sale fabrics for other costume projects. With nothing new available, it looks like I'm going to have to go through my boxes of fabric yet another time. Desperation sometimes makes for some interesting combinations
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