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I wanted to mention the Fashion & Textile Museum in London has an amazing exhibition coming up: Artist Textiles from Picasso - Warhol, running 1/31/2014 - 5/17/2014. The exhibit is going to tour--hopefully it will get to the US. If you see it, do let me know.
We saw a Matisse textiles exhibition at the Metropolitan back in 2005. It was mostly his paintings with different textiles in them, however there were a few samples of real textiles that had belonged to Matisse. Here's the book from the exhibition, The Fabric of His Dreams.
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Surprisingly, it's an epic battle to fit the jacket from See & Sew B5699. I say surprisingly because the dress (from the same pattern), in size 12 fit perfectly, is flattering (I think) & really didn't involve many modifications.
This was my great deal of the day from Mood, the lovely woven navy wool was $10/yard and the silk/rayon lining was $5/yard. It is fully lined & really comfortable. I've been wearing it with an Anne Klein jacket I found on sale at Macy's, but really want to finish a matching jacket from the pattern, as pictured above...but without that floppy collar!
I had a little trouble lining it (the zipper), but after I figured that out it looks & feels great.
Okay, that was all very successful; I've worn it to work twice & have received a lot of compliments. So what happened with the jacket?! Stay tuned for more.
you look lovely !! and lucky you with the weather ! buckets of rain here...
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