It's 8 1/2 pounds

[Sarah Bernhardt]

:goofy
Yikes..... I have been slaving away working on my cancan outfit and I just weighed my skirt at it is 8 1/2 pounds!!!!!:18 I made my own ruffles using chiffon thinking it would be lighter weight, hate to think what it would have weighed if I used the satin I was first going to use.
I think Tom Foolery will have to wheel me into the convention or I'm going to need suspenders. I will be tired before I get to the elevator. If you see a pooped out CanCan girl it will be me.
Gotta go.... Still have lots to do on the outfit.:go :sewing
Sarah B.

[Garnet Rose]

8 1/2 pounds! I thought by the topic title I would be offering Congratulations for the new little one -- wasn't expecting it to be made of cloth ;)

I haven't dared to weigh my ballgown skirt -- maybe hubby can rent a wheelbarrow...

[Nellie Blue]

Wow! Wish I could be there to see it! Be sure to get some photos of it! :ss

[Allie Mo]

Hey Garnet Rose,

My outfit only has ruffles on the outside. It was already so heavy:18 that I decided it was done.

See you there!

Allie Mo

[Garnet Rose]

Allie Mo, My cancan dress doesn't have any ruffles yet. Let's just say that I discovered the full capacity of my ruffler... took awhile to pull the mess back apart :18

I switched to sewing on the ballgown bodice I drafted and thought it was looking pretty good on the dressform when hubby came home and said, "That's kinda high necked, isn't it? I was hoping those belles would be a worse influence on you."

Oh, speaking of bad influences, I think you really need to buy that killer masquerade dress you were admiring. :noe

[Allie Mo]

Hey Garnet Rose,

Lalalalalala...I don't hear you! ;)

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

Too funny!

[Garnet Rose]

Hey Garnet Rose,

Lalalalalala...I don't hear you! ;)

But Allie Mo, you can see me ;) It seems a shame to take the pumpkin coach all the way to Vegas and miss the ball...

Further justifications available on demand! :noe

[Allie Mo]

Hey Sarah B and others,

I just realized when I posted my first reply, I addressed it to Garnet Rose and didn't include you.:re Oh well, that turned into a fun little conversation.

I wouldn't mind loosing a few pounds from wearing that weight for an evening. (Just got back from my annual physical. The scale was not my friend. :18 I hope my clothes still fit.)

I'm looking forward to seeing all of you at Vegas! I am considering going to the ball. However, I don't have a costume. I may wear all green and a red wig. Any ideas who I could say I am?

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Garnet Rose]

I may wear all green and a red wig.
Regards,

Allie Mo

What color green? Could be a denizen of the Emerald Isle or money or the moon (green cheese) ...

[Allie Mo]

Hi Garnet Rose,

Here is a scan of the fabric. It's green faille with black lace. BTW, I'm in. I called SASS and paid for the Ball! I'm so glad I did.

I'm usually a PITB about my clothes, says hubbie. It's too late to worry now.

Any ideas are welcome.

Thanks,

Allie Mo

[Garnet Rose]

Allie Mo, What a gorgeous color! Okay, that hue with red hair... Hummingbird leaps to mind! Are you taking the mask making class at the convention? Make a mask to coordinate and you're there!

Other thoughts: Dragonfly, frog princess, spring

[Tatted Lady]

Just a :18 thought---- Hang satin christmas tree ornaments all over your dress, and put a star on your head and go as a christmas tree.:kbutt :ruff

Just kidding, buttttttttt, it might look pretty good and wouldn't be very hard to do.

[Katie Holiday]

Do most people wear can can dresses on the ball night? This will be our first time going and I still dont know what to wear!:kbutt

[Allie Mo]

Hey Tatted Lady,

Ixnay on the mascriss reetay. (I knew you were kidding, right?)

I bought a mask today. (I couldn't make the Mask Class because it's in the morning) It has feathers that match my dress. It looks like a butterfly.

I will not be entering the costume contest, so I don't need a really good story. I will just be an Irish Butterfly.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Allie Mo]

Do most people wear can can dresses on the ball night? This will be our first time going and I still dont know what to wear!:kbutt
Hi Cat,

Several of us are wearing can can dresses to the saloon dance. If you wore yours to the ball, you'd be unique in your costume choice.

Regards,

Allie MO

[Lizzie Marie]

And the Saloon dance is Thursday night.....it is also called the classic cowboy dance....Can't wait to meet you there....and I don't know how much my skirt weighs.....but it is heavy :18 :18

[Wallaby Jack]

So.... do any of this "weight concern" have anything to do with trying to keep a "skirt that won't stay down" down ????

.....startin' ta sound like a contradicament to me .........


:fm

:wallaby:wallaby:wallaby
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[Garnet Rose]

I will just be an Irish Butterfly.

Regards,

Allie Mo

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral

Oh, wait! That's an Irish Lullabye.:noe

Quote:
Originally Posted by CatFableux
Do most people wear can can dresses on the ball night? This will be our first time going and I still dont know what to wear!

CatFableux, You might try taking a look at the Masquerade Info thread Fannie started to get some ideas for what to wear to the ball.

I had already ordered my fabric before I saw a photo of Fannie's Vain Peacock, so I think I shall be "Peacock in a Different Vein" ;)

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Mo, if you sign up for our mask class, then you can have a masquerade outfit with that dress and wig....let's see, you could be Holly, or "Christmas Spirit" or a Victorian Elf.....many possibilities.

[Allie Mo]

Hi Fannie,

I am in meetings every morning and all of your classes were in the morning. So, I bought a mask at a local party supply store. It's okay looking. It looks somewhat like a butterfly. It is covered in feathers. I'm going to glue some more stuff on it. I just don't like red-rimmed eyes. They are circled by red sequins.:18

Thanks anyway,

Allie Mo

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Hey Mo...just thought I would jump in real quick and make you feel better...

I still dont have a dress...or a mask...so....wont it be just intresting to see what I can pull off by the seat of my pants?:18 :re :sailor

I do have a plan and an idea...now I just have o pull some late night sewing magic off and cross my fingers and toes!

GG

[Clancy]

Gyps it sounds like you need Rumplestiltskin (sp?) magic

[Iron Ed]

....wont it be just intresting to see what I can pull off by the seat of my pants?...
Pull off the seat of your pants?? Kinda like those pics someone posted from a Halloween shoot??? :) :)

Clancy,
Your spelling is fine!
R.

[Lizzie Marie]

Sarah....haven't weighed mine but it is probably around that...

Gypsy....get :sewing , I won't have you nekkid with us at the ball....what kind of people do you think we are :re :moon

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Yeah yeah yeah...

LISA's Measurments?!?!?! Can she go Nekkid??? Cause she is getting a "mystery corset" for saloon night withoutmeasurments...BAhahahaah

Ok calling to say HelloOoooooOoooo

I was thinking I could go as the incredible underpinning lady...chemise, bustle bloomers peticoats and mask?? What do you think??!?!:re :re :re :noe

[Wallaby Jack]

Nope !!!

I ain't gonna say nufffin'........

No way..........

No how...........


But,...... I can do some serious imaginatin'...........