The fabric samples for the MOB dress just arrived, and I don’t think I’m any closer to making my choice than before! ‘Shades of blue in silk chiffon’…and there we halt.
I ordered 6 samples, which were over-priced enough to discourage me from wasting more cash on them. The dress is made in multiple layers with handkerchief hems, and nice wafty points on hem and sleeves alike.
It takes a MONSTROUS amount of yardage [around ELEVEN METRES] if I follow the instructions as they stand, as it three complete dresses layered. Even in silk chiffon, NOPE. I want to adapt it to a silk slip dress, with the bottom layers attached just to that, then a full overdress. This should also make the whole kerboodle [slightly] re-wearable afterwards.
So, maths head on, 6 samples, out of which I select 2, uses this formula to calculate how many ways you can choose ‘r’ things out of ‘n’things.
Gotta love a formula with exclamation marks, it’s all so exciting! Anyway, the calculator does it for you if you chicken out, so I calculated ‘6 choose 3’ and got 20.
TWENTY options oh blimey I can’t cope. So I did what any self-respecting maths teacher would do, and tabulated all the combinations, then took a pic of each one. Bear in mind that the three layers are very fine so obviously you actually get more than the three chosen shades in any combo, as they will show through one another. Cool!
First the 6 colours shown separately
I’m just going to bung them up here, then try to categorise them into some sort of order, as they produced some distinctly different groupings, sort of deep, bright, greener, bluer and so on. My brain hurts.
Are you ready for the 20? Deep breath now…
In other news, the cats decided to inform us that winter is over [and time to take down the Xmas tree] by leaving us this little symbolic reminder in my sewing room.
thedementedfairy 
Oh! Who killed cock robin?!
Good luck making a decision with that Many choices 😉
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Ah c’mon, no opinion? lol
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Not a chance. All yours this time. However……
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As for the murder, Oscar AND Vita are both looking innocent and self satisfied. Maybe a joint effort…
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😂
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I love the teal/turquoise, but I’m obsessed with those colours so totally biased! The dress is going to be beautiful, you picked so many gorgeous colour combos! Eleven meters sounds so daunting and expensive, the end result will be worth it, but I can see why this is so tough!
Also, oh no!!! Poor bird! I love cats but boy they can be some rotten little buggers!
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I’m definietly not making three full dress then layering them, that’s mad. Justa slip dress for the bottom layers, and an overtunic, so allowing for me also being a short arse, I should be able to reduce the yardage considerably. Toile time!
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773-771-473. Light (but not too) palette, play well with each other, and a happy-spirit combo.
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Yep that’s one of my faves…
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I love the way your mind works. I liked the previous suggestion but also love 786-472-473. It is going to be gorgeous. I can’t wait to see how it comes out. You are an inspiration.
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That was my favourite too!
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I think you need to go with your heart here – after all it’s for a heart occasion !
We will all go for different choices depending on our own colour preferences.
The ones that catch my eye are 773, 475, 771 or 475, 771, 472.
Good Luck for making a lovely wafty dress.
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I’m looking forward to it…but not all that chiffon hemming
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I would lose the dark purple and dark green first, then reassess. 🙂
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I would use the dark navy for the very bottom layer (the slip dress) for maximum opacity between the dress and the lingerie. Outer layers could be any of the ones you prefer, though I am partial to the pale blue and the light teal…
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Thing is the navy underlayer would then show through the lighter top layers. I’m more likely to use a white habotai as the slip layer I think, or a crepe. The chiffons look nicer over awhite layer, the colours brighten
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I think you can narrow it down by removing 786 (the blue green) and 773 (the navy) from contention. The one is too green, and the other seems too subdued.
I like the bottom 4 combos – except the very last one.
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I think you’re probably right. I love the green and navy together, but it gets a bit dark for a wedding outfit. It will be one of the bright combos I think. The shoes I bought for my wedding [but then never wore] are a white dyeable satin with a diamante strap. Plenty dressy, and can be made to match if that’s the way I decide to go. Bags are always an issue as I don’t really like them, so tend to stick to my old faithful black leather…but my daughter would kill me lol Maybe I should make her choose it. Hmmm but she has expensive tastes!
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Oh, and have you looked at silk chiffon from Dharma Trading? The prices seem good; the dyed is under $10/yard. The undyed is more expensive but a heavier weight.
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Not one I normally look at because of being US…although I could see what their delivery rates are to the UK. I tend to stick to eBay, and buy from a lot of different sellers, with very very few dud buys over many years.
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Wow, I love the nerd out response to this. exactly my style when faced with a decision.
I like 773, 472, 473 or 773, 472, 786.
But I agree with the person who says go with your heart. Have fun!!
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Such a difficult decision but I’m sure if you go with your gut the result will be fabulous. The maths was awesome but definitely a heart over head decision!
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Argh what a difficult choice! Some of your blues have a lot of green in and others less so…475 and 473 both look very blue to me. I think I’d go for either all greenish ones or all non green. If you definitely wanted the dark blue 475 I’d combine it with 473 and 771. But I prefer the greener ones. I think 776/783/472 is my favourite.
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