Requiem shoes came!

[mellymell]

Yah! The shoes I got a few weeks back on ebay came today! They're considerably more grey in person than they appeared on the listing, but they were listed as grey after all. They look fabulous though! They're a slate blue-grey satin looking material with metallic blue embroidery, clear seed beads with blue centers, and iridescent sequins. There's even embroidery on the sole. Beautiful work. The soles and structure of the shoes are leather. There's a tiny 1/2" padded heel on them. Now to break them in. Wonder if some leather oil would help.

Worked much more on the Dream gown today. I've got the shoulders all done and starting work on the zipper. Then all that'll be left is the other side seam and hemming for the rest of my life. I'm thinking about being lazy and leaving the selvage edges as they are. That would mean I'd only have to hem the top and bottom. Any thoughts?

Comments

[amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com]

Pics of shoes?

I actually am a big fan of leaving the selvege. I do it whenever I can because a) I'm lazy, and b) I really like the way it looks!

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

Hey Mel... Take some photos of the shoes!! I want to see them! BTW... was this a single item auction, or does the store you found have many? In other words... Where did you get them? (Looking for such kinds of shoes... in blues, or greys, and in golds...)

Can't wait to see your finished Dream Gown!... As to hemming... You can surely get away with leaving the selvages as they are... I think the chiffon selvages are nice on their own... I would probably not do that, because I love the rolled hem edge so much, and it adds a bit of that wave... (personal preference, I use the rolled hem whenever I can...) Really, though, I think you could go either way... Did you get to use the foot on that skirt you needed to hem?