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Sorry I've been awol for so long -- lots going on!

I hope to resume regular posting tomorrow, but until then, please enjoy/recoil in shock and horror from this fantastic fabric sent to me by Julie.



The more I look at this fabric, the more I want it. It says "Stunt Dress for the Cattlemen's Association Ball" to me (not that I've been invited). But, sadly, I don't know where to buy it online. Do you? Leave a comment!

Comments

[Linda]

Mmmmmmm, looks like a T-bone, but couldn't it also be a center cut pork chop?? Swine are getting a bad rap these days...

[Sal]

Oh, how I'd love to have a ballgown made of that stuff.

[Kay Ellen]

I don't know where to buy it, but I'd love some as well. My sister-in-law raises grass-fed beef and sells it. This would be PERFECT for her.

[Cel Petro]

Yes, needing some Dress a Day, t-bone textiles are a nice touch.

[Melissa]

It'd make a great dress for a barbecue. Ashley Wilkes likes to see a girl with a healthy appetite and a beef-based frock.

[xstpenguin]

As a vegetarian who doesn't look good in too much white, I think I'll pass. However, something short and tight modelled with the ironic sense of 'being treated like a piece of meat' would be pretty funny on a red carpet somewhere.Or perhaps a nice dress, worn to a press conference where one expected 'to get a roasting'.Cheers,AJ

[Allison]

I'm not sure where one would buy this kind of fabric online. From the pic, and the sign in French, I'd say it's probably not in the US! In fact, the general look of the photo reminds me of the fabric shops in the medina (old city) in Tunis. (Btw, Erin, I took your fabric buying advice last summer when I was there, and ended up mailing 12 meters of fabric to myself. :-D Still haven't used any of it, but it is quite lovely and it makes me happy to see it in my stash.)

[Anonymous]

It isn't the US, but it has to be someplace that trades in dollars. I am going to a barn dance in Wyoming next month; this fabric would make an excellent skirt!

[RavenzTarot]

Beef it does the body good!Beef its whats for dinner.One of those nice full skirt 50s dressses with nipped waist and full swing flare on the arm of Sam Elliot didnt he do the commercial about Beff its whats for dinner???I am horrible its monday please forgive me!Raven

[Anonymous]

The tags are written in French but the currency is $ - might that not make it a shop somewhere in French-speaking Canada?

[gwensews]

I'm sure you'll make the perfect dress and story to go with it. I enjoyed your chat on PR last night. Thank you for that.

[Jean]

And maybe with an over-dress with something like A-1 Steaksauce or some other such condiment!

[Anonymous]

With father's day coming soon, I think a BBQ apron for your "griller" husband/son/father would be cute.

[Sara]

That graphic looks verrrry similar to a Threadless tshirt I bought for a good friend a few years ago...it was red and had a print of a t-bone on it...Google image search to the rescue!

[lainevierge]

I'd be willing to bet that this was taken in Montreal. It matches with the other guesses of "French speaking place with North American money symbols", but the clincher is the Canadiens Hockey logo fabric up in the right top corner. It's totally Montreal. We have tons of fabric stores here, but I'd venture that this is from someplace in Plaza St Hubert.

[Cookie]

I see kitchen/dining room cafe curtains? You could make different sets to match the food you're serving....there could be vegetable ones, pasta ones...

[Sara]

Hideously wonderful!

[Marjie]

Well, I don't know about the fabric, but I've got a daughter in Laramie who could probably get you an invite to the ball!

[Pinup Dresses]

I'm with Cookie, I was thinking kitchen too. Curtains, tablecloth, etc. I can't exactly imagine a dress out of meat.

[Cookie]

Yes, Pinup Dresses...our drapery, linen and upholstery vision for thematic dining is sure to sweep America once this fabric is tracked down, and we find the poultry version, etc. BUT perhaps a short little apron should be made in each version, too, so when the perfect little 1950's housewife greets her hubby at the door, he knows what's for dinner before even seeing the curtains, etc. (Although, maybe he sees our Thematic Dinner Curtains from outside, already, while pulling into driveway? Must think on this.)

[the reluctant sewist]

I thought they were abstract tulips at first (just not expecting t-bones, I guess).

[Sewing Siren]

I like the idea of a ball dress out of the steak fabric. Elsa Schiaparelli did a ball gown with a huge Dali inspired lobster printed on it in 1937. She also did a mutton chop shaped beret, but not to be worn with the ball gown ( that would be a bit much, right?)

[Cookie]

AND, CAFE CURTAINS FOR THE LOCAL BUTCHER SHOP! (I think I've had too much coffee.)

[Anonymous]

Cookie, the idea of matching apron and curtains makes me very, very happy. Please come to Vegas and shop with me!-Sandra

[Soph]

I'm vegan and i love this fabric, it screams opportunity for contradiction and pranks...if only it was in Spotlight in sydney!