Frustration

[msmcknittington]

Yaaaarrrrrr! This is so frustrating. I just want five or six yards of a large repeat brocade, suitable for a Venetian dress* ca. 1560-80, preferably jewel tones of red, blue or green. It doesn't even have to be silk -- I'll settle for a cotton blend. And I don't want to spend more than $75.

And I keep finding stuff that I like, but there's only a half yard of it, or it's only 20 inches wide or I discover it's some sort of fuzzy hideousness when I look at the close-ups.

World of fabric, why do you fail me now? *wails* I swear to god, I was running across this stuff all the time last fall when I was planning the Dickens dress, and now I can't find more than a yard of it anywhere.

I should just go with the skulls and call it quits.

_{*I think there is little chance of me avoiding an Italian persona. The clothing is just so elegant and pretty and makes me feel elegant and pretty and dainty and ladylike and . . . sigh. I just wish I was more interested in Italian culture.}