It's a Table Cloth No it's a Curtain No it's a.....

Actually my Bloglandian pals it's a, gads I'm not sure what the official name for this garment. A shrug I suppose, or a little cover up, a wrap, maybe a to wear in public "bed jacket" ???? I have been noticing these little jacket/sweater/vest things made of vintage lace in a number of catalogs. Magnolia Pearl, and Anthropologies want a queen's ransom for these little lovelies. There really isn't anything complicated or difficult to making them so I thought I'd give it the good ol college try. I found a great vintage crochet lace curtain at a yard sale awhile ago. Perfect I thought. So perfect I even payed to much money to get it. After I got it home washed it and gave it the picky-eye once over I realized that it was literally disintegrating in my hands. The sun will do that here in less then a year. :(  On to plan "B", the fabric store had some bolts of machine crocheted lace for sale the other day for $1.00/meter. Heck at that price if it didn't work out I could always use it for scrap. So I bought a couple of meters, kinda eyeballed a knitted wrap I have and made a pattern.  Then played around putting it together
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I thought I'd use some black velvet ribbon as a edging because I was leaving all the edges raw ( a little nod to deconstruction). Now you might remember that one of the things on my list for the States was velvet ribbon??? Well I couldn't find any at Hancock's or Joann's so I came back with nada. Okay since it was a bit of the deconstructed, well loved look I was going after I decided I'd try to make some ribbon with the black velvet fabric I had. Heck if it didn't work there's always the needy scrap bag  :)

Around the bottom and the edge of the sleeves I also added some of my favorite tea died vintage lace tatting.

I left the edges raw on both. I ran a bit of very thin velvet ribbon ribbon through the lace and tied two little bows at the top of the sleeves.

A couple of big snaps on the front to close. But snaps are soooo icky especially here cuz they oxidize in a heart beat. Dum da da dum... you know all those rhinestone clip earrings everyone has a few of in their junk drawer??? Well they make perfect faux buttons with an attitude! :)

SO what do you think??? I know it's doesn't have a Magnolia Pearl label on it but it mustn't be to ugly cuz the only time Annelise will let me wear it is when she is stuck at home looking for the last place she left her head ;)

Okay I'm off to hide this little number while Annelise is occupied, if I'm lucky she won't find where

 I stashed   ..er.. she lost her head for a day or two ;)

Have a most audacious today or tomorrow depending on where in the world you are   p;)