Seriously. You leave me nice comments, you send me fun links, and now you buy me fabric. Anna at BootyVintage saw this amazing fabric on eBay, noticed that it was "BuyItNow", decided that no one but me deserved to own it, and bought it right there on the spot!
I *am* the luckiest woman on the planet, dontcha know?
Of course I paypal-ed her posthaste, and soon this amazing fabric will indeed be mine, all mine. Fabric I did not even know existed, and is my favorite color green, to boot (so many alphabet fabrics are pale blue and pale pink, for the nursery).
So now I just have to find a pattern that will let me put a giant "e" right at the center front, and I will have achieved alphabet-dress nirvana.
Oh, and this dress? Arrived MONDAY. Not that I've had time to do much more than gaze lovingly at it in stolen moments …
A Dress A Day 
I visualize a sundress with a white bolero….have a pattern? How much fabric? Aren’t you the luckiest!
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DSNA Chicago – Wow, you are one busy lady. What I want to know is what you wear on each day. Any “stunt” dresses? What is the general fashion attitude of lexicographers and other wordsmiths?And, as ladygrande says, how much fabric do you get of the green alphabet?Cheers,AJ
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If you used the same pattern that you used for the Valentine’s stunt dress, wouldn’t that allow you to put the ‘E’ in the middle of the front panel?
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I like your style, Erin. What a classy font!
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No thanks needed, Erin, just a photo of he completed dress! Hope your conference goes well.anna
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Once you get that e front and center, maybe outline it in a matching shade of satin stitch? Just to subtly highlight it. The kind of thing you’d have to look at three times before you noticed something was different.It’s fun to think about the possibilities.
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Check out this cool fabric on ebay:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120131266557&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11Maps, not letters
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I saw you on Rachael Ray’s show!
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Ok, I read your blog almost every day, and commet infrequently. However, I loved your alFabet fabric, and also clicked on your “had time” link. OMG!! (Sqeeeeaalll!) A dictionary Soceity!!! A real group of people that sit around and discuss words!!! How spectacular!!! OMG!!I shall join immediately! I only wish I knew sooner, as I live in Michigan, and Chicago is quite close. poo. There is always next year! I though I was the only one who got excited over the Oxford English Dictionary, and they have a Latin one too! EEE! My life is now complete.Thank you very much!Oh, and I love your site!
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I love your site, too!And that dress, she is YOU, sister!!
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An extraordinary blog… Liked it!
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What’s the plural of “y’all”?”All y’all”!
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I always thought that “y’all” was a plural…”Did you have fun?” for one person and “Did y’all have fun?” I want to hear what others have to say.Erin, white piping or binding??-Janet
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Oooh, like the blue and white map fabric. It’s the color of blue & white porcelain, so you get two, two, two references in one!
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In South Carolina Y’all is plural. You is singular. Y’all hungry?You hungry?
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I am in accord with theresa and zimmersarmy about the singular and plural of y’all. “All y’all” is used rarely, and only if you are asking a question of a group and need to make it clear that you are addressing the entire group (say, everyone at the barbecue) and not just a sub-group (say, your clutch of girlfriends). Also, “all y’all” is not a form of address the way “y’all” is, but a descriptive noun. As: “I need to ask all y’all a question”
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btQ2tF Please write anything else!
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Good job!
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