skirting the issue

Raw footage of a work in progress - from the 'we can be royals' collection, here is a glimpse into what goes into designing and constructing a client's holiday tree skirt made of rough linen and silk textile.

Over 1,000 pins are used to meticulously arrange and connect the base to the perimeter ruffle to keep it even and ready it for the next 5 or so layers of silk and linen.  Yes, over 1000 straight pins -for each layer...!

New textiles were sourced for this year's collections also.  As mentioned above, the 'royals' inspired collection features deep jewel tones, Laguna Costa collection features hues and tones from the sea and the traditional elegance will have a variety of color, print, texture and pattern.

More layers were added to this year's collections and there is also a rough linen that is iridescent - really beautiful and elegantly done.

The skirts are scheduled to be photographed this weekend and will begin showing up in the Seaside Cloth shoppe next week.  I will have a number of skirts listed throughout November and December as I construct between the custom orders I am busily working through also.

The link to the shoppe is here if you'd like to check what's available.