robinsnest | late night ramblings

I have a lot to do tomorrow, including a kitchen remodel at my sister's...so what am I doing awake at 1:15am!...I can't sleep. bah.

Anyway I spent a portion of the evening tonight looking around online for inspiration for the Dress U: Titanic Dinner while sharing links with

madamekat (who was very patient to put up with me) I've never been that into the 1910s so I've never really looked for ones that I like. But this seems to be the occasion to dip my foot in.

I've found several I like, I seem to be drawn to Queen Maud's style. I like these two which I can't seem to figure out WHERE they came from just that they're making the rounds in the blog world...so someone please tell me

And especially this one.

So here's the hard part. The top two I can figure out making, buy the right fabric and it'll happen. But the bottom one...how does one DO that? I'm not beading the whole thing. I'm crazy but I'm not

harmanhay . So as I lay there tonight unable to fall asleep the thought crossed my mind, what if I bought some reeeeeally crazy black beaded fabric, obviously not that specific one as it's too small but you get the idea, and carefully reverse appliqued the design out. There must be a way to make that dress. I just haven't figured it out yet. But clearly it's already keeping me up at night.
If you'd like the see the pinterest board I've created to track some inspiration images Here you go.