I've gotten a little tired of being a 'proper lady' during the Haunted Dahlonega Tours I give as a fund raiser for the Friends of Dahlonega Gold Museum. So...... time for some 'naughty fun'!

I decided to go with the Cancan Dress seen during the 1830's and 1840's when the can-can was danced throughout the western world. Originally the cancan was danced by both sexes and was very acrobatic- not risque at all. Modern people tend to only think about the dance & dancers as something more sexual. That was not really the case.

So on to the dress- the frilly petticoat goes to the floor and has 12 yards of lacy fabric to make the ruffles. All the satin and most of the lace came out of thrift stores over the years. The finished dress with all the layers has 9 yards of satins, 12 yards of lace fabric, 5 yards of lace, and is heavy!

I did the pictures before making the embroidery on the top.

On Jan 12th I had the pleasure of giving a fun program at the Senior Center for our local garden club- The Gold Diggers Garden Club. We painted stepping stones with 1 of 2 design choices- a funky fun chicken or busy bee's. Everyone brought what type of stepping stone (or other object) they wanted to paint on & I supplied everything else. Look at what was done!