Beautiful fabric woven from spider silk!

This shit is crazy.  View the slideshow.  Apparently, "spider silk is stronger than steel or Kevlar but not very flexible."

Polo Dress

I just bought this pattern from BurdaStyle:

because they said I could look like this:

And I've been itching for the 70's since I saw this in Nylon:

And now I'm looking at Fabric.com for some yardage...

Wool Rib Knit Stripes Red/Black

 

Cotton Baby Rib Knit Stars Blue/Pink

 

Rayon Blend Jersey Knit Diagonal Stripe Pink

 

Michael Miller Woodland Delight Brick Path Brown

 

Style Studio Stretch Rayon Jersey Knit Sundance Purple

 

Bird's Eye Pique Navy

 

 Do you have any suggestions for me?

Skully Dress

I made this probably a year ago, and finally decided to post it.  It's based on a quick-and-dirty dress tutorial that I totally can't remember the name of. 

It was pretty darn easy to make.  Just take a tank top, some elastic, and about a yard or so of rectangular fabric and sew them all together.  Magic, I know.  I would say it's good for beginners like me. 

I bought the skeleton fabric on eBay, and frankly it sucks.  I was gypped.  Everyone says how great eBay is for fabric, but I didn't know how cheap and gross the material was from the pics!

Here's some better fabric: