last week's flash fiction prompt
The prompt from Delores, from Under The Porch Light, was woven threads of gold and silver in silk and satin dreams. Some of you who accepted the challenge managed to use the sentence as a whole. I couldn't make it work for me, so I broke it up and wrote this: Woven threads of gold and silver in silk and satin dreams Eileen stared at the dress in the window of the antique shop. It was the most beautiful wedding gown she had ever seen. At first glance the lines of the gown seemed simple, plain even, but the more you looked, the more detail you noticed. The exquisitely designed bodice with tiny seed pearls, lace and impossibly tiny crystal beads. 75 years ago Eileen had seen this very dress throughout its creation in the back rooms of a small boutique named ExtravORganza. The front of the shop sold organza party dresses with ribbon sashes for little girls, ball gowns for their mothers and sisters, wedding gowns and christening gowns. The back of the ...