Fabric Suggestions?

[vandy]

A while ago I got the end of a bolt of yummy patterned wool from Mill Ends. It is black with lozenges that are 1 1/2" wide by 2 1/2" long. Sadly I only have about 2 1/2 yards of it. So what might ot be appropriate for? Ideas, thoughts and suggestions are welcome!

Comments

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

Oh my god that is sexy fabric. Um...a hood, maybe?

[fjorlief.livejournal.com]

My first thought was a hood, but with 2 1/2 yards, you could make an apron-dress, should you want such a thing, and probably have fabric left over...

[kareina.livejournal.com]

With that pattern, I vote for neck line, cuffs, and hem of a sexy over tunic(s), with the pattern enhanced through the addition of embroidery, beads, jewels, or something...

or it might just plain make a tunic in and of itself, but it screams establishment, rather than background, to me.

And if you can't decide, I'd be more than happy to take it from you and show you what I mean on a tunic to fit me. ;-)

[kareina.livejournal.com]

Another possibility would be the checked style of dresses shown here:

http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI02378b10a.jpg

and

http://teffania.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-german-dresses-henry-lion.html

and

http://teffania.blogspot.com/2006/09/those-patterned-german-dresses.html (scroll down)

[m2mm.livejournal.com]

I second the Viking apron-dress.

[ladymairwen.livejournal.com]

My first thought is "beaded Elizabethan forepart", but I'm insane. :-)

[khalja.livejournal.com]

I vote for pairing it with a solid color tabby weave in a contrasting or complementary color and making a kaftan. I think you would wear a coat more often than an apron dress.

[ariadne3.livejournal.com]

And here I was gonna suggest just rolling in it...

[gwalchgwyn.livejournal.com]

looking at it differtly, I say
Victorian Waistcoat.

you could

[assbjorn.livejournal.com]

make me a nice pair of pants!!