Thursday, March 01, 2012

SILKS - what to do???

i friend gave me 4 square yards of Thai silk last year. They. are. gorgeous.

but each one is a square. a yard, in a square, of these luscious colors. they would be good for some fancy person's throw pillows, but i am not that person.

here's what i'm thinking:

1) bloomers- one color front, a slightly different color for the back. will that look like i peed myself?
1a) then i could use another square or 2 for a cinnamon cami (ps there's a local shop that carries Colette! wooo. next to the cafe with the donuts...)...but will that become the silk merchant hillbilly look? the colors are nice together, but this is getting a little coat of many colors for a boudoir set, ya know.
2) uhhhhh
 isn't that color nahhce with my nails and pallor?
how do you know when it's time to cut something you've been holding for so long? I want to wear this gorgeous fabric. but maybe i should wait until my chops are up to it? but the shape is so weird, they'd just become a patchwork lining or something...or..help?

here's a favorite washing instruction:
I would like to know who is enforcing this fabric care regulation ;)

ok people - what should i do with this stuff? I'm headed to the fabric store this afternoon, so notions and additionals are all possible....holler! xo R


2 comments:

Rebecca G said...

http://www.sewweekly.com/2012/02/the-deco-echo-blouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-deco-echo-blouse

Rebecca G said...

also - maybe just wait until Dreamhouse, and make a gorgeous bedspread. eh. i'd rather rock this stuff than lie on it, worried about keeping it clean.