Monday, June 24, 2013

I need some advice!

I got five yards of this delicious muted blue-green silk for the ridiculous price of three dollars at a thrift shop. It's not heavy enough to be a dress, but it's the perfect weight for a chemise.

It's more blue-y than the camera makes it look. Silly camera! 

All I need is someone to assure me that colored silk chemises are something that a person -- any person!-- would have worn in the fifteenth century, and I'm a happy girl.

Either that, or give me an idea for something else amazing that I can make with this incredible fabric windfall.

Anyone?
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  1. LaurenJune 24, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    I don't know of any evidence, but maybe use it as a lining for something fancy? Or, depending on how it handles, you could underline it with another fabric and make a dress out of it. It is gorgeous!

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  2. Edyth MillerJune 27, 2013 at 7:33 PM

    I agree that lining it (with a light weight linen perhaps) would probably make it suitable as a dress. I haven't personally come across any evidence for colored silk undergarments. I'm jealous- what a great color!

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