07 November, 2010

"Sky and sand" cotton jacquard pyramids: Soliciting YOUR advice

While I'm dithering on the white blouse, my mind is already racing ahead to next  month's projects.  I recently bought a few yummy yummy fabrics from Emma One Sock.  Today I'll discuss only one of them:
Click to see it really up close!
Gorgeous, eh?  Turquoise, dark teal, purple, and sand, with gold edging to the triangles, and all woven together in quite a striking jacquard.  Cotton, I think.  Washed well, and irons very well.


It has no crosswise stretch whatsoever, but it does have a (very) little lengthwise, so that's why it's hanging (on an ironing board, with a meter stick for scale) with the selvedge running horizontally.  That said, the stretch is so small that it probably makes no difference - the fabric would probably work just as well with the diamonds oriented the  other way.

Next month I'll want to make a jacket out of it.  It'll be one of my wardrobe's anchor pieces next year, and it'll see lots of wear.  How about YOU  point me to a pattern you'd find suitable for this cloth, and tell me what technical challenges I'd have to overcome.  Yeah, help me out.  Please.  I have a terrifically tough time making decisions. And the blogosphere is so full of wonderfully creative fabric artists - yes, you!  So have a little fun: you get play with outré ideas, I get to do all the work :)



Here's another shot to help you visualize it in the "correct" direction.

Go for it!

ETA:  After laundering, I have exactly 2 yards of this fabric, and it's 59" across.

(and thank you for your intriguing suggestions so far!)

4 comments:

  1. Hi Digs.- I think that this tissue supports many patterns. I would opt for a pattern with some complications, for example, a Miyake pattern, or similar. Something with oriental style.
    A pattern of simple lines, may be too classic look for this material.
    By the way, the fabric is beautiful.

    Best,

    Paco

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  2. Hmmmm. Just how much pattern matching do you want to get into? Love the fabric. It's beautiful. How about McCalls 5941 (few seams) or McCalls 5937 (much more matching required)?

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  3. Beautiful fabric! How much do you have of it?

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  4. OK - let's see how complicated you want to get. Something like this can work in a Koos van den Akker sort of way, but don't like a lot of his current patterns, but Marcy Tilton has a good one - Vogue 8676...and I did up a little mock-up...you'd have to draw in some seams, but this could be fun.

    http://www.clairekennedydesign.com/media/straightjacket.jpg

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