Before you think I am so rich and privileged that I could forgot I had genuine Missoni fabric under the bed, it was in a vacuum pack. After coveting it hardcore over a long period of time, when a discount code popped up last summer I bought it right up. It should have been about £35 a metre! Of course, about two days after buying this spendy fabric Missoni collaborated with Target and I felt marginally jaded. Day-dreams of people thinking that I was wearing a designer dress were replaced with thoughts of people thinking I was wearing a Target dress. Which is absolutely fine, before anyone says 'Hey you jerk, I wear Target dresses.' It just didn't tally with my year-long covetfest. So half through petulance and half through not knowing what to do with it, I stashed it away safely.
But just look at those pretty colours. I can't stay mad at those zigzags. Or that selvage (although I reserve the right to get mad if I attempt to keep them and have to hand-sew them to massively tidy them up).
And now we have a Plan C* for the party (in six sewing sleeps), and that is to use the Missoni for something simple and sheathy like this:
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It's a sweater knit with enough stretch that I shouldn't have to resort to zippers, but the weave is loose enough that it should probably be lined.
Today's burning question: Best plan ever or waste of semi-precious horded fabric?
Bonus points: If I had this fabric I would ___________.
*Plan A: make a Macaronesque dress, Plan B was the much less stupid 'wear one I already have'
I'm not a big fan of the whole knitted zig zaggy Missoni thing, but that dress totally looks do-able.
ReplyDeleteAnd If I had this fabric I would ... sell it!
I would make a duster/long cardi which I could wear over a self-colour sheath dress but also with jeans and other stuff.*
ReplyDelete*please note this answer assumes I have both your amazing sewing skills and great figure which is, alas, far from the truth.
I would make the dress, assuming you are sure that style suits you, it would look amazing in that fabric!
ReplyDeleteIf I had this fabric I would also make a simple dress that could be dressed up or down to get maximum wear out of such beautiful fabric!
Alison
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Truthfully? If I was you? I would send it to me :D
ReplyDeleteThis is some fabulous fabric!! A darted shift dress would look cool, but matching the zigzags might drive you batty. That's the sort of fabric where you want a design with as few seams as possible, which means fewer opportunities for shaping.
ReplyDeleteIt's very pretty. I think it would work nicely for the pattern you are looking at. I would probably make a maxi skirt out of it. I love knit maxi skirts.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a really good choice of pattern for that fabric. If it was mine I'd do something similar....maybe Vogue 1250?
ReplyDeleteI think that pattern looks like a great match for the fabric, keeping it simple is definitely the way to go to let that fabric shine. Good luck, and hope you rekindle your love for it.
ReplyDeleteI went absolutely crazy for Missoni for Target: luggage, scarves, underwear, but no clothes. They weren't as cute as the acessories! That fabric is great, it would also make a cute summer weight cardigan.
ReplyDeleteI would give it to my blog partner for her bday, who would end up wearing it unhemmed and unaltered as a wrap to the ultra chic design oriented Alt conference this year! (picture of her wearing it in the second picture of this post: http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2012/02/worth-every-bit-of-effort-alt-part-i.html)
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I'd make a cute wrap dress! It's a georgeous fabric~
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