Fabric!

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Click on the picture to see a bigger shot. I didn't want to make it too big.

From Fort Fred, I got the coutil and the sateen cotton that are still bound on the right side of the picture. I'm thinking a pet-en-l’air? (18th c jacket) Not sure yet. I have 3 yards...

On top of that, I also got flat reeds at the Silly Sister's yard sale. $5 for the bundle, squee! Those will be made into a pair of bodies (16th c corset/stays) gosh darn it!

The very iridescent blue/copper/pink floral stuff is the silk brocade that fabric.com has had on sale forever. They don't have the blue anymore but, after getting it, I'm thinking of getting some of the red too. It's 78% silk (the rest is rayon) and it is *gorgeous* up close. Pictures do not do this fabric any justice. Part of me wants to do a Venetian out of it (late 16th c) but I think the print is actually better suited for earlier. I have 5 yards so I have plenty to do almost anything with it. The fabric almost glitters from copper to steely blue and it has pink flowers all over it. I want to get some light pink trim to use around a neckline for it and really bring out the floral pattern.

The fabric beneath that is another 3 and a half yards of linen. Another Fabric.com sale -this time on hanky weight linen. It will so be a chemise...I'm just not sure from which century yet!