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What garment have you always wanted to make? Sewing fantasies continued...
loti   Advanced FL USA Member since 5/27/04 Posts: 3509	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 12:36 PM I can't remember where I saw what inspired me, but I have always wanted to have a black silk velvet dressing gown, with white silk charmeuse lining & cuffs. A good second best, (and this I do remember), is a velvet crazy quilt kimono dressing gown (which I saw on "Married to the Mob", on Michelle Pfeiffer). Total luxury, totally unpractical. What garment is lurking in your head that you have not made yet, of the fantasy variety? ------ "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel Stash Sewn in 2011 148.5 Yds Stash Sewn in 2012.... counting... http://adonising.blogspot.com
FirecrackerKTM Intermediate CO USA Member since 3/28/08 Posts: 2333	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 12:51 PM I love, love, love elaborate Victorian and Civil War era gowns, but sewing one ... I don't see it happening I already sewed my other big "goal" garment, my wedding gown.
nancy2001   Advanced AL USA Member since 12/3/05 Posts: 6109	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 1:37 PM I've always wanted to sew a faux fur jacket similar to this $3,245 Armani Pieced Rabbit Jacket. My version would be made of faux fur, not rabbit. I already have more than enough fabric -- Donna Salyer's faux sable, bought for a bargain price on ebay. I also have my pattern -- a Frankenpattern cobbled together from several fur jackets -- as well as my first muslin, which I sewed last winter. The jacket would be several inches shorter, ending at the hip instead of mid thigh. I would run the fur verically, rather than horizontally, for a more slimming look. But the basic style is quite close to the one on the Neiman Marcus website. I'd like to start this jacket in the fall. Faux fur is such a pain to work with. But it would be such fun to have a jacket like this -- even if I never actually wear it. -- Edited on 9/24/09 1:38 PM -- ------ The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins
Nata Intermediate USA Member since 8/20/02 Posts: 1252	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 1:48 PM A kimono or a sari to wear at home. I can see myself casually lounging around in spotless house in those, but with young kids and work that's just not happening yet. ------ Fabric bought in 2009: 30 yds Fabrc sewn in 2009: 19 yds Fabric stash: 145 yds 3 Garments IN and 6 Garments OUT
pterion   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 11/29/04 Posts: 767	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 2:21 PM I am a big fan of Tudor history and have a wonderful book called "The Tudor Tailor." I have often fantasized about making myself or one of my daughters a historically accurate garment from one of the patterns. I'm not a 'Ren-faire' kind of gal though, so would have no occasion to wear it.
Vibekeinyork Intermediate Member since 7/11/06 Posts: 838	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 3:55 PM A suede jacket, or two. One in teal, maybe, and maybe one in plum.
FirecrackerKTM Intermediate CO USA Member since 3/28/08 Posts: 2333	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 4:05 PM I've been thinking about trying suede.
fiberfan Advanced UT USA Member since 2/25/06 Posts: 991	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 4:36 PM I want to make a historically accurate costume. The only time I would wear it would be to work on Halloween so it will probably never happen. Joanne ------ joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Isaiah 51:3 so many ideas, so much fiber, so little time http://fiberfan.blogspot.com
sewsally   Intermediate WA USA Member since 8/18/02 Posts: 1198	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/24/09 6:37 PM A black cashmere coat with a hood. I have the fabric.
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 7/26/07 Posts: 3755 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post In reply to loti Like this post Date: 9/24/09 8:05 PM My daughter's wedding gown. Only she needs someone to marry before I can get started. ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown

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