Chemise style for this fabric?

[gem]

This is one of my favorite new acquisitions!! Milord bought me about 3.5 yards of this beautiful fabric for my birthday. At first I thought it might become an embroidered jacket, but it's quite lightweight, and last night it announced that it wants to be a chemise! Huzzah! It will be lovely!

It's a semi-sheer embroidered cotton in a soft cream, with brown and palest beige chainstitch tulips:


(my photo)


(Hancock's photo)


Closeup of tulip motif.

The scale of the embroidery is exactly right for a chemise, and I think I want fairly full sleeves to take advantage of the design. But... what else? High neck? Low? Square?

Inspire me, gentles!! I have PoF4, but I'd love to hear what strikes everyone's fancy.

(If I don't have enough for a short chemise--which I may well not--happily, there seems to be plenty in stock on Hancock's website, and I can pick up a couple more yards.)

[Cilean]

I would suggest you create a High Necked Smock, I think it would look smashing!! And add some lace to the neckline boxpleated will really stand out!





Cilean

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[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

gem...

You could do a Low necked chemise with full sleeves with enough length for a ruffle at the end, like a Gypsy chemise.

Most high necked chemises take 4+  yards, depending on size,  that include wrist and neck bands, and enough strips to do ruffs.

What a wonderful Lord you have. He KNOWS that the way to your heart is with fabric!

[CenturiesSewing]

You could also just make the top and sleeves of the chemise in the emb. fabric and the rest in a plain fabric where it won't show.


Looks like Hancocks also has this http://www.hancockfabrics.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=147459459  that almost screams late period sleeves.

[Wickedvox]

I love the high neck smock Cilean pictured, and it seems to mirror Centuries idea--it *does* scream sleeves for SURE. Can *your* Lord teach *my* Lord a thing or two about fabric??

[operafantomet]

An Italian camicia where that fabric is used for the sleeves and eventual accenting details, while the main body is kept plain... That would be smashing!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/extant/chemise1575-1600themet.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/venezia1/micheli1550s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/venezia2/dance1565.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/venezia2/caldogno1.jpg


Congrats with a gorgeous fabric!

[gem]

Thanks, all! It's fun that we're all thinking something H/A, instead of fairwear! That was absolutely my inclination, as well. At the moment I'm leaning toward high-necked (I have a vision in my head of this with a bodice of the black harlequin tapestry I just bought), altho' it will be a while, I'm sure, until I get around to it!

[DonaCatalina]

This is what it made me think of; even though the pattern is different.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelostgallery/6580751837/sizes/m/in/photostream/
LOL. another high necked chemise.