So here’s the loot that I crowed about yesterday.  The pic on the left used flash, the one on the right is natural light only.  Click on either to enlarge.

From the top:

Mostly rayon jacquard – 4 yards.
Joba?  Needs lining, pref silk.

(Note, I allowed rayon in this case because it’s my first set, rayon is still cellulose, and it shines like silk.  Also, the odds of the universe dumping a neat SET of silk fabrics in my lap in time to sew before Gulf Wars (mid March) are astronomical.)

Linen with rayon machine embroidery, 3.5+ yards.  This is a very dull fabric, so I think it’d be fun to over-embroider bright colors on that pattern.  Here it is by itself:


Maybe the orange from the next fabric down, plus the red from the top jacquard, and leaves in bright and yellow-green?

Fabric #3 is linen with rayon threads in deep orange, two browns, and white. Not quite 3 yards.

#4 is 100% linen in mint.  1.5 yards (hope this is enough for salwar! need to sit down with Rashid’s measuring diagrams – I am 67" tall, but 38/32/42.)

#5 is nearly 5 yards of wool coating – which I’ll probably dye black and use for 16th c Flemish Protestant for European dancing.

I’m really happy with this stack from a poetic standpoint – if I’m recreating an artisan-level persona, perhaps the Gardener’s Wife Who Dances?  I have the ripples of the water, with floating lotuses, the vining flowers in the desert, the harsh browns and oranges of the rocks and sand, the cooling green.  But the odd of finding a lining on theme!

I just need more translucent linen for pirihin and chador, and a green sash to replace my European apprentice’s belt.

Roxane, does this sound plausible?  You don’t happen to know of a silk with blockprinted pomegranates for joba lining, do you?  (Gee, that sounds like a project.)