What the...?

[lovetriangle]

Ok, I was happy to have won some scrummy baby pink silk twill from sarahbellemon ebay which has arrived (thank you!).

The funny thing is, it is radically different than the dreamy "silk twill" I bought for my Anna Meyer gown. hurmmmm. What the heck did I buy?

The AM fabric is a twill weave and both warp & weft burn up as silk. The "right side" of the fabric is a diamond white with a lovely sheen that glows like candlelight. The "wrong side" is like a ground fabric in a dark creme that has very little sheen. I wonder if this is a 2-ply or 4ply twill, maybe?

Texture-wise, the twill from Sarah is more like a really heavy charmeuse. It's drapey and watery and flows in nice large ripples. The AM twill has a crispness to it like tafetta. It's fairly heavy but it behaves like tafetta. It is truly the most amazing fabric I've ever touched, but now I don't know what it is!

As for Sarah's shell pink silk twill, it's so beautiful and I just had to buy it, but I don't know what to make with it! LOL! It's 3 yards by 45" and I'm taking suggestions!  

Comments

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

I was also surprised when I got the twill myself... It was too slinky for anything I would normally do, but something like 1920s or 30s would be perfect for it. I hope you weren't disappointed... I tried to make it really specific in the auction that it was like charmeuse, so whoever bought it wouldn't make the same shocking discovery I did.

[vanessa-lynne.livejournal.com]

Vintage undies?

Or maybe a blouse?
1930's Butterfly Blouse

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love it! I just haven't decided what to do with it. It is very slinky but it has almost no bias stretch and it's pretty thick. Maybe corsets? Or a kirtle? I can get a kirtle out of 3 yards, maybe?

So, if it's unusual, I wonder if maybe the AM stuff I have is "normal" silk twill?

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

I love that blouse and saw it at CC, but I think this stuff is too thick for that. It's more of a suit-weight.

Oooooh! A suit!