Materials, Better Pictures

So here is the ridiculous pile of materials I have, plus patterns that may or may not be helpful in designing my dress's various components. Left third is my dress, right top third is his suit materials, lower right third is my stays base coutil and top fabric.

Here's his suit materials, linen lining and silk top fabric in a pile against a mass-market paperback for comparison. This isn't including his shirt fabric, which I haven't bought yet. I just need white cotton for that, no reason to buy it before I'm ready to sew it.

Here's a closer picture of my fabrics and patterns, since his were showcased a bit better in the original image I put up. The periwinkle is the petticoat, and the dark blue the over dress and bodice. Much darker than what Stanzie had--hers was periwinkle, and a light blue underskirt--but this will look better against my skin (I always look better in deep, rich colors, jewel tones I think is the term, than pastels).

And here's my fabric piled against the same book, stood upright, for comparison. Again silk, with some linen for lining (bodice and top skirt) and some cotton (petticoat).

And finally a close-up of the dupioni silk for my stays so you can see how lustrous and red it is. It actually lookes a little darker in person, almost more of a maroon (as you can see in the pictures above), but in a camera flash it renders more of a true ruby color.

So there it is. What I'm working with. Even if the sewing sucks I'm at least not going to look like a polyester Pollyanna, eh?