Since I spent a good bit of time "resting" this past weekend, I had plenty of opportunity to get into trouble. A packet of swatches arrived from Sawyer Brook while I was away and now I have succumbed to the lure of new fabric:
This rose cotton/lycra sateen caught my eye right away. I immediately thought of it for this suit: Valentino Suit courtesy Bergdorfgoodman.com
I originally thought of making this in a stretch poplin or perhaps a cotton/linen with a little bit of texture or cross/dye interest. But I really like the rose cotton. However, the suit in rose strikes me as being a little TOO feminine and flirty for me. I would like the very feminine shape in a color like gray more than pink.
I think the pintucked and tied jacket idea would work beautifully over a pair of pants however, something like this pattern from voguepatterns.com, Vogue 7685, 
photo courtesy of my scanner as I have had this pattern for about 8 or 9 months but haven’t made it yet. It is still available however.
The jacket could be made sort of like a cross between a blouse and a jacket, something without all the tailoring and interfacing. Kathryn at Sewing World posted this pattern a couple of months ago and I ran right out and purc
hased it:
Of course here it looks too light and blouse-like. I would probably put together some cross between this pattern and a jacket pattern. I know I have several suitable options but have not yet looked through the pattern file for likely candidates.
I also ordered this kind of interesting striped cotton:
which I am thinking of using for a jacket to wear over the pants, possibly over the blouse as well, depending on how I make the rose blouse/jacket. I am thinking of using this pattern, Vogue 2738:
A DKNY now OOP. I think this combination will make a nice casual, fun summer jacket. Of course, there is always the possibility that the fabric will arrive and I will wonder what I was thinking.
Well, the fabric is on its way and only time will tell.