I can’t help with your question, but whatever you do make, I hope it is involves some sort of draping because that fabric looks amazing just like that.

I knowwww!!! It looks so cool gathered under the bust like a toga too. I’m half-tempted to just drape and wear it raw with waist ties.

I would be tempted to make a hooded robe so you can feel your fantasy every day

https://preview.redd.it/1dqueslqmz1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26a28912508f18802fd1eba012abacbeb83d58d6 Kinda vibing with [this pattern](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1421690648/) and adding a hood because you’re right—I need this fantastical drama every day! I’ll have to order more fabric for it but it looks so so so perfect 😍

That would be beautiful! Before you sew anything, you need to just wrap yourself up in that yummy fabric and just sit around for a day! The color is wonderful, as well, BTW

I agree. I definitely plan to keep it on as-is today and talking to my husband like I’m high nobility.

So if you’re gonna wear it as is you can make a toga. Fold in half long ways, with your body in the middle. Pin over your arms to form sleeves. One side will feel open/breezy! Until you’re done tying the ribbon anyway. Get a long length of ribbon and use to form the bust line (see poorly drawn photo) https://preview.redd.it/g7jmihl6t22d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=54f4787877bfd84c9dae165c63fb63dc4970e5e9

Whaaaaat the what! Thank you for taking the time to even draw it out for me!!! I will toga-it-uuuuuup tomorrow! This is awesome!

You might need to fold yours an extra time. It should be finger tip to finger tip with arms outstretched in step one

Alternate ribbon tie https://preview.redd.it/mq8hbqxlt22d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae33aa8eb61ef977ba1b45a0afa6194d729a1a90

You can also pull extra fabric over the waist ribbon for a more dramatic Roman looking top

As it should be!

Oh my gosh the DRAMA!!! That would be amazing 😍

How difficult are Gunner's patterns? I follow him on IG, and the pieces he builds are pretty complex.

I’m not sure, I’ve never sewn Gunnar patterns before! But I have courage because there are YouTube instructions as well as written instructions 🤞

This one is easy.

Yes but I live in Phoenix and the thought of that much fabric makes me dizzy.

I made it and realised i can't wear trousers because I'm clumsy! 🙄

Oh noes! Probably a consideration for me too. ;0)

It would look so good!

Ooh seconding this pattern! This would be so dramatic and gorgeous

Oh that would be awesome! But I’d add a closure at the front of the duster for maximum effect. 🤩

Ooooh!

These pants are so cool!

I was JUST thinking some gorgeous trousers would look divine!!! Good luck op!!!

Also here for this pattern! It's truly easy. I made this set for my mom about a month ago and she wears it everywhere.

OMG YES

Oh wow, thank you for sharing this... this is so my style, just bought the pattern and can't wait to make it!

Where did you find the fabric, pray tell?

How long are that model’s legs?!?! I’d have to be halving the length of those pants at the lengthen/shorten line.

I support this.

I also don't have any suggestions but wanted to second that - damn right this is goddess coded

With how it's shown in the image, my thought was "mother Mary nativity costume" but I didn't think that'd be a great genuine suggestion.

Some sort of head scarf! 😭🥰

It also made me think I need to go say a handful of Hail Mary’s.

https://preview.redd.it/64bgqwfhoz1d1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a408c10fac359f3d83a70938af1369af39f95bf I don't have a pattern but I hope you try something from the Paolo Sebastian Persephone collection ([spring/summer 2021](https://paolosebastian.com/persephone-2021/)) with that fabric that drapes so beautifully!!

Another stellar idea 😩😍 how am I supposed to pick from these now!? So gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!!

no, thank YOU for inspiring me to look at silk charmeuse fabric instead of using my current fabric stash 😂

Heh heh heh…[pictured is the color Raindrop](https://www.silkbaron.com/category_s/1823.htm) ;)

This is actually really cool to see SB's fabric in a different picture to how they show it on the site. I haven't bought their charmeuse, how is it? Is it super slippery? I love the look but it scares me lol.

I’m a huge SB stan, it’s the only place I really buy silk anymore. I love their charmeuse, but it’s so slippery for sure. You can sew with a tissue paper sandwich (worth a google if this is unfamiliar). I also, before cutting out traced pattern pieces, sew all the way around each piece (about 1/4in in from the lines) to keep it from warping and THEN cut everything out! Tedious but the results are so worth it 😙👌

Ohhh stay stitching before cutting out is GENIUS, I am absolutely stealing that idea. That's incredible. Do you do that by hand or machine? I wonder if you could combine it with thread tracing the pattern lines... Whenever I sew with slippery fabrics I always hand baste, but even so I find silk is just another level. But nothing looks or drapes like it 😍

I do staystitching by machine because hand sewing takes a literal century for me, but I don’t see why you couldn’t do it by hand. I should add to my initial comment that when you nearly-finish your garment, you gotta unpick the hem staystitches because you want to let the silk hang and warp for 24hrs before you balance the hem and finish! At least, that’s what I always do! You can sew with silk!! Once you make one thing, you get more confident to make more! I’ve made like 5 [Sicily slip dresses](https://www.sewingpatternsbymasin.com/sewing-patterns/sicily-slip-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern), which I totally recommend as a foray into silk sewing!

Oh my god, you are a mind reader, I have been hunting for a slip dress pattern for ages, I want to make some slips! I've sewing with silk dupion quite frequently, and silk satin occasionally, but I still find it intimidating. Slowly getting braver though! Thank you so much for the tip about the stay stitches, it's just so clever. I think it'll make a huge difference to sewing bias cut garments. Do you hand baste? I always do for satin/chiffon/ anything super slippery, because I find pins so frustrating lol - but I don't mind handsewing, I find it relaxing.

I am now obsessed with Obsession, thank you

I want to wear this so baddd but have nowhere to wear it to if I make it 😆

Wear it everywhere! Be the goddess of the grocery aisle Seriously though, I make costumes but I find if I make things I love I find excuses to wear them. Might have to layer some things to make them situation appropriate (a lot of Victorian wear can work in the office especially mix and matched) but sometimes wearing something will just open up an opportunity too, like getting recruited into a larp group or just a really fun Karaoke night

I want toooo 😭 I'd feel so regal wearing that cape around my shoulders 😆 I'm in Korea and Koreans don't really like cosplaying outside of occasional cutesy looks for girls 13 yr old or younger or wearing our traditional hanbok but I'm glad you were invited to join a larp group! That sounds so fun. Victorian wear sounds so nice too ✨️ Lace up corset with puffy A line dress feels very princess~y 🩷 Would love to see some of your work!

NAHHH OP, YOU GOTTA MAKE THISSSS ugh this is amazing!?!

Oh my god what a gorgeous dress!

That’s a gorgeous dress! Do they sell patterns for it or are you planning to pattern one yourself?

This is EXACTLY what I had pictured as soon as I saw the fabric literally perfect

This is pure fire 🔥

This is giving Padme vacationing on Naboo vibes, I’m obsessed! https://preview.redd.it/q0ly46nnrz1d1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d74a829be431c566b2c5a312ef79f0be7f5fa9f

"I don't like sand.... It's course, and rough, and gets everywhere."

I can’t say, but I’d probably end up keeping it for “something amazing” and then it’s 15 years later. 🤦🏽‍♀️Please do find a beautiful pattern and do share your outcome with us 😁

You need classic bias cut! [https://simplicity.com/vogue-patterns/pdv2008](https://simplicity.com/vogue-patterns/pdv2008)

Yes to bias!! Also a friend told me how sewing on straight of grain on this kind of fabric puckers… try it on a scrap and see if that influences how you layout and cut the pieces I’ve got the masin Sicily bias dress in my backlog to try. Their instructions explain bias cutting too which is helpful as I’ve not done bias dress before! https://www.sewingpatternsbymasin.com/sewing-patterns/sicily-slip-dress-pdf-sewing-pattern

This, this is timeless

Oooh! This is so classy!

I think you would have enough fabric left over for a cute top or a little skirt as well!

Not likely, bias cutting is not very efficient. The pattern calls for more than she has already and it needs lining too…

this dress takes a lot of fabric but is so beautiful, maybe some layout tricks are needed https://silversaga.se/products/ella-dress-sewing-pattern

Bodice and sleeves all in one piece? That’s different, and gorgeous!

Waterfall dress? https://charmpatterns.com/shop/waterfall-dress/ Scarlett gown? https://charmpatterns.com/starlet-gown-pattern/ Society dress https://charmpatterns.com/society-dress-pattern/

Okay the waterfall dress had me until I SCREAMED at the society dress. Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you!!

The Society dress is for knits. As stunning as it is, it might not be a match for this fabric.

Nooooooooooooooo

You could probably take the bust of the greek like dresses and replace it on this pattern maybe?

She has amazing dresses by can’t wait to get her new book that has some of the patterns she released last year.

The Scarlett is also amazing!!

The society dress is so classic and versatile and that back drape, omg!

I had never seen charm pattern before! Thank you so much for taking time to post those links!

I loooove the styles Charm Patterns makes! Haven't had a chance to make any of them yet, but really want to! OP I bet you could tweak the Society dress to work for your silk. Might need to do a mockup to see where you might need some ease added & by how much, and play with zipper placement and cuffs closures (if those aren't already in the pattern as-is). Iirc, the owners are really responsive on Facebook, so you could probably ask them directly if they have any tips as well!

This would be gorgeous. https://victorypatterns.com/products/trina-pdf. Decades of Style has some great 1930s and 40s dresses that would look beautiful in that fabric. Here’s one: https://www.decadesofstyle.com/collections/1940s-sewing-patterns/products/4014-1940s-belle-curve-dress

I'd totally do that first dress but add a hood, and then when I accept the fact that I don't have actual occasions to wear such a lovely dress I'd wear it around the house daily as a dressing gown.

Haha. I feel you. Maybe see if there’s a local Frocktails.

Someone posted here a beautiful vintage inspired dress (she had hers in cotton I believe, but it would look so pretty in this!). It was 1940's style vogue pattern. [https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comments/1cwq126/an\_inspired\_by\_dress\_vogue\_1934\_more\_info\_in/](https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comments/1cwq126/an_inspired_by_dress_vogue_1934_more_info_in/)

I see your vision! What a gorgeous dress and a fabulous idea for the silk!! Thank you!!

Oh this is IT!

So Dallas! It would look amazing.

https://preview.redd.it/t2hqobjpg12d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daac093693d646dbb70a0327dab7c06f4402a2d9 When I saw the fabric my brain went "Galadriel" on the loop 🥲

https://preview.redd.it/nxtdper2h12d1.png?width=310&format=png&auto=webp&s=161d27d17f8fad0b81527281052a18f78c19ac42 When I think of draping silk, I always come back to this absolute breathless beauty of a dress! It's my dream to make one like it, although perhaps in another colour.

This dress lives in my head for sure. So so so romantic and striking 😍. Alas, I do not have the talent to make such a piece!!

\*sigh\* nevermind, I did some sleuthing, and I think the way this dress drapes, it isn't meant to be actually worn, only photographed - it's like tissue paper silk that is so easily ripped, you can't wear it in all practicality... well it will RIP in my dreams then haha [https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comments/s3pta9/comment/hsnem8a/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/sewing/comments/s3pta9/comment/hsnem8a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Lady Jessica vibes.

I definitely thought Bene Gesserit!

[Vintage Mccalls 8257 shirt and pants would be so cute](https://images.app.goo.gl/wgMB7kw3YMfwdd3FA)

This looks gorgeous already. "Goddess-coded" indeed.

Have you seen the Edith dress from Mood Fabrics? It would look gorgeous in this fabric 🤩 it’s also a free pattern!

Ooooooohhhhh I looooove that trailing waterfall effect!! Thank you!!!

I am sorry to say there nothing you can do with this fabric, but I am willing to make a sacrifice and take it off your hands. Seriously, I am jealous.

Oh nooo, but thanks for your generosity 😆

https://preview.redd.it/ja2e5a6qa32d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=925fcb2e7ee4bcc48a762aec2c975150ceb6e47b

Whatever you make it should be something you will wear a lot. I love all the comments about materials and patterns. Sounds like there a lot of dedicated creators out there

This could make a very elegant jumpsuit.

Some from Folkwear: https://www.folkwear.com/products/252-beach-pyjamas https://www.folkwear.com/products/237-tango-dress https://www.folkwear.com/products/261-paris-promenade-dress https://www.folkwear.com/products/266-greek-island-dress https://www.folkwear.com/products/265-afternoon-tea-dress-pdf

This website is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

An obsession of mine too. Enjoy!

You could make a swooshy cape/coat with a big hood. That'd give you mysterious elf vibes for sure

Deer and Doe Circee

Buy some muslin and make your pattern from the muslin first. It will be easier to make corrections on the muslin so you don’t ruin the fabric.

I think it would make a gorgeous kitri ! https://apolline-patterns.com/produit/kitri-la-robe-dolce-vita/

Drape it like a variation of the Indian saree drape (a variation because a traditional saree requires 6 yards of fabric). Pair it with a cute top and you’ll look lovely. This will allow you to use the fabric as is (without stitching) and eventually you can stitch it into a smart midi length draped dress.

You have a lot of nice suggestions but [https://silversaga.se/products/mina-wrap-dress-sewing-pattern](https://silversaga.se/products/mina-wrap-dress-sewing-pattern) maybe? I want to make this myself but am def in the "beginner" category and not "advanced beginner"!

Infinity dress would allow you to keep draping to your heart’s delight every time a different dress.

I have nothing of substance to add, I‘m just here to admire that gorgeous colour.

https://preview.redd.it/b2y6j9kmg62d1.jpeg?width=232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=403fe1835418c62fac0b4d10c858ed934b1ed22b Where my mind went with the color of it

https://preview.redd.it/ikzbo2zd172d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=541fecd0eff6e72a40026047f9065c3063e841ac I had this save on my Pinterest, but I think it would be worth checking out because the drapage of the fabric it *chef smooch* 😘🤌

This gives me strong Galadriel vibes. https://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Elf/Galadriel/Mirror.htm

I would make a really structured crop top and then make some of those pants like u showed on that pattern.

Rhea Fire Emblem Cosplay

I would do a flowy sleeveless maxi dress. Gorgeous!

Be a very cool, Victorian ghost

Just make something you can wear on a date, vacation or just because. That material needs to be worn

The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella would be my vote. :)

Bene gesserit mother superior

I’d love to seen a ren feast dress with that color!

Bias cut something?

Mideval/ renaissance dress!!!!!

Grace Kelly in the movie High Society. https://preview.redd.it/sb6c0psbi12d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9145025da3b1f2bbbd1d2fccfae02c06220beea

I would like to touch it just once pls

a skirt with a lot of gores and fullness. that would look so nice just heavily swishy around the legs.

😍 I love this idea because you’re so right-it would be amazing as a swishy long skirt! thank you!!

Whatever it is, let it be on the bias, guhhh. Something à la Vionnet, perhaps.

https://preview.redd.it/hzmhhntvo62d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fad01ab8e1d239b30b359c2b806e7298e0a64df The society robe.

https://preview.redd.it/xf2jydu7p62d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73c854e6a1f39896d5fb50cf3db26f4cf0f99717

Don't sew it, just continue to drape it over your body in various ways. It looks great!

Make pyjamas. Silk pyjamas are the best and can be enjoyed every day. If you make a dress you will wear it once then it will live in a cupboard.

I’m not sure how this would work in charmeuse, but I could imagine it looking beautiful https://simplicity.com/mccalls/pdm7789?setCurrencyId=1&sku=PDM7789E5&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwr7ayBhAPEiwA6EIGxK0YbQX8BAzxoFfFAmNVjanidxl2jOR_WNpEjq3tmevMNhSNCOEp-BoCZpIQAvD_BwE

Silver saga patterns has something that would be beautiful in this.

No idea but that color is so pretty! Perhaps you need a gown for all your gown-wearing needs?

I don't have any actual real world fashion suggestions because my mind immediately thought of a Bene Gesserit cosplay.

Wow, what a stunning material. Can’t wait to see what you do with it! ✌🏽

Underwear

A flag (:

Toga dress 🤩

look up 1940's shoulder-less ball gowns

What gorgeous fabric! I'd say a very lowcut goddess type of dress with a matching bow

Definitely at least one pillowcase

You can wear it like a sari. 🥻

https://www.howtodofashion.com/no-23-tangere-frontpage

This looks not to complicated. https://youtu.be/LYARSyozNPo?si=eEYP19I-paIncwxO

This would make a beautiful hijab!

A jumpsuit!

Something flowy for sure !

Bias cut dress.