I've got a couple weeks before I can order the violet and dusty pink broadcloth for Patchouli, so I've been going through the fabric I have currently and deciding if there is anything I can do with it. I have enough felt left over from Cynder that I could probably make a jacket if I really wanted to and I also just have lots of scraps from fabric my mom has used in the past and scraps of my own fabric all in this large, purple tub.
Whilst on my search, I found black crushed panne velvet (from a panda costume mom and I worked on for Halloween a few years back) and I found this upholstery/tapestry-like fabric which is a beautiful gold colour with a floral pattern that my mom had used to make Christmas stockings and a robe for a St. Nick doll a long time ago. The gold fabric has been around for quite some time but is nice and sturdy and the velvet is slightly stretchy so it'd be wonderful for movement.
The crushed panne velvet ~ I'm glad I was able to get a shot where you could see the texture. It stretches in only one direction so if I were to use it and want that give, I'd have to keep checking the grain while I was sewing since I've never really worked with the grain in mind.
Finally, a look at what the two fabrics look like together! I'm still unsure if I have enough of the velvet to really do what I want to do, but I think I can search a little more and work with the patterns I have to get the best results.
I really want to make a vest! Even if the textures and colours are more wintery, I'd probably wear it even in warmer weather with more spring or summer like pieces to offset the wintery/fall effect. The floral gold would be the front of the vest while the velvet would be the back so I could have a little bit more movement than I would if I managed to make the vest entirely out of the gold fabric. Hopefully I can begin work on this and come back with the results, especially since I can't work on my next cosplay just yet.
Wish me luck ~