I bought this the other day from VintageCassandra on eBay. I’m sure you can see why. who could resist that collar? It practically reaches out and grabs you by YOUR collar. (Which of course you are wearing. A day without a flamboyant collar is like a day without chocolate.)

I feel, however, much like the dog who chased the car and caught it. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what to do with this now that I’ve got it — and by “what to do with,” I mean: what fabric should I make this in? When I clicked on “BuyItNOW” I had a dozen ideas of what would work for this, all from my stash; now I have nary a one that doesn’t involve a trip to the fabric store for wide black and white stripes, and that is right Out, seeing as how I’m going to be at liberty (that is, at liberty AT Liberty) in London in just a hair over two weeks, and every fabric penny must be saved for that momentous occasion. I suppose I could wait until after my trip to sew this up, but of course I want to sew it NOW.

I think Saturday morning will see me spreading yardages all over the ironing board, trying to make a good match. I have some bright seersucker stripe which would be cute–maybe too cute for a matron like myself; I have some blazing scarlet with large white polka dots which would be tremendously overbearing; I have a kicky abstract floral that might be just a little too busy (hah — like anything’s too busy for my taste!). I’ll line ’em all up and see what comes to mind. I’m sure I have something perfect that I’ve forgotten about, and, if not, I will put this in the box with the other patterns that are waiting for the arrival of fabric Charming.

What would you make this in? (Don’t say “a nice solid,” please, it’s too, too dispiriting.)

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