Summer cottons are like candy...

Carrying on from my previous post... here are better images of the fabrics (shot with a dSLR and near an open window)... though I failed again because I forgot the flower-sun turquoise batik fabric and the orange seersucker that is an almost exact weave of the turquoise seersucker below (it's in the wash... because I wash all my cotton fabrics before use).

First up, the spicy red stripe on the left and the complimenting(?) poplin on the right. I am thinking of using these two together in a tiered skirt. What do you think? I have about four metres of each and want to retain or use the vertical/warp stripe to best advantage. Both fabrics are lightweight and soft handle.

The turquoise and cream seersucker: destined to go into a pair of Simplicity shorts as there's only two metres of this one. The orange version is four metres orange and yellow with cerise (a fancy name for pink that's kinda reddish) and might go into a tiered skirt or shorts... haven't yet decided, but I am open to suggestions. Sadly, the orange seersucker clashes with the pink of the stripe above or I'd have used it in that project. I haven't yet washed the turquoise, so it might alter in value a little after washing. This one is light-light-to-medium weight.

I'm wanting to call this 'Monet' for some reason but opted to label it as 'watercolour' because that's what it reminds me of and it's a tie-dye cotton fabric of turquoise, purple, fuschia; it came off the bolt this way... well, after I washed and dried it, this is what it looks like. I have about five or six metres of this one and I'm aiming for a circle skirt with it. However, I'm open to suggestions. It's somewhat heavier than many of the others and is light-to-medium weight.

This one is a lime-sage-beige with a gold lurex stripe in it, it's all cotton except for the lurex, it's kinda stiff and naturally crinkles up like this. It's more like a scratchy gauze. I dare not tumble dry it due to the lurex or I would to see if that'd have softened it up. Currently designated for some trousers as there's about four metres of this fabric. Other option if I can source a suitable green or cream-beige cotton jersey is for that Burda boob-skirt. It's beautiful to look at. It's lightweight yet a little stiff; I don't know if ironing it would help relax it any and I don't want to melt the lurex.

This one just makes me think of candy and Colombia and fruit; it's very cheerful to me. 100% cotton seersucker and I think I have about four metres of this one. It has red, pink, green-brown, green, lime, mint... It's relatively soft and lightweight. Options are a pair of pantaloons for belly dance class as I think I have four metres of this one.