Deck the Halls with Yards of Fabric

Wouldn't it be great if we could bathe our houses in jacquard and brocade and taffeta...

and have those lovely yards serve as holiday decorating?

We could include lacy neon exposed zippers...

and giant statement earrings...

and we'd pleat fabric all around corners, and stairs, and windows...

and use EVERY INCH OF IT to decorate our BODIES when the holidays are over.

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SUSTAINABLE SEWING.

The deets:

She's a simple, lined, princess seamed bodice (self-drafted, but you could use a pattern like this or this). Although the vertical seams are boned with rigeline, there's pulling across the front, either due to Thanksgiving Feasting (no regrets), or, maybe a darted foundation is the key to erasing those lines? I'm in the middle of Vogue 1426, which uses just that, so we shall see. WE SHALL SEE! 

The skirt is a giant rectangle of fabric, pleated and draped to fit the waist circumference, sans side seam. Sort of a column dress! There's no vent action, so you're not running any marathons in this. But you are going to walk a red carpet in it, nice and slow. And if you're like me, after you're done, you'll drape it over your bedside chair, like a decoration...to gaze at All. Year. Long.