Fashion means never having to say you're sari

My sister and her husband recently went to India and kindly brought me back 4 gorgeous saris to use for fabric. I'm very lucky to have such a great sister and brother in law that they lugged back such gorgeous fabric all the way from India for me, but now I'm at a loss for what to do with it. I'm in that place that I think many sewers get into which is the I-want-to-use-this-fabric-but-it's-too-lovely-to-ruin-so-I-can't-use-it area of Sewersville. It's just left of Crap-I-didn't-follow-the-measure-twice-cut-once-rule.

The fabric itself is a very silky fine fabric, something which I'm not all too familiar with. Also, the kind of clothing options that usually come immediately to mind are not ones that necessarily look good on me. I'm pretty much have an hour glass figure and satiny bias-cut dresses don't really do much for me. Two of the saris also happen to be see-through, so lining is a must.

Sari 1


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Sari 2


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Sari 3


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Sari 4


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So in a effort to not let the fabic go to waste, I'm thinking that I might start off simply by going off on the dress that I've been lusting after at Bop, which seems to be a pretty simple design. I'm thinking I could probably just sew two rectangles of fabric together, put in a little casing around the back at my waist line, make a cord to go through the casing and hopefully I'll end up with a cute summer dress.

Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.