Made By A Fabricista: Seersucker for Summer

Hi Fashionistas!

I was so excited to sew with a beautiful yellow seersucker I found at Fabric Mart recently. Here is the top I made:

You see, I have been the slowest to catch on to the cold shoulder trend. I know, its been around for a while and is continuing into fall fashions. I was meeting my hubby for pizza one night and had some time to kill. So I decided to do some window shopping when I saw and tried on this RTW top.. and loved it.

So.. I made a pattern... and found the perfect fabric.

And made my own version! I really do love the tent shape of this top. It is very different than the usual type of garments I make and wear, which typically tend to be more fitted.

The sleeves are so lovely.. here are some more pictures of the sleeve:

I drafted a facing and modified the sleeves a bit by removing the band at the bottom and hemming them instead.

I also made the straps a fixed length as opposed to adjustable.

Overall I am pretty happy with the way the top turned out. I topstitched all around the neckline to ensure the facing was sitting down.

I actually started making another version in a white cotton, but that one is still a work in progress. I may or may not get to wear that one this year!

I hope you enjoyed this make! I am going to work on some maxi dresses next! Fall is coming!! Hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. I sure am!

See you soon

XOXO

-Vatsla from Fashion Behind The Seams

Made by a Fabricista: Comfy Palazoo Pants - Mommy and Me

Happy Saturday All! How have you been coping with this sudden change? 2020 is the year of adjustments and most of us will probably never forget due to the Covid-19. I am in the acceptance phase and the first 2 weeks were challenging for me to cope at first. I honestly adjusted around week 3 and have learned to cope and made the best out of it.

To get my daughter Arielle out of the house after not leaving for a month, I decided that I would make a few pieces that were on my to-make list and convince her to dress up so that I can shoot. She has been begging for a few palazzo pants since January and since we both have been home since March and I had no excuse, I just did it.

Arielle fell in love with the linen I used for my last Fabric Mart make in March and I had promised her that I would use the remaining linen in bright tan here to make her something.

I decided to use Simplicity 8605 palazzo pants to recreate a similar ready to wear pants she had.

It came out perfect and the size ext…

Made by a Fabricista: Flowers for spring

Hello all! I hope this finds you well and healthy! As I write this post, I am still WFH and still in need of COMFORT! Know what I mean? When I was drooling over FMs catalog and trying to pick out my fabric, I found myself ordering this gorgeous and soft double brushed poly.
You can see the fabric I used here: double-brushed-jersey-knit Here are some lovely choices too: Double Brushed Poly Choices Have you tried this fabric yet? I can't think of anything softer.

Of course then comes all sorts of dilemmas. What do I make? Maxi? Dress? Tops? Cardigan? Pants? I spent a good week just looking at this and finally came up with separates so I could have some ultimate comfort clothing. I love the look of jumpsuits, but I remember back in the day getting undressed to use the restroom and that was appealing to me. I settled for second best and made pants and two different tops.
Here's a link to the pants pattern I used: Pippa pants
And here are the two top patterns I …

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