Made By A Fabricista: Fabric Kits

For this month's post, I decided to show you a wonderful product on Fabric Mart's site. Fabric Kits! Did you know Fabric Mart has these? If you've never used a Fabric Kit, it is a great opportunity to try a new pattern company with a fabric that is perfect for that make.

Here is a link so you can browse for yourself! Fabric-Kits

I chose a kit in my favorite color to wear, black. My kit is by The Sewing Workshop and I made the Eureka skirt in a ponte knit in black.

As I mentioned earlier, the pattern and fabric pairing is really nice. This skirt is perfect in a rather stable ponte knit. This fabric washes and dries really well and holds its shape when you wear it all day.

I always forget how difficult it is to photograph black inside. The details on this skirt are fun. This is different than a regular straight skirt. I hope you can see the seaming on this skirt. There are no side seams and the V in the front forms a bit of a pleat at the center front and back. It also has an elastic waistline and this time of year, who doesn't love that?

To go with this skirt, I choose this gray and black striped knit. This was very nice to work with and even nicer on my skin! I used a free pattern I found on-line and I quite like it and thought the casual styling was really nice with the skirt, plus it hides the elastic waistband so I am the only one who knows!

Fabric Mart has a nice selection of notions and one I want to highlight is the SewkeysE tape. If you've never tried this, do! It is amazing on knits and I am so sold on it I won't use any other brand. I used it on the hems of my top and skirt and also to stabilize the neckline of the top. It works like a dream!

After fusing the SewkeysE tape, it is simple to just turn the hem up and then stitch. Since I am not loving my coverstitch, I use a stretch stitch on my regular Bernina sewing machine and it worked beautifully.

I hope if you're not too sure about sewing with knit fabric you'll give a Fabric kit a try. I also hope you'll try the SewkeysE tape! It applies so easily and makes a nice clean edge if you like to use it as a guide for pressing a perfect hem length. See below for that!

Thanks for reading!
Sue from Ilove2sew!

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I think I might have a problem. I’m obsessed with a good matching set. Matching Sets can be considered as a coordinated chic look. A perfectly paired top and bottom that creates a seamless, stylish look with minimal effort. I think that’s exactly what I did. Usually when I’m looking for fabric, I try to have something in mind of what I’m going to make with it. Well, I’m here to report that I totally forgot what pattern I was going to use for this beautiful fabric. I believe I had a dress in mind, but I couldn’t remember the pattern for the life of me. The fabric I chose is called Indian red dandelion soft lavender flower poplin shirting . I’ve used poplin from Fabric Mart several times and it’s always a win for me. I went through several different patterns for the top, until I landed on the Sara Top from Fibre Mood. I’ve had this top in my stash for so many years, and I thought it would be great for this fabric. This pattern is basically 2 rectangles with a chann...

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