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Made by a Fabricista: Experimenting with Percale

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Don't know about you, but this time of year, I like to start thinking about sewing some garments for fall.  I love the colors of fall, the browns, oranges, greens, and purples.


I found this brown, floral percale on Fabric Mart's site and wanted to try it for a garment. There are lots of choices on their site, which you can see here: Percale/Sheeting




This fabric has a very crisp hand, perfect for a pair of cropped pants.  Back in my day, these were called gauchos.  Anyone else remember that phase?  Here is the pattern I used, if you are interested! 
Simplicity 8175


This fabric was a great choice for this pant as it holds its shape, is crisp, and is comfortable.


I only made a few modifications, the most noticeable was to lengthen the tie.


Let's talk about my bright green top for a moment.  This is some of FM's linen, this is the avocado green.  I had just enough left in my stash from a previous project to make a fun top to go with these wild, floral pants.


I modified this pattern, by leaving off the flange of the sleeve.  Simplicity 8642


I love how these fabrics go together!




I hope you are all enjoying summer and creating some great makes!
Thanks for reading!
Sue


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  1. Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)August 11, 2018 at 5:52 PM

    These are cute and I was wondering how those percale fabrics at Fabric Mart sewed up! And yes, I remember the term gauchos!

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  2. marjenannAugust 11, 2018 at 5:56 PM

    Wow! Another outstanding outfit! Fabulous!!!!!

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  3. Ann BrodskyAugust 12, 2018 at 12:27 PM

    Great color combination! Love your shoes and accessories too!

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  4. EileensewsAugust 12, 2018 at 9:25 PM

    Love the top! Never even thought of leaving the ruffley thing off.
    I remember wearing gauchos !

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  5. Pat GottshalkAugust 13, 2018 at 4:34 PM

    Thanks for showing the percale. I have been looking at the beautiful percale prints in the FM website.

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  6. rylee787August 29, 2018 at 10:20 AM

    I actually had 2 of those picked out to sew up some tunics, but was worried and scared off by the fabric. Would this be a good choice for early fall? I am new at fabric choise and always worried I am going to waste my money since I can't feal it in person. Super cute pants by the way...

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