Made By A Fabricista: Dark Florals for Fall!

Hi Fashionistas!

I am into fall sewing for the last couple of months and this months project is building on last months black tie back top. When I picked out this gorgeous 100% Cotton Percale, I knew exactly what I had in mind. I wanted a poofy gathered skirt to complement the top I made last month. But first I styled it with my favorite button-down:

I will probably wear it more with this black top I made last month:

This top is so cute and it's my favorite at the moment. I love wearing black as it goes with just about anything!

Here is the side and back view:

This outfit was fairly easy to style. I paired it with black pumps and my owl earrings (still obsessed with these!) Here is a closeup

I ordered 2 yards of the fabric. I cut the fabric in half lengthwise so I still have a good bit leftover. I made my daughter a matching skirt. Oh and one for her toy "kitty" too.

I re-used a pattern for a self-drafted skirt I used often. For the skirt part, to took the entire 2 yards (cut in half lengthwise) and gathered it using dental floss. That gave me the poofy effect that I was looking for. Prior to that, I tried gathering manually and also using the gathering foot, but my fabric was not "poofy enough" so I switched to using the dental floss. This was my 1st time using that sewing hack.. and I will definitely be using that again!

As the temperature continues to drop, I will be wearing this skirt with leggings. Have a lovely week and see you soon!

XOXO- Vatsla at 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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