Made by a Fabricista: Playing With Border Prints

If you've searched through FM's gorgeous selections like I have, you'll notice so many fun border prints.  I love border prints.  The can make a simple dress/top look so boutique like.  

 No one believes you made it with gorgeous fabrics like a border print. 

 

Be sure to check out FM's selection of border prints!  This one is in the 'as is' category.  I didn't find anything wrong with the fabric.  It's soft, washes well and I love the colors.  

My fabric choice

Here are some other equally pretty selections, some of which are a knit.  

Famous Dress Designer Double Border print

Knit border print

Another border print

Border prints can spark creativity, let you create something unique, or simply spice up a simple pattern.

Normally, I use a knit border print, but this time I wanted to use a woven.  I stumbled across this dress pattern shown below and knew it would make a fun dress, especially with a fun border print. 

This pattern is from StyleArc and is called the Peggy Woven Dress.  I love Indy pattern companies!  Have you perused the selection of FM's pattern?  If not, you are in for a treat! You can see those here: FM's Sewing Pattern Selection.  There are so many Indy pattern companies listed.

Ok, so back to the dress.  This was a fun pattern to sew together.  Plus, I was able to really 'play' with the print.  With a border print such as this, you need to cut everything out on the crossgrain.  If you've never done that before, it's will be okay.  Just cut. 

As you can see, I used the border for the pockets and part of the border for the button back bands.  I tried to think of more ways but I didn't want to over-kill the effect.  I played with color a little more with the buttons I chose for the back. Those buttons were in my stash.  

I really love my dress.  It's a perfect addition to my summer wardrobe.  

Thanks for reading!

Sue from Ilove2sew!