Hello Sewing Friends! I hope all of you are safe, healthy, and feeling good about life in general. These are crazy times we are living in!
As I was debating what to make for my July blog post, I ran across a few garments made from lightweight sweater knits and decided to look through FMs selection. I found this gorgeous black, white, and gray floral that I made my dress out of.
It appears to be sold out right now, but here are some other great choices. Sweater knits I like checking on FMs site on a frequent basis as their selection is updated often.
I always seem to have my eyes closed in at least one photo!
For this post, however, I knew I wanted a summer, yet trans-seasonal garment since this fabric is just so lovely, soft, and I am such a sucker for floral prints that I wanted to wear this as much as possible. Do you ever come across fabric and feel the same way?
I didn't have to do anything special or out of the ordinary with this fabric. I treated it just as any other knit garment. I chose a dress pattern that listed sweater knit as an option, although this fabric is lightweight and I could have thought of it as regular light to mid weight. If you are interested, here is a link to the pattern: Joanne faux wrap knit dress
As always, I use a fusible knit stay tape at the neckline, armscye, and hemline to stabilize it.
I love this dress! I plan on wearing it often. I feel pretty and polished when wearing it.
I hope that you are making some garments that make you feel pretty, polished, are comfortable and make you feel like a million bucks wearing them!
Thanks for reading!
Sue
Ilove2sew!
Beautiful! S
ReplyDeleteSo glad to sew this fabric sewn up. I just bought some to make a cardigan.