Fabric Mart Fabricistas

Hello everyone! I’m very excited to work with Fabric Mart for the first time & be one of their Fabricistas! For my first project, I decided to make Hitomi Kisugi from the classic anime, Cat’s Eye! She’s been on my cosplay list for years!  Cat’s Eye is about a trio of sisters, Hitomi, Rui, & Ai, who run their cafe called “Cat’s Eye" in the daytime, but at nighttime they are skilled art thieves known as “Cat’s Eye” (yes the same name!) who steal art and jewelry that belonged to their father. Hitomi’s boyfriend is one of the detectives constantly trying (and failing!) to capture them, while being unaware that Hitomi & her sisters are Cat’s Eye. As Cat’s Eye, she wears a blue bodysuit, but the design varies depending on the series. I decided to make the bodysuit that she wears in the crossover movie, Lupin the 3rd vs Cat's Eye! It’s one of my favorite designs! I first made a mockup using fabrics from my stash and my go to bodysuit pattern. Since Hitomi’s bodysuit has d...

Have you ever found yourself in a transitional period?  Well that’s where I currently am in my life.  After spending 3 years in Texas I found myself having to pack all my things up and putting them in storage as I figure out my next season. Packing up means including my entire sewing room and not having access to any of my things. However no matter the situation as a creator I am always going to need to create.  So now I am adapting my methods and doing more of a slow sew process to still make beautiful things. I have to strategize how I can use or draft patterns, my cutting layout and techniques in my process. I saw this gorgeous tie dye sweatshirt knit and knew I wanted to make a sweatshirt set to keep me comfortable whether sitting in the house or running errands. I love the weight and softness of this fabric as it feels like a comfy blanket, so comfortable on the skin.  Fabric Mart also has great notions and it saved me a trip to the store to get matching threa...

Hello Everyone.  I hope you are enjoying your new year so far. I know most of us are smack dab in the middle of winter, but I can’t help but think of springtime. It is definitely one of my favorite times of year. I would say season, but we don’t really have seasons in South Florida. It is either hot or kind of cold but not really spring as we all know it.  For me, spring is when I know we won’t get any more cold weather. At any rate, I knew I wanted to make something for the springtime and that’s just what I did. When I started looking for fabric for my make, I looked for something with color.  The shirting fabric was on sale at the and I came across this gorgeous green shirting with leaves and I fell in love! The name of the fabric is Wild Forest Green/Royal Green 100% Polyester Fern Print Performance Woven Shirting - Robert Kaufman - 57W and it is everything! I don’t think I’ve ever loved fabric as much as this one. It feels so soft and has amazing drape. The print an...

Sewing a coat is not for the faint of heart, or for the sewist looking for a light project. It is possibly the slowest form of apparel sewing that exists. If you’ve made a coat, chances are, you know what I mean. No matter what you do, you can’t rush through it, you can’t skip steps or cut corners, you just have to roll with the punches. One minute you’re flying through assembly thinking “I’ll be finished soon,” and the next you’re running away from your sewing room because you need space. Are you guaranteed to end up with a bespoke wonder in your coat closet, most definitely! But heed my warning, if you are looking for a quick win, it is not a coat!  My coat sewing chronicles began around Christmas when I fell in love with a black-and-white basketweave wool-coating fabric on the Fabric Mart website. I quickly placed an order for 3.75 yards to finally make the Seamwork Bay coat I’ve been dreaming of making for a while. In addition to my Fabric Mart wool, I also ordered Kasha Satin...

Hey sewing friends! As I pondered what sort of plan to tackle for my next wintry project, a new and glorious array of rainbow Polartec fabrics filled the Fabric Mart site. I’ve enjoyed sewing with this brand’s fabrics for many years now, and I’m all too happy to add some more to my wardrobe.  I picked two of my favorite types, the Power Air Grid Double Knit and the Power Grid Fleece.  Choosing a few colors in matching weights to combine them into something totally me sounded perfect. Look at this stunning heap!  When I’m sewing two different fabrics together, I prefer to use the same weight and type so that they behave similarly and hang well together. Any extra piecing like this also creates topstitching opportunities galore! (You already know I’m all about that available thread matching.) In this case, I opted for three colors in each of the two fabric varieties I mentioned above for the best combining results.  I figured I’d dive in with a brief overview of how y...