Sometimes a fabric tells you exactly what it wants to become. That was the case with this beautiful blue rayon voile from Fabric Mart. Lightweight, beautiful drape, deep color, and wonderfully soft, it practically begged to be transformed into the Eleonora dress by Silversaga Patterns. I have made this pattern 4 times and each time it has been fun and makes a really beautiful dress. While the pattern is beautiful, the real star of this dress is the fabric. This beautiful royal blue rayon voile has a magical combination of lightness and drape that gives garments movement and provides amazing comfort. It felt so luxurious, I immediately ordered it in 4 more colors. I want to share some helpful tips in how to care for delicate fabric that I used during washing, cutting and construction that you can use so your project turns out beautiful every time! The blue immediately caught my eye. I had it saved in my favorites for a while until I received the email announcing that it went on sa...
Happy Summer Friends! As I am writing this, we are headed into a nasty heat wave…so the timing could not be better to share two of my favorite summer patterns and fabrics. But first, let me tell you about the fail I had heading into this month’s blog… As Fabricista’s, we get to pick out fabric for each of our blog submissions. I fell in love with this gorgeous lilac jacquard knit that I thought would be perfect for a pop of color in my summer wardrobe. But I made a fatal error - I grabbed a pattern I haven’t made for years, quickly went up one size to account for a few new pounds, and sewed them up. And they don’t fit, will NEVER fit, and will never be worn. Sigh…when will I learn?? Here’s a flat lay pic so we can at least look at the lovely fabric: The lesson I learned (relearned!) is that just like with off the rack clothes, the things that worked well for me years ago don’t work well for me today. And that’s the case with both tops and bottoms. So I went back to two patt...