Today I’d like to talk about sewing with knits, my second favorite fabric type behind Liberty London cotton lawn of course =) I like knits because there are many different prints and the fabric is so comfortable. I know some of you may be intimidated of sewing with knits so I’d like to go over what sewing tools and techniques…
To continue destashing my Liberty fabric collection, I decided to indulge in some selfish sewing and use one of my fabrics for a new spring top. I chose this lovely Liberty Hera peacock feather print I saw used in this J.Crew shirt. I used my favorite Simplicity pattern 1377 view E also seen here and here. It was harder to…
I love the variety of prints from Liberty London and thought what better way to showcase them than to create my own Liberty London patchwork top. This is a great way to use up some of your favorite scraps from other projects. You can also see my other fabric scrap projects here.
I’ve always liked tees with shoulder and and elbow patches as decorative accents and thought this was the perfect way to use small scraps I have of one of my favorite Liberty prints, the Margaret Annie. This is a great way to use up some of your favorite scrap prints to accent a plain tee. I also used scraps of…
Today I’d like to continue talking about sewing apparel with quilting cotton. You can read my original post about sewing apparel with quilting cotton here. Quilting cotton is usually stiffer and has less drape than apparel fabrics. If you find a lovely quilting cotton that you absolutely must have as a garment, consider sewing a quilting cotton jacket as I…
Today I am going to discuss a topic mentioned in my Welcome post, sewing apparel with quilting cotton. My DIY quilted jacket is probably my most successful venture sewing with quilting cotton. Coletterie has a great post about cotton in her fabric series where she talks about sewing with quilting cotton. Tilly and the Buttons also has very good tips…
