Made by a Fabricista: Casual Silk Top and Crepe Knit Pants

Made by a Fabricista:  Casual Silk Top and Crepe Knit Pants
For this month's post, I decided to show you a wonderful product on Fabric Mart's site. Fabric Kits!  Did you know Fabric Mart has these?  If you've never used a Fabric Kit, it is a great opportunity to try a new pattern company with a fabric that is perfect for that make.


Here is a link so you can browse for yourself!  Fabric-Kits


I chose a kit in my favorite color to wear, black.  My kit is by The Sewing Workshop and I made the Eureka skirt in a ponte knit in black.  


As I mentioned earlier, the pattern and fabric pairing is really nice.  This skirt is perfect in a rather stable ponte knit.  This fabric washes and dries really well and holds its shape when you wear it all day.  

I always forget how difficult it is to photograph black inside.  The details on this skirt are fun.  This is different than a regular straight skirt.  I hope you can see the seaming on this skirt.  There are no side seams and the V in the front forms a bit of a pleat at the center front and back.  It also has an elastic waistline and this time of year, who doesn't love that?  


To go with this skirt, I choose this gray and black striped knit.  This was very nice to work with and even nicer on my skin!  I used a free pattern I found on-line and I quite like it and thought the casual styling was really nice with the skirt, plus it hides the elastic waistband so I am the only one who knows!  


Fabric Mart has a nice selection of notions and one I want to highlight is the SewkeysE tape.  If you've never tried this, do!  It is amazing on knits and I am so sold on it I won't use any other brand.  I used it on the hems of my top and skirt and also to stabilize the neckline of the top.  It works like a dream!  


After fusing the SewkeysE tape, it is simple to just turn the hem up and then stitch.  Since I am not loving my coverstitch, I use a stretch stitch on my regular Bernina sewing machine and it worked beautifully.  


I hope if you're not too sure about sewing with knit fabric you'll give a Fabric kit a try.  I also hope you'll try the SewkeysE tape!  It applies so easily and makes a nice clean edge if you like to use it as a guide for pressing a perfect hem length.  See below for that!  


Thanks for reading!
Sue from Ilove2sew!

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    Unknown: February 15, 2018

    Love it. I prewash dry clean only fabrics in my machine regularly and figure I am just looking for their real selves. It is a risk, but I just do not dry clean most clothes. I have had rayons that crinkled up and I cut them crinkled so they would look right straight out of the machine without ironing.

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    Lynda Woerner: February 15, 2018

    What a beautiful outfit! Thank you for sharing such good information on sewing with the silk. I haven't sewn anything with silk yet, but I have 10 yards of silk chiffon that I just bought from Fabric Mart that are waiting to be turned into a dress. Your information will be helpful.

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    sewer54: February 15, 2018

    Very cute….

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    Sue Parrott: February 16, 2018

    Ann, so cute! Great color combinations for you and as always, lovely sewing!

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    Nancy: February 26, 2018

    What an exquisite color and you wear it beautifully. The whole outfit is lovely but the top is breath-taking. Thanks for the tips for sewing a lightweight silk and for letting us know that washing it worked out okay. The tunic pattern is lovely also and I love the tucks on it. Thanks so much for sharing.

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    JD: February 19, 2018

    Really love your Valentine outfit. Lovely color for you. I especially like your pants. Wonderful outfit!

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