Spring Lineup
- fabman556
- Apr 26, 2018
- 3 min read
Taking a Break from Quilts
Three quilt tops for Quilts of Valor have come off the machine in recent weeks, and I'm itching to get back to making some apparel. Let's take a look at what's in the lineup! (in no particular order)
Note: Just because a piece of fabric is moved to "the lineup" doesn't mean it will actually get sewn up. Regular readers will remember how many years it took me to finally get the tan striped seersucker suit fabric off the stash, into the lineup and onto a hanger in the closet. DTFM has a short attention span and is easily distracted by a shiny new piece of fabric.
Ultra Violet, Pantone's Color of 2018
With the announcement of Ultra Violet as Pantone's color of the year last December (check the blog post here: https://fabman556.wixsite.com/dan-the-fabric-man/single-post/2017/12/07/In-a-Purple-Haze), I swung into action and acquired a piece of purple brushed twill from fabric.com for pants, and an assortment of Patrick Lose cotton blenders for a shirt (in a Pantone-recommended color palette, below).
An interpretation of a shirt from desigual, this shirt will offer another opportunity to engineer my own fabric with patches and vertical strips, where it likely will take almost as much time to make the fabric as it does to make the shirt.
I'll use my usual Burda shirt pattern from the early 90s, and a new skinny-leg pants pattern, also from Burda.
"Paperweight"
This shirt fabric is new, as well, from fabric.com. When I saw it I remembered another desigual shirt I had pinned to my "Shirting the Issue" Pinterest board. Check it out here: https://www.pinterest.com/dancox556/shirting-the-issue/
This fabric, named "Paperweight," is part of a Kaffe Fassett collection from several years ago that has been reissued, and it has a great hand feel. No fancy sewing tricks on this one; the fabric is the focus.
"Kent" Linen
This moss-green Irish linen fabric has been on the stash for quite awhile, and I believe its Irish maker, Moygashel, has gone out of business. I have used several Moygashel linens for suits over the years, and the quality is very high. "Kent" linen is a handkerchief linen weight and will be perfect for a casual shirt. When I saw the inspiration shirt on the Todd Snyder website, I definitely connected it to my stash. I look forward to wearing this soon!
Non-traditional Liberty
This fabric is relatively new to the stash...maybe 2014 or 2015...and is a textured cotton from Liberty of London. It's a unique fabric and a decidedly unusual print for Liberty, which is known for floral designs. This will be a short sleeved shirt, since I underestimated the yardage requirement (this is 54" wide and I thought it was 60") when I placed the order at fabric.com. Another shirt that is all about the fabric.
Baseball Stripe
Regular readers have seen this one before, and here it comes again. It's a cotton stripe that was a co-ordinate to a baseball-themed nursery collection I created for JOANN around 2010 when I was the nursery fabric buyer. This would be more interesting as a horizontal stripe (left shirt, above), or mitered stripe, (right shirt, with my scribbles added). Decisions, decisions...
Tiki Print
Perfect for a camp-style shirt, this fabric was designed by Mary Fons for her Springs Creative international-themed quilt fabric collections a few years ago. I'll combine it with solid black as in the inspiration shirt, at least for the front and sleeves; the back will be all tiki print. Should be a fun project!
Dots on Black
Another Mary Fons international quilt fabric from Springs Creative, with plans for a very traditional shirt and a fairly quick project with no sewing tricks.
Madras Co-ordinates
Regular readers will recognize this group, too, from last summer's lineup. These three striped and plaid madras cottons are intended for a casual collarless shirt, unlined jacket and pants. These have appeared on the lineup several times, and here they are again. Who knows...this may be their year!
If I can get all or most (or in reality, "any") of these pieces off the stash and onto hangers in the closet, that will make some room for shiny new pieces of fabric, right?
Until next time, keep those sewing machines humming, and I'll keep an eye out for some shiny new fabrics!
DTFM
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