Style Maker Fabrics Spring Blog Tour

One of my favorite times of the year, Style Maker Fabrics' Spring Blog Tour, I love to see all the creations and the inspiration.

This is the first time I have not made a jacket as party of my tour.  I fell in love with this Calendared Stretch Denim Tomato and wanted to make a pair of Ginger Jeans.  I loved this color and red is always such a good color for spring and summer. This fabric is amazing and has the perfect amount of stretch for the Ginger Jeans.  I have made several pair of Ginger Jeans and I feel like I get the fit a bit better each time.  

For this pair I didn't go with the skinny leg and not quite a straight leg, just somewhere in between.

I used some of the fitting tips at the Closet Case website to help with some extra fabric below by seat, I have done a fish-eye dart previously to help with some of that fabric but needed a bit more fabric. out.

I also used some twill tape at the top waistband seam, on the facing side and that really helps the waistband from stretching out.  As I was sewing on the twill tape, I thought about using it at the top of the yoke, before attaching the waistband.  Luck had it, I had not attached the waistband, so I did just that, in fact putting the yoke down along my feed dogs to ease that yoke in a bit.  I felt like this pair had just a bit of extra in the yoke.  This was just what my jeans needed and the waistband facing with my gingham trimmed edge covered the  twill tape perfectly.


This stretch denim was so easy to sew and topstitch.  I used a combination of the edgestitching foot and my 1/4" foot.  I didn't have a good topstitching thread, so I used a shade lighter construction thread and the triple stitch. 

I did use some fun fabric for the pocket bags, some quilting cotton with sewing terms

Spring is suppose to be here but all we get is rain and clouds, which means green grass and spring flowers soon.  Only downside is getting photos taken, which I did on three different days!  Can you tell, I went with the natural curly hair one day.

My back pocket was inspired by RTW, first a template

And here is the back pocket with chalk marks.  I like to mark lots on my back pockets and the chalk marker is a good way.  I was going to use my frixion pens but they left a mark on my denim after I used my iron to remove the mark.  So always test your pens.

I had some gingham, that I thought would be perfect for these jeans.  First I used the gingham to finish the edge of the waistband.  I used this Closet Case tutorial to finish the waistband

I  had to use the gingham one more spot, I finished the seams with the gingham.  Isn't it just too fun.

Now a few photos inside to show off the top and the pants a bit better.  This top is inspired from an Anthropologie top

photo from Antrhopologie

Michelle had just the trims I needed and she sent a ladder stitch trim

and a floral eyelet insert trim

I went with pintucks and the ladder stitch trim  The pattern I used was the

 Hey June HandmadeUnion St. Tee

The fabric is a jersey knit solid and is a very nice fabric.  It washed perfectly and was so fun to make this antrho-inspired top.

I did trace around my front pattern piece and cut out this pattern piece larger.  I marked the center front and then marked pintucks.  I used my edge stitching foot to apply the ladder trim.  Once all these steps were completed, I cut the front out to size

I have decide to make a small dart just above the bustline to take out the extra fabric on my next Union tee - I seem to have this extra fabric in all of them I have made

I love my two new pieces and I can't wait for the weather to cooperate so I can dress for spring!

Make sure to visit all the bloggers on this tour to see all the fabulous garments but most importantly the great Style Maker Fabrics.  Michelle and her mom pick out the best fabric, it is the best quality and right on trend.  I have been a customer since the very beginning and I have already placed an order after watching Inside the Hem's swatch video 

Hope you saw Merrits Makes yesterday and head to Goodbye Valentino tomorrow.


Disclosure - The fabric was given to me by Style Maker Fabrics to participate in the Spring Blog Tour, all the opinions are mine.