Feels Like Summer
My first fabric collection is here!
If you are following me on Instagram then you know I recently released my first collection of designs “Feels Like Summer” now available on the Spoonflower website!
My collection features a few of my favorite things and colors for summer. Obviously I’m obsessed with watermelon and my plant babies.
One of my first makes with my own design, I choose Watermelon Skin in original and pink background. You can find these prints in my Spoonflower design studio here.
Feels like summer has a total of 11 designs (some smaller scaling upon request). There are currently 3 variations of Watermelon skin, 3 variations of Hot Plant Summer, 3 variations of Bouquet, 1 Like Water, and 1 Colorful Feathers.
This collection was created and intended to mix and match prints with each other. For instance, the stripes in the Like Water design share the same colors as the Colorful Feathers design.
Hot Plant Summer would look beautiful with any mix of the 3 color ways . The Bouquet print features a large scale bouquet in green background, medium scale yellow background, and small scale nude background. I think it would be fun to mix the large scale with the small scale for a fun floral project.
The dress
For my first project I went with the Mimi G Simplicity pattern 8639 and Spoonflower Sport Lycra. While sport lycra is most used for swimwear, I love to also create dresses and activewear with this fabric. I used a strong power mesh lining for the bodice portion of the dress and a lighter weight mesh for the skirt. Overall the dress hugs my curves very nicely if I might say so myself.
The pattern is very straight forward and does also include an invisible zipper and darts in the back bodice. I feel if you aren’t the greatest with installing a zipper on stretchy fabrics, you can opt out of the zipper as long as the dress will stretch enough for you to put on the dress. The pattern instructions do not specify but some seams need a zigzag stitch and not a straight stitch. You don’t want your seams popping when you put the dress on and if you sew in complete straight stitches, this will happen.
Mimi G has a YouTube tutorial per usual that you can also refer to.
SpoonflOwer Fabric suggestions
My top choice in every print is Spoonflower Satin! I mean why not satin? Satin is lightweight, smooth, sexy (slip dress season) and perfect for maxis, blouses, and as my friend Seweu likes to say booty clappers. Lol
Sport Lycra is my next favorite because we’re making all the swimsuits this season right? But we can also make all the activewear and dresses with this one too.
All the knits Spoonflower offers are a great choice, Modern Jersey being high on my list for color boldness.
Chiffon and Poly Crepe de Chine are also perfect for those flowy lightweight blouses, coverups, and dusters for summer.
The Lightweight Cotton Twill has won me over in the bottom weight fabric category. I have plans to make several boiler suits and jumpsuit with this fabric.
Cotton Poplin and Cotton Lawn are great for all those gathered, big, puffy sleeves we want this summer.
I love creating new designs so this is only the beginning. My next collection will be dropping soon!!
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Happy Summer!!
HEXY SET
What’s better than one? Two!
Hey y’all! I pulled out this Spoonflower Sports Lycra™️ to create not one but two of my favorites, swimwear and leggings. For the swimsuit I used the Closet Core Sophie swimsuit pattern and for the leggings I used a TNT Mccalls pattern (more deets on those here). I’m all for a matching set and I was inspired to make these two because I wanted to purchase a similar set from IVY PARK. Well them thangs sold out as quick as you can inhale. So I went to the drawing board and thought how can I achieve this look myself? And here you have…the HEXY SET!
Sophie Construction
This swimsuit was also an introduction to bra making (more on that journey really soon). Obviously you would need to create bra cups for this look. For me, finding the right cup size was a challenge. I still didn’t get the perfect fit that I was trying to achieve and I even made an initial practice cup that covered about 3 inches of my girls lol, but this will not be my only Sophie swimsuit this season.
I lined the swimsuit with a white Jersey fabric a bit lighter in weight than the Sport Lycra. You can use whatever swimsuit lining you like. My preference is always whatever will hold the tummy in comfortably. You will also need something to shape the cups. I used my tailors ham but I do wish I had something more circular. Maybe next time I’ll use baby watermelons, I mean they’re about the right size lol.
Sophie and WATERFALLS
It’s summer right? Well I’ve had this swimsuit made since winter and this Sophie was literally waiting for the right time and scene to make an appearance. My 1st water outing this season was this beautiful, nature filled hike to and even more beautiful waterfall!
Overall I love this swimsuit and I will definitely make another with a few adjustments to cup size and make the legs more of a bikini cut than full coverage bum. Tell me what you think about my HEXY Set below. As always thanks for stopping by.
Peace & Blessings!
