The fabric a suit is made from is important in determining the style, functionality, and quality of a suit. There are a range of suiting fabrics on the market, meaning you have a lot of creative freedom to choose a fabric with the right look and feel for your suit.
We’ve put together a useful guide to choosing the perfect suiting fabric – plus, our top 10 fabric picks for suit-making.
Sewing dresses is where a lot of sewers and fashion designers start. They are generally easier to fit and sew than garments like trousers yet offer endless style and cut options to experiment with. This makes a dress the perfect piece of clothing to hone your design and sewing skills on.
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of different fabrics to choose from for your dress design – so, how do you know which fabric is the best choice? In this article, we’ll show you how to select the perfect dressmaking fabric, as well as give you our top 10 fabric picks for sewing dresses.
Trousers are an integral part of almost everyone’s style. They are the workhorses of the wardrobe, often getting frequent, heavy wear. That’s why choosing the right fabric for trousers is important – choosing the wrong fabric can mean your pants won’t look right or won’t hold up over time.
In this article, we will be going through how to choose the perfect trouser fabric, as well as our top 10 favorite fabrics for stylish, durable trousers.
When it comes to putting together a handmade wardrobe – or a fashion line – knowing what fabrics are best for making quality shirts is important. There are so many types of garment fabrics out there that narrowing down your choices can be overwhelming.
We’re here to help you choose the best fabric for your shirt design with some great tips for selecting the perfect shirt-making fabric, plus our top 10 fabric picks for sewing shirts.
I recently got acquainted with a lovely FabricSight client: togethersegal. Their story is one of togetherness and a dream to bring fashion to an underserved community.
Togethersegal was created by twin sisters Amy and Melissa, who decided to pursue their shared dream of serving the petite community through sustainable and timeless fashion. Already having established careers in completely different areas didn’t stop them from launching their fashion brand together.
Have a mystery fabric on your hands? It’s hard to know what to make with or how to care for a fabric with an unknown fibre content.
That’s where the burn test comes in – different fibres burn differently, so if you’re feeling adventurous, a little flame can tell you a lot about your fabric.
