Fabrique Fashion Forecast- Spring/Summer 2010:

It is all about COLOR! Color is emotional. Color catches the eye and can lift your mood. Colorful clothing is essential in today’s market!

The biggest color now is GREEN. Any shade of green- even neon has become a ‘basic’ for this upcoming season. Green works well with soft refined pinks and the neutral tones. Yellow remains exciting. Marigold, daffodil and always butter yellow.

If you wear a lot of black you need a pop of a shocking color in at least one accessory.

Clothing should look effortless. Drapey jersey, soft gathers, and tucks that fall close to the body are great on many women. Knits are good transitional pieces and very easy to sew.

Small details that many designers agree are new looking for spring 2010. Circle cut ruffles that are inserted in seams give a soft feminine touch. Pleated ruffles on bows in surprising places give the eye a pop of interest. Cording in a seam can define the lines of a dress or break up a floral pattern. Mire floral patterns, they don’t have to even look like they together and they will!

The trench coat is a blockbuster for this spring. We love all the defining details and it can flatter any shape or size at any age. The interpretation can be traditional beige or tomato red. Pockets, epaulets, and all that top stitching make it a project worth your time.

Feathers are showing up in prints or sewn on to fabrics. Feathers everywhere you look are fresh and fashion forward.

Sleeves are detailed and made special with lace or gathers. Never let your sleeves be plain!

This season you can expand your wardrobe by sewing a few key pieces that make you feel confident, pretty, and fashionable. If you start with a color that excites, you then find a design detail that you can master. Now go forth and SEW!!!

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHTS!

We absolutely LOVE when our customers show us the work they have done with our fabrics! It is very interesting to see what happens to a gorgeous fabrication when different hands have molded it into a living garment.

This week we turned our spotlight on Becki Berri for the unique and intricate creation made for her daughter. She pieced together many fabrique fabric pieces and long and behold a jacket was born!

She came to us during the process to show us what she was up to. Not too much later, she provided us pictures of the garment when it was all done. We love to see what our customers have produced. Awesome job Becki!

Don't forget, at Fabrique we are family! We are very proud of our customers and their work. So, if we can be any help at all during the process, we try to make ourselves available for all your sewing needs.

Don't be intimidated or shy! Come on in and show us your work...you could be featured in our next spotlight!

FAQ: about custom

dressmaking including

a wedding dress.

~ It is a fun easy process!

~ You get exactly what you want without any compromise: fit, color, and every other detail is your choice.

Fabrique will work with you on your design and yardage requirements and then match you up with the best dressmakers. The fittings are conducted here in the store. The time process is about 3 to 6 weeks depending on the dressmakers schedule.

BRIDES DON’T FORGET! For the rest of January everything you need for your custom bridal dress will be 30% off!!!

We will help you create your completely unique dream gown!

HOW DO I FIND MY DREAM MACHINE?

Thank you Mildred! At Fabrique we love helping you get where you need to be in the art of sewing! Techniques and knowledge are both very important in the sewing world but so are the tools.

With that being said, one of the main tools we use is the SEWING MACHINE, unless you hand sew everything...in that case hats off to you!

There is such a huge selection to choose from. So many brands and so many purposes. One can get lost and end up paying for a machine that you settle for and not one that can truly meet all your needs and future purposes.

Mildred has been doing some reading and came across an excellent short article from Vogue Pattern Magazine (issue Dec 2009/Jan 2010).

http://www.voguepatterns.com/vpm/intro/documents/VPMsewingmachineguide.pdf

Hopefully this will help you get a few steps closer to finding the perfect sewing mate!