I'm sure by now, you know my love of fabric runs deep. I'm always on the search for great quality fabrics that also are in prints my girls love. I want them to want to reach for 'mama-made'. I am so excited that I was selected to be on the Raspberry Creek Fabrics Promotions team for the next year!!
Raspberry Creek Fabrics is a fabric company run by a husband and wife team who has offered high-quality apparel fabrics as well as eco-friendly in-house textile printing for the past 10 years. They carry a "Club Line" which is designed exclusively for RCF as well as other retail fabrics in many different substrates.
I enlisted the help of my girls to help me pick which prints to showcase and which patterns they wanted me to sew them. Here is our mood board that we created to keep us organized for each fabric (and helped me determine yardage needed).
First up is Stitched Floral -- This floral practically jumped off the screen at me. I'm a sucker for bold floral prints and this is a perfect Fall floral. In our pre-design planning, my youngest and I thought it would make a beautiful long sleeve maxi. However, as I sat down to sew it, I realized she would wear it a lot more often if it had a twirly skirt.
Pattern: Bloomsbury by Little Lizard King
Modifications: Modified the skirt to have a ruffled bottom.
Fabric Base: Cotton Spandex Jersey
Next is the Tonal Mint and White Tie Dye Stripe. Tie dye is making quite the comeback currently and I love that this one follows trend, but in a more subdued, sophisticated way. I especially love that I had zero mess making it. Both girls immediately picked this one, but had very different ideas for how I should sew it up.
Tween: Her request: a cropped hoodie. I added in some comfy lounge shorts with the leftovers which made her very happy!!
Modifications: Added thumbhole cuffs from the Bloomsbury Pattern (above) / No mods on the shorts
Fabric Base: French Terry
Younger daughter: She asked for a tee with ruched sides like I used for her older sister HERE.
Modifications: None
Fabric Base: Cotton Spandex Jersey
Our final selection from the new Fall Club line comes from the 'Be Kind" collection. Once again, both girls wanted this as well! They came up with different choices as the coordinate so I actually used the whole collection, minus the floral option.
Tween: Her request: another cropped hoodie. (apparently it's the tween dress code)
Patterns: Be Creative Hoodie by Ellie and Mac* (affiliate link)
Modifications: Omitted the hood/cowl in lieu of a regular neckband. Cropped the length and added 3/4" elastic in the shortened bottom band.
Fabric Base: French Terry (Micro Stripes are cotton spandex Jersey.)
Younger daughter: She wanted a cute dress with a big rainbow on the front.
Modifications: Omitted the sleeve tie, but kept the cutout.
Fabric Base: Cotton Spandex Jersey
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