Sew much new fabric!

New fabric and Happy Mother's Day! 

 

Hi all,

I'm posting this from Mississippi. My daughter is competing at JO Nationals tomorrow and I just realized I didn't post this yesterday so here it is...

 I wish I had more time to blog, but just the day to day work of getting so much product online, as well as making sure all the orders are shipping out, keeps me going most of the day.  The last two weeks we have received so many new apparel fabrics, home decor fabrics and cottons prints that I have to post a few here for you to see.

Camo Duck

New Home Dec

ITY Animal Print

 

 

There are so many more. Make sure to check our Instagram account at MICHAELLEVINEFABRICS and our new arrivals page for all our new fabrics.

 

Here are a few racks that just came to us from the warehouse. There are beautiful sequins, spandex, and metallic lace. I can't wait to get this photographed and online. They are beautiful!

 

 

Lastly, we were sold out of ML262691, a beautiful Brazil knit that MimiG used, and I'm so happy to report we received another 20 yards today. This is the end, per our vendor...really. If you wanted this fabric don't wait, it will sell out fast. Also, the athletic spandex we have been out of is back in stock. The colors are slightly different, but we're so happy to have this amazing fabric again. Mimi made two great dresses from the athletic spandex. This fabric has a great stretch and weight and is so flattering on the body. It will be online by Friday am.  That's it for now. I'm off to watch the top gymnast in the country and hope mine has a fantastic meet. Have a great Friday and for all you moms out there I hope you have a fantastic Mother's Day!

Today 40% off Minky Fabric!

Happy New Year everybody!

This is just a reminder that we are running a big end of year sale until January 1st with new discounts announced each day on our website. Today we offer 40% off for all Minky fabric. Come visit us at 920 Maple Ave in Los Angeles or head over to our online store www.lowpricefabric.com!

Minky Chevron

Minky

And the winners are...

Congratulations to...

Annette Anderson

Trena Barber

Valerie Carrington

Christine Zigler

Jennifer Howling

Please contact me at regina@lowpricefabric.com

Are you signed up for our newsletter? If not here is what you're missing...

Hi All,

I don't usually post our newsletter on the blog, and I won't do it next month, but I just want to make sure you are all signed up to receive one. We do a newsletter every month. We always show new product and give you a sneek peek of the online sales for the month, as well as other interesting tidbits we have going on. Make sure to sign up here so you are in the know.

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Just Arrived: Beadwork New Sweater Knits! New Covington! Upcoming Sales: 20% Off Home Decor 10% Off Cotton Solids Extra 10% Off Flannel Prints 20% Off Notions 20% Off All Lace Meet Robin! Robin is the newest member of our Internet team. The last week I have been calling her a "super seamstress" as she has been cranking out projects for me left and right. It is so nice to have someone with me who has been sewing for over 35 years. She started out on her grandma's knee and remembers the first time, at five, she sewed something on her own. It's amazing how good Barbie's evening gown can look from scrapes of fabric. Robin says she was hooked ever since and never looked back. Besides working with us at Michael Levine, she has her own sewing business. She mostly sews home decoratng goods for her business, but also sews apparel for herself. She is excited to introduce our readers to new products, different fabrics, and give us some of her insider sewing tips. I'm so excited to have her on board and she is so excited to get to know all of you. A big thank you to MimiG! We had a great morning with Mimi and her 90 shoppers. Our store was buzzing with activity and the the energy was amazing. Take look at our blog to see some pictures from the day. Do you see our new blue Michael Levine bags? For 5 lucky winners, one of those bags, goodies included, will be yours. The details will be announced on our Facebook page on August 6th. Stay tuned! Take a look at what our customers have been up to: Click HERE to see the fabric and HERE to see Yetunde's post! Click HERE to check out all our quilting cottons and HERE to see Bonnie's quilt! Click HERE for the fabric and HERE for the project!! Thanks for tagging us so we can see what amazing projects you're all working on. We love seeing what you are making. Keep it up! Why Follow Our Blog? Here's what's in the queue for August. First, Robin just finished two children's dresses from the new cotton batik that just arrived. Next up we will be featuring McCall's M6083. We are making one romper two ways. One is a casual day look from demin and the other is a silk animal print. It transitions perfectly from day to evening. We will also be showing you a new product that works great in the bottom of purses. We will be making a leather and fabric tote with it. In addition to projects, we will be starting Fabric Fridays. Every Friday you can go to the blog and we will show you some of the new products that have arrived that week. From apparel to home fabrics, from notions to yarn, we'll keep you in the loop. Just check in every Friday to see what new goodies have arrived. Thank you! Thank you so much for sewing and crafting along with us, and for your continued support of our retail and online shop! If you would like to be featured on our blog or our next newsletter, send us some photos of the crafts you have made from our store!      ©2013 Lowpricefabric | 920 S Maple Ave Los Angeles Ca 90015

Goodie bag giveaway...

Jump over to our Facebook page and see how to win one of the five goodie

bags that are up for grabs. Good luck!

Enjoy!

One dress done...

Hi there,

So the first dress is done. Well, really the second dress...keep reading and you will understand what I mean.  I have to share with you that this was not as quick of a project as I expected. Robin, the new addition to our blogging team, had to sew this dress twice. Yes, twice. We're going to call it a "learning experience". I picked out the fabric from one of my warehouse walk throughs. I loved the colors and the softness of the knit. It had not hit the floor yet, so I grabbed a roll for our online store and a piece for Robin to make a dress from. After looking at a few patterns, we decide on Simplicity 1804 . We felt this one was simple and versatile and would be flattering to many body types. The twist really helps define the smallest part of your body. Before I show you the final dress, I'm going to show you the first one Robin made.

As soon as it came together Robin realized the fabric did not line up right in the front and that the seam there was just not flattering.  After I tried it on a few times, we decided to make it again but the second time Robin knew she would have to tweaked the pattern a bit. First, she adjusted the center front seam piece of the pattern to go on the fold which got rid of the seam right between my boobs. Really, who wants that?! Lol.

Here she is placing it on the fabric...

We also felt the neckline was too low. Here she is making the adjustment to the neckline...

The last tweak was adding length to the bodice. The pattern called for the twist to be right below the breasts. Besides the fact that I have a long torso, it just felt too high to us so she dropped it down a bit. From looking at the finished dress you can see it is still pretty high. It really wouldn't have worked on my torso the way the pattern called for.

Next she ironed the interfacing onto the fabric before she cut the pattern out.  Doing this helps prevent any possible shrinkage to pattern piece.

Lastly she had to make some adjustments as she was pinning to make sure everything lined up and then it was onto sewing.

We decided to make the second dress shorter. Personally I like a little leg and I just thought it would be nice for our readers to see it both ways.

So here is the finished dress. I wore it to work today and had so many compliments. It is always fun, even for our employees, to see the fabric come to life.

I really like the style and comfort of this dress, as it's perfect for work or going out to lunch on a weekend. Just be prepared you may have to tweak the pattern a bit to fit your individual body. Thank goodness Robin has a great eye and could make it work.

Any questions, please let us know.

Thanks & enjoy!

Regina & Robin

Progress....

Here are a few pics of the dress & romper that we're working on. Both these fabrics are brand new and caught my eye as I was doing one of my weekly "walk-throughs" through the warehouse. Both projects are well under way & should be done by the end of this week.

DressPattern: Simplicity 1804 (ML244255)
Fabric: ML244085
Supplies: Scissors or rotary cutter, tape measure, elastic, pins, wonder tape, fusible tricot (ML244260)

Since the salvage rolled, it had to be trimmed off.

The proper needles make all the difference.

Don't forget to iron the pattern before you put it on the fabric. This will make the pattern easier to work with. 

Tricot knit fusible interfacing & elastic

Pinning bodice to skirt.

Pinning interfacing to neckline.

RomperPattern: Marcy Tilton V8813
Fabric: ML243985 (cut  yards for a size 6)
Supplies: Scissors or rotary cutter, tape measure, pins



Measure the grain line to salvage to make sure it is straight.



Again, iron the pattern to make sure it lays flat on the fabric.



By the end of the week we will have the finished product ready.

Enjoy!