I am just going to come right out and say it: I think this might be my favorite Spoonflower fabric for clothing. I had ordered several pieces of seersucker after they introduced it about 2 years ago and even wrote an intro post when I first ordered a swatch but this is the first real project I’ve made from it.

The print quality is crisp and vibrant. I think the one caveat about this as a fabric is that the design you choose has to lend itself to being layered with that narrow stripe texture of a seersucker. I don’t think a strong geometric print might look as nice with the texture lines fighting with the design lines. But this batik style floral is perfect. (This is one of my designs called Nutmeg.) The fabric washed up beautifully with very few wrinkles and little fraying at the cut edges. It pressed well when I was sewing it. It’s not a super drapey or flowy fabric because that texture gives it a little body, so that’s something to keep in mind when choosing a design to make. Why is it my favorite? Seersucker is really designed to be a clothing fabric so I think it looks more sophisticated than something sewn with quilting cotton. I’ve talked before how I don’t love how the cotton lawn and poplin fabric wrinkle easily and feel too crisp for the kinds of shapes I like to sew. This was a great fabric to match up with this pattern.

I made a top from a pattern called the Bondi Top from Sew to Grow. I love this pattern because it has only three pieces, which is great to show off a fabric print since you aren’t chopping it up into a bunch of smaller pieces. (I usually wear a size 8-10 and I made the size 12 in this pattern with no alterations.) I love the curved hem on this one which I think makes the shape look a little more put together than a plain t-shirt. The curved hem takes some patience to sew, but I used a bias binding technique I saw in this instagram reel for this one and it turned out perfectly. The back has a yoke piece at the top which you can do in a contrasting fabric. I’ve made several from this same pattern, so also played around with cutting that piece on the bias with stripes, adding some ribbon and hand embroidery to make that piece have a little extra detail. Because this fabric is a little extra wide (52″) I have enough scraps that I am going to also make a Bucket Hat from Betz White from the leftovers.