Although the weather is not too great outside recently the warm temperature is trying to creep in with hopefully more sunshine along the way. When the rainy days are here bright colours and beautiful patterns make me feel instantly happy and creating lovely summer clothes will brighten up any rainy day. Here at calico laine we have a large range of Summer Dressmaking Fabrics with stunning patterns, bright bold shades and unique designs that are perfect for these days. Our range of cotton spandex materials shown both on our website and in store are the most popular range we have as they fly out straight away and are also great fabrics to work with as well. Our range of summer fabrics are composed of cotton and spandex giving them a slight stretch making them more comfortable garments when worn. These fabrics can be made up into a range of stunning garments including dresses, skirts and trousers with the patterns making the items extra stylish and eye-catching. [caption id="attachment_11484" align="alignleft" width="300"]Jardin Summer Print Fabric 4208b Jardin Summer Print Fabric 4208b[/caption] Floral prints come around every summer and are always one of the main trends around. Recently I purchased one of our jardin prints and created a stunning summer dress with one of our mccall patterns. The material was very easy to work with and went through the sewing machine with ease. I used one of our gutermann sew all threads which worked with the fabric perfectly and matched the colour extremely well. The fabric I worked with was the jardin summer print 4208b, I was automatically drawn to this design because of the colours and design. I usually stick to dark colours hence why I purchased this one because of its black coloured background but the colours in the tulip design instantly stood out to me and made up into a stylish summer dress. I was able to accessorise with the colour scheme and purchased a clutch bag and shoes that matched the floral design perfectly. If you are going to a special event or wedding this summer I would definitely recommend looking at our collection of Summer Dressmaking Fabrics including our regular cotton spandex materials or jardin summer prints as they have the most outstanding designs you will ever come across. If there isn't a design taking your fancy keep a look out on our new arrivals page and social media pages to keep updated on all our new fabrics when they arrive with us.