Vogue Fabrics Catalog - The Giving Collection

Every two months, Vogue Fabrics publishes a catalog of color coordinated fashion fabrics for sewing. This article showcases a tan, black and burgundy collection from Winter 2023.

Winter brings thoughts of cozy fireplaces, yummy hot beverages, and fashionable layering. Feel the first two swatches and imagine wearing a sharp jacket sewn from Giving Suede over a long, flowing dress crafted from Giving Imposter. Heads up - the stretch runs lengthwise down the fabric, so lay your pattern out across the grain, allowing the stretch to wrap around your body. Anytime you have a reversible fabric, you immediately have more creative options: suede jacket with crepe lapel, cuffs, and welt pocket; suede dress with crepe side panels; suede skirt with crepe vest. The same is true for Giving Imposter, a reversible suede knit. Sew a high-low top, skirt, or dress, a waterfall front jacket, or a handkerchief-hem skirt so the two sides are visible.

Liverpool Crepe Knits continue to be strong for us, and this rust color from our basic stock collection fits perfectly into this collection. Giving Sienna features a crepe face, smooth reverse, wonderful all-way stretch, and is an easy-care fabric for work, travel, and hanging at home. Make a simple knit top to toss on over jeans, sew a sweater set, or create a crepe knit dress.

Wrap yourself in the sublime goodness we call Giving Cozy. When we received a collection of reversible plush sweatshirt fabrics, the staff went nuts telling each other what they were going to make and for whom. We pulled aside enough of each of the four colors to sprinkle into the catalogs. Giving Cozy features heathered camel on one side and light camel on the other. Sew a cardigan, hoodie, pull-over, sweat pants, or glam it up and make a wrap to throw over your shoulders when dining out with friends. This is a prime fabric for making seasonal gifts!

Your new cozy camel cardigan will look amazing worn atop a cowl-neck tunic sewn from Giving Paisley, and slacks tailored from Giving Sanibel. The deliciously soft all-way stretch knit DTY paisley print provides a wonderful visula foil to the structured Giving Sanibel, a medium-weight stretch-woven brushed cotton twill ideal for sewing pants, a jacket and a matching bag.

To lighten things up, we present Giving Dash, a delightful rayon challis print in rusts and gold. We envision this as a lovely blouse or tunic, worn over slacks sewn from the rust Sanibel or from our upcoming corduroy. Get extra challis and whip up an infinity scarf to wear with a jacket, or a long scarf to bring drama to a Liverpool dress. From the same supplier who brought us the thyme green corduroy in the Fall catalog, Giving Pinwale camel corduroy is a wonderful neutral to contrast all the rust in this collection. This gem is ideal for wearing as a jacket and long skirt or slacks.

Giving Petals is a graphically pleasing bubble crepe georgette that ties together the rust and camel colors of this collection beautifully. Create a classic unlined blouse, or line it to wear as a flowing skirt or A-line dress.