Sewing workout wear

Top and leggings patter from Sewing swim and action wear and wickaway fabrics from Rockywoods and Rose City Textiles respectively.

The top is more than six years old and shows no sign of wear whatsoever.You can get great wickaway fabrics at a low cost from many on-line fabric stores. They sell the same fabrics that the big name manufacturers use and the fabrics I bought five-six years ago still holds up, unlike the cheapo workout wear from chain stores that starts to pill and wear down in less than a year

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So here are my best resources for sewing workout wear:

Favorite pattern makers:

Kwik-Sew

JalieBurda magazine

The Green Pepper

Favorite fabric stores:

Rose City Textiles
Wazoodle
Rockywoods
Pennine Outdoor

Please note that I have not ordered from these stores for a while (due to my long exercise hiatus), but in the past the service and quality has always been great. I especially love RCT and RW for their huge range of functional fabrics.

Best beginner’s book:

Sewing swim and action wear

Best overall resource:

Specialty outdoor

The stuff I have made myself are really simple designs as you can see. Also, most of the workout clothes that I own were made several years ago when I had just bought my serger and was less proficient. But of course there are options for those who likes to bring more fashion to their workout gear. Burda magazine for instance have really cool designs on some of their workout patterns.