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Home / Handwovens

Category: Handwovens

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 by Carrie Emerson — 1 Comment

Seawool Jean Jacket

Before winter gets away from us entirely, I want to share the Seawool Jean Jacket I am enjoying for our transitional weather. The fabric has been languishing in my to-do pile for at least a year, originally conceived as a “shacket” or hybrid shirt-jacket.  As we’ve been focusing on sustainable… 

Categories: Fabric, Handwovens, Jackets, Jean Jacket
Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Handwoven Remnant Vest

The Tabula Rasa Jacket is the perfect choice for garments made with handwoven fabric.  Because it is Spinning and Weaving week at the Handweavers Guild of America we are bringing you a few tips from our Handwoven Tips Booklet.  This featured vest was made and photographed to illustrate the planning… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Fabric, Handwovens, Inspiration, Vests
Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — 4 Comments

Traveling to Sew – in Southeast Asia

To assauge our disappointment at missed travel this summer, we are taking you on some of our trips from years past.  For both Rae and Carrie, travel usually involves fabric shopping and later, with any luck, sewing!  Come along this week as Carrie reflects on the textiles she savored on… 

Categories: Handwovens, Travel
Posted on November 12, 2019November 11, 2019 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Around the Clock with Painted Knits

Painted knit by day with Fit for ARt Patterns Trunk sho

Today we are honored to be teaching a 2-day Eureka! Pants fitting workshop at the “More the Days Before” portion of the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Novi, MI.  While we are busy teaching, we’d like to share a few more outfits from our trunk show Around the Clock… 

Categories: Handwovens, Knits, Pants, Surface Design, Wardrobe
Posted on October 29, 2019October 3, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

A Handmade Birthday Gift

Square Armhole Tabula Rasa Jacket in Handwoven and hand felted fabric.

Gifting a friend for a milestone Birthday is a no brainer, but what do you do for a friend of over 30 years who is also your business partner?  You make her a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), of course. The person in question is Carrie and the project had been… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Fabric, Handwovens, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets, Pockets
Posted on October 16, 2018October 15, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Weaving Together Connections

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Sewists and Weavers are both in love with wonderful fabrics and fibers.  This became clear to me in 2004 when I first taught at the Creative Strands Conference.  I was delighted to share my philosophy… 

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