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Posted on February 5, 2019August 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Sew Parisian Postcards

Many days my mind is partly in France as I gear up for our French sewing adventure July 5-12.  Our sewing focus at La Cascade will be fabric embellishment, so I have been testing some projects to fill out the week’s activities. One fun project has been the creation of… 

Categories: Design, Events, Fabric, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Jean Jacket, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on January 1, 2019December 31, 2019 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew a Sparkly New Year

Beautiful bling is always in fashion for parties, weddings, events, or just a little pick me up.  As you plan your 2019 sewing projects, consider a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) made with sparkly fabric like this silver sequined jacket.  It will expand your Fit for Art core wardrobe so you… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Technique
Posted on December 18, 2018December 19, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

New Knit Details

Our Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic (TRK) pattern and its Wide Neckline and Clever Crossing Variations offer an endless set of knit top possibilities, and here are a couple more.  I crafted this top with one of our knit bundles in holiday colors and designed the new U-neck “collar”… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Knits, Technique
Posted on October 30, 2018October 29, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Pins, Paints, Inspirations

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  What drives your design process? I am often inspired by a hole in my wardrobe. Recently one emerged: a solid tee or tunic to wear with a new necklace. I have two black Tabula Rasa… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Knits, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on August 14, 2018August 15, 2018 by Carrie Emerson — 9 Comments

Fit to Travel On

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Several of our readers expressed interest in the travel fabric featured in my spring blog post Fit for Travel.  I promised a report on performance, so I am here to let you know that it… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Shirts, Technique
Posted on July 31, 2018September 7, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

V Neckline Tee Tips

The Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic (TRK) pattern includes options for U-neck construction and V-neck construction.  The V-neckline scares lots of folks because it requires you to clip into the seam allowance to begin the process. Here are some step-by-step tips on how to smoothly construct the V neckline. … 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Knits, Technique
Posted on June 12, 2018June 11, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Less Knit – More Creativity

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Sewing up knit tops with the scraps from our bundles is becoming one of my specialties.  I am not complaining because I have a drawer bursting at the seams with fun Tabula Rasa Knit tops… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Knits, Technique
Posted on May 15, 2018December 14, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — 8 Comments

Fit for Travel

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Recently we received a sample card from one of our wholesale fabric sources for a very light weight polyester with moisture wicking and UV protection.  Not our usual purchase, but I am getting ready for… 

Categories: How to, Pattern work, Shirts, Technique
Posted on May 8, 2018October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Interfacing Intelligence

Understanding interfacing is essential to sewing clothing that looks neat and keeps its shape wear after wear. To construct great garments, you must embrace interfacing as your friend. Let’s look at a shirt I recently made to see how the interfacing turned this soft polyester blend Ikat into a fabulous spread… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Technique
Posted on April 10, 2018April 7, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Martha’s Denim Vest

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  We are pleased to welcome Martha Myers to our blog this week with an update of a post on her blog Now Sewing.  Martha is an extremely accomplished stitcher and has made several wonderful Tabula Rasa… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Technique, Vests

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