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Author: Rae Cumbie

Posted on July 22, 2025July 21, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 9 Comments

100 Day Project

The 100 Day project is an invention, made easy by the internet, where folks join a community of creative souls to work for 100 days on a skill or project they want to try. Every person is doing their own thing – some hope to establish a daily practice, some… 

Categories: Jackets, Jean Jacket, Surface Design
Posted on July 8, 2025July 7, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Summer Shirt with an Open Collar

Rae and Carrie both love Shirt Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket.  But great can always be made even better, so over the last couple of years Rae has fiddled with hers to create a more open neck version that is cool and comfortable in summer fabrics.  Here is a… 

Categories: Design, Pattern work, Shirts, Sleeves and Cuffs
Posted on July 1, 2025June 30, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Assorted Patchwork Jacket Sleeves

We are just back from Road2VA Quilter’s Conference and Showcase where we talked a lot about the samples from our book. In this blog we will take a look at making the Assorted Patchwork Jacket sleeves. This jacket is Project #3 in Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets, but it was the… 

Categories: Opus Jackets and Coats, Quilting
Posted on June 24, 2025June 23, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Tee Shirt Redesign

The last time Rae tried a Tee Shirt Redesign and wrote about it was 2016 and the post is titled Snazzy Baltimore Tunic. This story of a redesign is similar, but enough different that it seemed like a fun feature as we focus on summer knit sewing.  There are just… 

Categories: Alterations, Design, Knit Tops, Knits, Repurposed, Sustainable sewing
Posted on June 10, 2025August 26, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Relax and Sew a U Neck Knit Top

The Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic pattern has two neckline options.  We already have a blog post in the archive to walking you through V neck construction. Now you can relax and sew a U neck knit top following Rae’s step-by step-construction tips in this post.  We chose the… 

Categories: Knit Tops, Knits, Technique
Posted on May 27, 2025August 26, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Knit Cutting Table Tips

As we continue to spend the next few weeks thinking about sewing with knit fabrics, we want to offer up some Knit Cutting Table Tips to make your Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic sewing successful. If your experience with sewing is mostly with quilting cottons or other woven fabrics,… 

Categories: Fabric, How to, Knit Tops, Knits, Technique
Posted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Stacked Sheers Inspired by Pinterest

We hope you have seen the current issue of Threads Magazine (Summer issue 2025, number 230, pp. 28-35) and enjoyed the beautiful stacked sheer top and accompanying article Rae used to feature the Carpe Diem Pattern. The concept and collage for this weightless top represents stacked sheers inspired by Pinterest. Rae… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Fabric, How to, Inspiration, Surface Design
Posted on May 13, 2025August 26, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Knit Sewing Sidebar

After months of focusing on sewing quilted jackets, we are shifting our attention to some fun seasonal sewing with knit fabrics. While Rae was stitching a new tee to wear under her quilted jacket, she thought there should be a knit sewing sidebar in the book about making great tops to… 

Categories: Knit Tops, Knits, Online teaching
Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

The Gift of Learning

This weekend in America we will celebrate Mother’s day, the day we honor those who have guided and sustained us through the years, perhaps decades.  Not only our mothers, but women who have supported us and who, if you are reading this blog, probably taught you how to sew.  Consider… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration, Online teaching, Resources, Sewing Retreat
Posted on April 29, 2025April 28, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Sewing Kids Jackets

This past weekend at the Baltimore Heritage Quilt Guild Expo, we sized kids using our sizing shells and showed off our Tabby Jackets and our new Opus Quilted Jackets in kids sizes.  Our book, Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets, includes the Opus pattern in sizes 2-12 for kids in addition to… 

Categories: Jackets, Opus Jackets and Coats, Tabby Jacket for Kids

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