Continuing with our theme of sewing cozy garments for winter wear at home, today’s focus is on Carrie’s newest flannel shirt. Last year I made a flannel Shirt Variation with a stand-up collar and curved cuff with a piece of JoAnn’s plaid flannel. A few weeks ago I dipped into…
Category: Shirts
A Virtual Retreat!
Let’s sew together December 5-6 using the zoom format! We miss seeing our sewing friends, so Carrie and I have partnered with the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo and SewBatik to sew with you for a weekend. The Luscious Rayon Tabula Rasa Retreat is going to be such fun (even…
Sew Scrappy White Summer Tops
As summer comes to a close, let’s look at some tops created with a pile of white fabric leftovers. For years I have wanted to copy a favorite white blouse I loved in my 20s and wore out in my 30s. I saved it so someday I could copy it. …
A Big Summer Shirt
A colorful abstract digital print Ramie, purchased at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in February, has been calling my name for several weeks. It was pre-washed and draped on the dress form in my sewing studio so I could wrap my head around how to place the print successfully. It…
Summer Weight Tabula Rasa Shirts
This week we are reaching back into the archives for a look at several summer weight Tabula Rasa Shirt Variations that we’ve written blog posts about over the last 5 years. Hopefully these will inspire you to dig through your stash for some cotton or other light fabrics to sew…
One Great Wardrobe – Episode 4
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to #sewsuccessfully with #fitforartpatterns. With summer almost here, we are featuring warm weather wardrobe staples in our series Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe. This group of casual garments demonstrate the great variety of looks that can…
One Great Wardrobe – Episode 3
Welcome to another installment of our series “Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe”. Today’s wardrobe is based on one of my favorite pairs of pants in a dusty rose microfiber with lots of swinging drape. You will soon be able to make a similar pair with your Eureka! Pants…
A Tabula Rasa Shirt Dress
Classic shirt dresses are totally on trend this year, so I decided to make myself a Tabula Rasa version for fall with some lovely black denim purchased recently at Mood in NYC. I like that this denim is not a dark or dense solid black; the weft fibers are white,…
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…
Fancy Frames
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. What do you do when you want to feature a busy button on a busy fabric? Make a solid button frame, of course. Our Shirt Variations pattern for the Tabula Rasa Jacket includes a sidebar…