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…
Category: Technique
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…