Pinterest is a modern way to keep an idea file or image notebook. If you are moving around online already, it is easy to get started. When Rae first met Pinterest, she was not sure how to use it in her clothing and crafting practices, but now it is a place she…
American culture is gracious to give us a time every year to pause and count our blessings. Carrie and Rae will each celebrate with their respective families here in the Mid-Atlantic on Thanksgiving day this Thursday. Before our family celebrations, we want to celebrate the wonderful year that has just…
Today we take a closer look at the Sumbermouse patchwork jacket created for project #9, the Kids Patchwork Opus jacket, another installment in our series of posts about the jackets in Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets. Our publisher’s editors consolidated some of the steps to creating the patchwork fabric in order…
As we look forward to next year’s retreat in southern France, we are honored to share a testimonial from a guest who joined us (twice!) for a week of Enchanting France – Embellishing Fabric. Many thanks to Linda for sharing her story and photos of the work that has grown…
The basic instructions for the new V Neckline Variations for the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic utilizes a facing application to finish the neckline. Let’s look together at how to add a facing to a top with a V front and V back. Fortunately, the facings on this little blouse…
We are thrilled to introduce to you our first variation for our woven Dress and Tunic pattern with some fun new design features that swirl around V neckline openings. So read on and say hello to V Neckline Variations for the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic. It took us some…
In a few weeks, Rae will be teaching a Quilted Jacket class at Capital Quilts in Gaithersburg MD with limited spaces left. On the Saturdays that serve as parentheses to Thanksgiving, she will be teaching a Tabula Rasa Jacket Class at Spring Water Designs. So it is, Opus or Tabula…
In our photo gallery, this top is called Floral Fabulousness. Rae thinks this print is so very lovely and features colors she just loves. But, it needed to be managed with care and placed just so in order to create the knit print magic. You can have some of this…
As we continue to show you some of the secrets of the Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets book, here is a look at preparing and attaching the reversible collar in Project #10, the reversible quilted vest. Because this is the only vest, we will also take a peek at how to…
Are you feeling the stresses of the modern world? Our plugged in existence, addictive screens, wars and sufferings, even those far from home, are present on our devices in miniature form. Time to step away from this visual chaos and do some slow stitching to calm the crazies. Rae says…
Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic
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