This beautiful everyday jacket was crafted from two Mekong River Textile cottons, a vintage silk kimono panel from Laura Murray…
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Marvelous Mekong River Shirt
Two special fabrics purchased at Mekong River Textiles are combined into a comfortable and striking shirt for fall and winter. …
Online Fabric Sources
Rae and I are frequently asked where we buy our beautiful fabrics. Like many of you, over the last several years we have relied on online fabric sources more often. To promote Rae’s upcoming Feb. 13 class, The Best Fabrics for Fashion, Function and Fit, we share a list of…
Fit for Art on Exhibit at OSQE, Part 2
This week we’re going to look at another handful of the garments featured in our Exhibit at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Akron and Fredericksburg. This is how we introduced Fit for Art to new viewers: “We started Fit for Art Patterns because, as wearable artists, we could…
Selvage Edge Sleeve Cuffs
Finishing the edge of a sleeve can involve hems, decorative stitches, elaborate cuffs or selvage edges, just to name a few. I love to add detail to the edges of my sleeves. It provides an opportunity to repeat a fabric that is used but not featured in the garment, and…
Fit for Art on Exhibit at OSQE
We are so honored that our friends at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo invited Fit for Art to mount an exhibit of garments for the expos in Cleveland/Akron, OH (in July) and in Fredericksburg, VA (in Sept/Oct). It is very cleverly hung so that the garments can be seen…
Handwoven Remnant Vest
The Tabula Rasa Jacket is the perfect choice for garments made with handwoven fabric. Because it is Spinning and Weaving week at the Handweavers Guild of America we are bringing you a few tips from our Handwoven Tips Booklet. This featured vest was made and photographed to illustrate the planning…
Maple Leaf Vest
The body of this vest was cut from two long kimono panels from Laura Murray Designs. Carrie wanted to include as many…
Diamond Button Frame Shirt
This Tabula Rasa Shirt is made with beautiful cotton ikats purchased from Mekong River Textiles, a small importer of fabrics…
Lily Pad Vest
This simple vest was created from just two weighty cottons from Mekong River Textiles plus a little bit of quilters…
