So, let’s get dressed with some comfortable Tabula Rasa Knits (TRK) for fall! This seems to be my direction lately and Carrie and I found some lovely knits when we shopped in NYC in August. Luckily, we bought enough to share with you; there are a limited number of…
Our French connection, my daughter Anna, has just about finished the French translation of the Tabula Rasa Jacket Pattern. We are looking forward to welcoming our French speaking sewing friends into the Fit for Art community. In the meantime, we hope to find a few Francophiles to test our…
The Tabula Rasa Jacket that I started on Labor Day is designed and appliqued. Now the front and back crepe de chine foundations are ready to be stitched and flipped to create the pieced front and back. We will look look closely at the soft drapey construction of the back to explain…
I have been on the road for Fit For Art most of the Fall and my wardrobe of Eureka! Pants has made it easy to pack in an efficient way. Here is a photo of my expanding line up of navy blue pants. I find navy to be an…
We love to get together with sewing friends to learn, share, and of course shop. Each October we attend the National Education Conference of the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals (ASDP), a trade association I have belonged to for over 20 years. This year’s conference convened last weekend in…
We lose track of the number of sewing friends who ask us this question; “Where did you get your beautiful fabrics?” While teaching and manning our booth at sewing expos the last two weekends we consistently replied, we buy fabric whenever and wherever we see it! Because of our fabric…
The foundation pieced Tabula Rasa Jacket I started on Labor Day features four appliqués cut from a Japanese scarf. Today we will look at the creation of these appliquéd sections as a follow up to the Sewing Play on Labor Day post about the jacket’s design and fabric placement. …
Fusible interfacing is such an important tool for sewers. I keep several different types in the studio and use them to provide support in most of my garments. Interfacing is particularly important when I am pushing the limits of a fabric. Here is a case in point. I made the above Tabula Rasa…
As I am sure you know by now, I love to sew and I love to collect fabric. One of my collections has been on my “wish I had time to sew” list for several years. It is a group of deliciously drapey blue and taupe fabrics destined to become…
Underlining is a couture technique that offers a number of benefits to careful garment sewers. When you underline, a second layer of fabric is hand basted to your fashion fabric to provide support or to change the fabric’s nature. Today we will consider underlining pants. I mentioned this briefly…
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