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Author: Rae Cumbie

Posted on July 14, 2015July 23, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

A White Shirt – With A Twist

Last winter, when I was making note of the 2015 spring and summer fashion trends, the omnipresence of the white shirt on the pages of the fashion magazine caught my eye.  While I am not a slave to fashion, I realized that a new white shirt would be an excellent… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Shirts, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

See Something New This Summer

Summertime is the perfect time to break from your routine and visit an exhibit to expand your horizon.  There are so many wonderful local, regional, national and international exhibits available at museums large and small.  Hopefully there is one near you that will expand your vision and creatively inform your… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration
Posted on June 30, 2015June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Pants with Summer Pockets

Light weight unlined pants are perfect for hot summer weather in Baltimore. This “cool” pair is made from a cotton sateen border print I bought on clearance at a JoAnn’s a few summers ago.  They are easy to wear with flip flops and a white t-shirt but their design was… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Pants, Pockets, Technique
Posted on June 16, 2015September 9, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Outfits by Lugene

This June we are delighted to have several teaching opportunities. We sure do love to teach classes that revolve around our patterns! This weekend I presented a trunk show at Sew Right Sewing Machines in Queens, New York followed by teaching a two-day Tabula Rasa Jacket Workshop.  It was great… 

Categories: Design, Events, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets, Pants
Posted on June 9, 2015June 11, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Quilt En Sud

I am back from 17 lovely days in France visiting my daughter Anna. We had some wonderful adventures and I plan to share them in some of this summer’s posts once I have sorted through all the photos and memories.   I will start at the end, the final weekend… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration, Quilting
Posted on May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 7 Comments

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Our Blog-O-Sphere Birthday

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed is celebrating its 1st birthday this week. Carrie and I are delighted to have those first 52 posts behind us and are looking forward to many more weeks of sharing our sewing adventures with you.  To be honest, we were not sure what we were doing… 

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Posted on May 5, 2015July 31, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Dreaming of New Shirts

Blue Rayon Shirt with spread collar and swing side

Sewing shirts has become one of my favorite things.  I got addicted last spring using my Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern modified with the Shirt Variations.  The shirts are pretty easy to sew and very easy to wear.  As the weather in Baltimore gets warmer, I just throw one on with… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Shirts
Posted on April 28, 2015March 13, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 5 Comments

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Starting On Your Pants Journey

Journeying into new territory, like sewing pants that fit, starts with a carefully crafted mock up and a brave spirit.  The Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern is your guide for a successful journey.  If you choose to have a pants sizing in our pink fitting room at an Expo, you… 

Categories: Fitting, Helpful Hints, Pants
Posted on April 21, 2015October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Button Quandaries

Choosing the perfect buttons for your jacket can be a challenge when you are open to a variety of possibilities. I do love solving button quandaries though, so in this photo-filled post, we are going to choose buttons for a very colorful Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) that I am making for… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets
Posted on April 14, 2015October 18, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sewing Basic Jackets

Sewing basic jackets might seem boring after last week’s blog post about a colorful, pieced and quilted vest, but it is a good way to get started with a new pattern and to test the fit of your Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern. We met lots of new friends at our… 

Categories: Events, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets

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