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Category: Design

Posted on July 28, 2015July 31, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

White Pants

In the heat of the summer, nothing makes you look cooler than white pants.  I save my ankle length white Eureka! Pants that Fit for the hottest days. Even though they are lined, they look and feel cool.  But beware, white fabric requires special attention in the planning and sewing… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Pants
Posted on July 21, 2015July 23, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

White Shirt – With A Twist, Part 2

Last week’s post outlined the creative process I used to plan my new white shirt and prepare to stencil the shirt using Paint Sticks. Here is the rest of the story and the finished Tabula Rasa Jacket with the Shirt Variations! To get started, I cleaned off my dining room table,… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Shirts, Surface Design
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 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 2, 2015June 10, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Local Fabric Sources

When working a booth at a sewing show or expo, we are frequently asked where we get our beautiful fabrics.   This is typically followed by a lament that “there are no good fabric stores where I live.”  Rae and I are indeed lucky to have an excellent fabric store near… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Technique
Posted on May 26, 2015May 25, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed: Summer Pants with Slits

Sewing pants for summer is so easy! Armed with your well fitting Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern, you can stitch up pants in fun prints and solids.  As you choose that lighter weight or colored fabric, make sure the fabric is opaque enough that no lining is needed.  Pre-wash your… 

Categories: Design, How to, Pants, Technique
Posted on May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed: Knit Sleeve Variations

As Rae mentioned last week, we are working on a knit pattern with neckline variations for the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic. We hope it will be ready for release this Fall. In the meantime, I’m going to share a few easy sleeve variations that you can try now!… 

Categories: Design, How to, Knits
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 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

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