Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. As many of you may have gathered, I recently traveled to India. The primary motivation for this trip was to attend graduation at a very special school south of Bangalore at which my daughter has…
Category: Fabric
Less Knit – More Creativity
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Sewing up knit tops with the scraps from our bundles is becoming one of my specialties. I am not complaining because I have a drawer bursting at the seams with fun Tabula Rasa Knit tops…
TC’s Challenging Fabric
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Today we welcome TC Ferrito to our column. If you are in ASG you have probably met her, she is a dynamo of energy for all things sewing. We are so honored that she is…
Cool Partial Lining
Partial linings are perfect for warm weather sewing when you need a neat finish but don’t want the heat of a full lining. Thank the South Carolina ASG group for this post. They asked about partial linings and so we will oblige. Let’s look at the development, insertion and finishing…
Chiffon Ruffles
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Sewing ruffles, in this case, A Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) with the ruffled front Band Variation is so fun and fashionable. This jacket was a Me Made May stash busting project. I had this printed silk…
Interfacing Intelligence
Understanding interfacing is essential to sewing clothing that looks neat and keeps its shape wear after wear. To construct great garments, you must embrace interfacing as your friend. Let’s look at a shirt I recently made to see how the interfacing turned this soft polyester blend Ikat into a fabulous spread…
Martha’s Denim Vest
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. We are pleased to welcome Martha Myers to our blog this week with an update of a post on her blog Now Sewing. Martha is an extremely accomplished stitcher and has made several wonderful Tabula Rasa…
For The Birds – Knit Design
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. This bird print stretch rayon knit fabric threw me for a loop when I set out to make a Tabula Rasa Knit Tunic (TRK) with it. The fabric required some creative design work to find…
Two Jackets From One Lining
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Redesigning outdated, ill fitting or slightly damaged garments into new creations is most satisfying. It’s even good for our environment overrun with discarded clothing and fabric scraps. So, it was with glee that I…
Coat Fabric from my Valentine
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. To celebrate my favorite valentine, my husband Jim, I will share the story of this beautiful Tabula Rasa coat I made in January. It all began last summer, when I was traveling in southwest France. I…