Before winter gets away from us entirely, I want to share the Seawool Jean Jacket I am enjoying for our transitional weather. The fabric has been languishing in my to-do pile for at least a year, originally conceived as a “shacket” or hybrid shirt-jacket. As we’ve been focusing on sustainable…
Category: Handwovens
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…
Traveling to Sew – in Southeast Asia
To assauge our disappointment at missed travel this summer, we are taking you on some of our trips from years past. For both Rae and Carrie, travel usually involves fabric shopping and later, with any luck, sewing! Come along this week as Carrie reflects on the textiles she savored on…
Around the Clock with Painted Knits
Today we’d like to share a few more painted knits outfits from a trunk show, Around the Clock with Fit for Art. Read on for an evening and a daytime outfit included in the trunk show that both feature one of our painted Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic samples.…
A Handmade Birthday Gift
Gifting a friend for a milestone Birthday is a no brainer, but what do you do for a friend of over 30 years who is also your business partner? You make her a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), of course. The person in question is Carrie and the project had been…
Weaving Together Connections
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Sewists and Weavers are both in love with wonderful fabrics and fibers. This became clear to me in 2004 when I first taught at the Creative Strands Conference. I was delighted to share my philosophy…