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Posted on August 21, 2018August 20, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Simply Sashed TRJ

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  When I have a special motif or a fabric treasure I want to feature I often use the sashing technique.  It has been used successfully in several silk Tabula Rasa Jackets (TRJ), one of which… 

Categories: Design, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Quilting
Posted on August 14, 2018July 6, 2024 by Carrie Emerson — 11 Comments

Fit to Travel On

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Several of our readers expressed interest in the travel fabric featured in my spring blog post Fit for Travel.  I promised a report on performance, so I am here to let you know that it… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Shirts, Technique
Posted on July 31, 2018May 23, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

V-Neck Tee Tips

The Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic (TRK) pattern includes options for U-neck and V-neck construction. The V-neck scares lots of folks because it requires you to clip into the seam allowance to begin the process, but don’t worry! Follow these V-neck tee tips for the perfect neckline. Here are some… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Knits, Technique
Posted on July 10, 2018June 20, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Painting Knits

Painting on knit fabric has been my fun summer experiment, and I am pleased to report my recent results. Over the past few weeks I have graduated from painting samples to painting sections of a Tabula Rasa Knit Tee. It’s quite fun. My knit painting experiment began with my trusty Shiva Paint… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Knits, Surface Design
Posted on July 3, 2018July 5, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Fancy Frames

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  What do you do when you want to feature a busy button on a busy fabric?  Make a solid button frame, of course. Our Shirt Variations pattern for the Tabula Rasa Jacket includes a sidebar… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Shirts
Posted on June 12, 2018June 11, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

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… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Knits, Technique
Posted on June 5, 2018June 20, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

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… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Knits
Posted on May 29, 2018October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

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… 

Categories: Band Variations, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets
Posted on May 22, 2018June 25, 2024 by Rae Cumbie

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… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on May 15, 2018July 6, 2024 by Carrie Emerson — 8 Comments

Fit for Travel

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Recently we received a sample card from one of our wholesale fabric sources for a very light weight polyester with moisture wicking and UV protection.  Not our usual purchase, but I am getting ready for… 

Categories: How to, Pattern work, Shirts, Technique

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