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…
Category: Inspiration
Group Sew – So Fun!
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Sewing can be a very solitary hobby so it is fun to sew with friends on occasion. Whether you attend a retreat, a conference, or visit someone’s sewing room for a day sewing communally, sewing…
Altering for an Improved Fit
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. When we were putting the finishing touches on the Rain or Shine Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), I stitched up a funnel neck blouse in a beautiful blue silk twill from our friends…
Welcome Spring Banner
We are on the road to Atlanta for the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo and spring has certainly arrived in this part of the country. It has arrived on the Fit for Art Homepage too with a new banner to brighten your sewing thoughts and inspire you to perk up your…
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 Redesigning outdated, ill fitting or slightly damaged garments into new creations is most satisfying.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…
Knit Sleeves Tabula Rasa Style
Knits are on the cutting table right now as we prepare for the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Atlanta. We are making some new knit samples and preparing new knit bundles. It is fun to imagine which style of Tabula Rasa Knit Tee or Tunic, Clever Crossing Variations, or…
Sew! The Club
We want more women to be comfortable sewing their own clothes. So, whenever a store invites us to teach, we jump at the chance. One of our longest running collaborations as been with Capital Quilts in Gaithersburg, MD. For 4 years we have been teaching 2-day Eureka! Pants, Tabula Rasa…
A Tabula Rasa … Dress!
I’ve had a beautiful piece of wool challis in the studio for a few years just crying out for a project. Because the fabric is very elegant, has beautiful drape and is warm, I decided it would make a nice dress for winter wear. Just the impetus I needed to…
Pants in a Jiffy
Last Friday I whipped up a pair of pants to wear out to dinner that night in celebration of my daughter Sarah’s birthday. All during the holidays I had wished for some festive narrow black pants that were not denim, but there was no time for stitching. When I returned…