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Category: Inspiration

Posted on July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

See Something New This Summer

Summertime is the perfect time to break from your routine and visit an exhibit to expand your horizon.  There are so many wonderful local, regional, national and international exhibits available at museums large and small.  Hopefully there is one near you that will expand your vision and creatively inform your… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration
Posted on June 9, 2015June 11, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Quilt En Sud

I am back from 17 lovely days in France visiting my daughter Anna. We had some wonderful adventures and I plan to share them in some of this summer’s posts once I have sorted through all the photos and memories.   I will start at the end, the final weekend… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration, Quilting
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 12, 2015May 12, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 7 Comments

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Our Blog-O-Sphere Birthday

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed is celebrating its 1st birthday this week. Carrie and I are delighted to have those first 52 posts behind us and are looking forward to many more weeks of sharing our sewing adventures with you.  To be honest, we were not sure what we were doing… 

Categories: Events, Helpful Hints, Inspiration
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
Posted on April 7, 2015September 23, 2019 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Gathering Fabric for a Quilted Vest

This quilted vest is the perfect antidote to our cool spring weather, which is why it’s featured in our early spring photo montage on the home page. It is both cozy and cheerful thanks to a mix of bold prints and small geometrics used to piece the vest sections. It… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Quilting, Vests
Posted on February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Fun in New York City

Carrie and I took a little French jacket break for an overnight to New York City. In an effort to pack lightly, we did not even bring our French jackets for evening handwork. It was a refreshing break. Our most vital mission was to visit some favorite wholesale suppliers. We… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Inspiration
Posted on January 6, 2015February 4, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew! Lets Get Dressed – French Jacket Fabric

Carrie's French jacket materials

Why does bouclé always look so beguiling at the fabric store?  I believe it is the interesting mix of textures and colors that draw me in.  So, I must also confess that four times I have succumbed to the temptation and purchased pieces of this stunning fabric. My first two… 

Categories: Design, French Jackets, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets
Posted on December 30, 2014 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Party Pants

We have been sewing up pants to wear for New Years Eve.  Carrie and I celebrated the holiday a few days early so you could see our Eureka! Party Pants.  Carrie chose to wear the fabulous faux leather pants she wrote about last month.  They are so flattering and comfortable… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Pants

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