I am a quilted jacket maker, to me that is a subset of sewing in general. I do admire folks who make beautiful quilted wall hangings and bed covers, but my interest is in garment sewing. Quilted versions of the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) and its variations are fun to make…
Our sewing and design muscles need to be stretched on occasion. Often this task falls on the shoulders of a teacher at a special event, conference or workshop. They introduce us to a new technique or style that expands our view of sewing possibilities. They help us make our creations…
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Sewing a quilted jacket made with the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) pattern is a great project as the cooler weather rolls in. I certainly want to sew clothes that make me feel warm and cozy…
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…
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Today we presented “Simple to Simply Amazing Cotton Jackets” at the Danner’s Bernina Shop’s Anniversary Celebration. Here are the three Tabula Rasa Jackets(TRJ) we featured in the quilted jacket category of the show. Each jacket…
We have a handful of quilted jacket samples that draw oohs and ahhs at every show, folks wishing to buy or make. So, Fit for Art is creating a series of directions for “Specialty Quilted Jackets” that provide step-by-step instructions to replicate some of those admired jackets. Currently we have…
Today we welome Joy, a friend from the Easton MD area who has created a great Tabula Rasa Jacket, her first actually with embellishments using a long are quilting machine. We asked her to write about it so we could share it with our Sew! Lets Get Dressed readers. So…
Every time I approach a group of fabrics destined to be a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), I consider both the design and the engineering. It is easy to dream up a pieced front and back for a jacket, but it is quite another thing to stitch it together into a…
Quilted Tabula Rasa Jackets are great fun to make and wear. We have made it even easier with some new direction booklets that walk you through the steps to recreate two of our favorite quilted jackets. I am thinking about this now because Spring in the mid-Atlantic is the perfect…
The quilted Tabula Rasa Jackets in my closet are real favorites when the weather is cool and crisp. Deep in the “dog days” of a Baltimore summer, I am wishing for fall weather and thinking about designing clothes to freshen up my fall wardrobe. When this urge to sew for…
