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A Soft Purple Wardrobe

In fall of 2022 we welcomed a new friend, Sue,  to our Sew Successfully Retreat.  She brought along a luscious pile of dusty purple stash fabrics and immediately got started making fitting mock-ups of our Core Wardrobe Patterns.  Later in the weekend we sat with her and helped in planning how… 

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Sewing with Plaids and Checks

Rae and Carrie modeiling plaid shirts

While we love the square armhole construction of the Tabula Rasa Jacket and its progeny, it can be a challenge when working with fabric that has plaids or checks, or some other strong directional motif.  The square armhole method creates four side seams around the body of the garment that… 

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Riffs on a Trusted Pattern – the TRJ

This year Threads Magazine is featuring Riffs on a Trusted Pattern by Becky Fulgoni as an online insider series.  Becky chose the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern as her trusted pattern for the series, so every month we’ve been enjoying Becky’s creative makes with the TRJ pattern.  You may recall that… 

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Fit for Art on Exhibit at OSQE, Part 2

This week we’re going to look at another handful of the garments featured in our Exhibit at the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Akron and Fredericksburg.  This is how we introduced Fit for Art to new viewers: “We started Fit for Art Patterns because, as wearable artists, we could…