Welcome to another installment of our series “Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe”. Today’s wardrobe is based on one of my favorite pairs of pants in a dusty rose microfiber with lots of swinging drape. You will soon be able to make a similar pair with your Eureka! Pants…
Classic shirt dresses are totally on trend this year, so I decided to make myself a Tabula Rasa version for fall with some lovely black denim purchased recently at Mood in NYC. I like that this denim is not a dark or dense solid black; the weft fibers are white,…
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…
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…
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. As many of you may have gathered, I recently traveled to India. The primary motivation for this trip was to attend graduation at a very special school south of Bangalore at which my daughter has…
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…
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…
I was surprised by how much attention this new Tabula Rasa Jacket received at the Fredericksburg and Schaumburg Expos. Many times I found myself explaining which pattern variations were used to create the rayon batik top, and then sending the asker to the Sew Batik booth to get their own…
It is a fun exercise to examine two garments made from the same fabric. In this case the tops are similar Tabula Rasa Jackets (TRJ). I made one for Laura Murray, wearable artist extraordinaire, and one for myself. Look closely at the next two photos and see if you can…
We are getting ready to attend the annual conference of our professional association, the Association of Sewing & Design Professionals. This year it is being held in Vancouver (Canada) where it looks to be a good bit cooler and rainier than home. Two new Rain or Shine Variations pieces I’ll…
Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic
Price range: $20.00 through $30.00
Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets
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Tabby Jacket
Price range: $15.00 through $20.00
