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Imagining a “Spectacle” Jacket

Its a Spectacle

A colorful bundle of Echino fat quarters came to me as a gift from my daughter several years ago, and I immediately wanted to make them into a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ).  But, fat quarters (18” by 22 1/2 “) are challenging when designing garments, especially if you want to… 

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Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Transitional Shirts with Button Frame Details

We are sewing a lot of button frames these days since one of the design extra’s in our Shirt Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket is button frames.  If you have some fun cottons in your stash consider stitching them into a lovely transitional shirt. This is an excellent variation…