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Inspiration and Materials for Kids Modern

Each month here at the Sew! Let’s get Dressed Blog we are bringing you some insider info about the projects in our book Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets.  This post is about the inspiration and materials for what we nicknamed “Kids Modern”, the adorable kid size Wholecloth and Collage Opus Jacket,… 

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Scrappy Selvage Fun – April Fools!

We’re featuring a jacket today made from a collection of modern quilting cottons which provided Rae with some scrappy selvage fun- April Fools appropriate!  When Rae was a girl learning to sew, her mother, along with every teacher she ever had, suggested that you should trim away the selvages after… 

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Thankful for Hand Sewing Zen

In recent years, Rae has embraced the practice of slow-paced hand stitching and incorporated it into a number of jackets, tops and more. If you have seen the current issue of Threads Magazine, the coat featured in Boro Composition  is completely embellished by hand and even the seams were finished by… 

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Woven Histories—Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Every now and then there is an exhibit that really speaks to one’s current interests. This exhibit Woven Histories, currently at the National Gallery of Art on the Washington DC mall, was such an experience for Rae. A very informed art history buff and friend recommended the exhibit, knowing how much I…