The Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic pattern has two neckline options. We already have a blog post in the archive to walking you through V neck construction. Now you can relax and sew a U neck knit top following Rae’s step-by step-construction tips in this post. We chose the…
As we continue to spend the next few weeks thinking about sewing with knit fabrics, we want to offer up some Knit Cutting Table Tips to make your Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic sewing successful. If your experience with sewing is mostly with quilting cottons or other woven fabrics,…
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,…
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…
Today we take a closer look at how to make your own binding tape for a quilted jacket or coat. While commercially made binding tape can be purchased, making your own ensures that you can get just the right fabric to match your vision. (For a few projects featuring purchased…
There is a movement in sewing, like in many other old established practices, to move back to the pre-industrial methods of creating. Embrace the process, one teacher might say. Another will say, experience the calm and creativity of a hand stitching practice. As a custom dressmaker, my career prior to…
Time to get sewing friends! In this post, we will look at how I turned a precious scrap of fabric into appliqués on a cropped Funnel Neck Variation of the Tabula Rasa Jacket. The appliques were further elevated by a halo of guipure lace cut into small motifs and used…
Some fabric really calls to you; Carrie and I were so drawn to the Tilda Hibernation cotton collection that we ordered up some of each of our 5 favorite prints. It arrived in late September and we have been playing with it ever since. Carrie made an adult size Tabula…
Adding detail to a knit top is a fun way to keep tees made from the same pattern like the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic, looking fresh and interesting. Flat piping is a great detail that is not difficult, but does require a bit more “seaming” attention than is usually…
Today we take a closer look at understitching, the next post in a series about sewing techniques included in our new Glossary of Common Sewing Terms. I was inspired to take on this nerdy topic while sewing a sleeveless Carpe Diem dress, which benefits from understitching at the neckline and…
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