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Category: Technique

Posted on January 17, 2017January 28, 2017 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Invisible Zipper in Pants

A few months ago, we published a blog post with step-by-step instructions for inserting a lapped zipper in Eureka! Pants that Fit.  Being equal opportunity sewists, this month we are featuring step-by-step instructions for inserting an invisible zipper into your Eureka! Pants.*  An invisible zipper is an elegant finish to… 

Categories: How to, Pants, Technique, Zippers
Posted on November 29, 2016August 9, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — 2 Comments

Pintuck Pocket for You!

Two-sided Travel Raincoat

In this season of thanksgiving, Rae and I want to express our thankfulness to you, our community of supporters.  We are so grateful for your enthusiasm and sharing of Fit for Art patterns with fellow sewists.  You inspire us to continue creating new patterns and variations and to pursue our… 

Categories: Free Pattern, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets, Pockets, Rain or Shine, Technique
Posted on November 8, 2016August 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Longarm Couched Jacket

Today we welome Joy, a friend from the Easton MD area who has created a great Tabula Rasa Jacket, her first actually with embellishments using a long are quilting machine.  We asked her to write about it so we could share it with our Sew! Lets Get Dressed readers.  So… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Quilting, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Lapped Zippers in Pants

Our pants post this month provides step-by-step instructions and photos of a lapped zipper application for your Eureka! Pants that Fit. In our Eureka! Pants Licensing Seminar last month, I demonstrated this lapped zipper technique since some of the students were not confident inserting a lapped zipper.  This is my favorite… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Pants, Technique, Zippers
Posted on September 13, 2016June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Orange Linen with Liberty Trim

It’s a stash busting week again as we look at my orange linen unlined duster made with the Rain or Shine Variations (RSV) for the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ).  Like last week’s black and white top, this warm orange colored topper is perfect for the change of seasons here in… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Pockets, Rain or Shine, Technique
Posted on September 6, 2016September 5, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Versatile Black & White

Sewing black and white tops is so practical.  They can be paired with either black, white, or bright colored pants moving from season to season in style.   (If you don’t wear black and white, imagine that I am writing about your favorite light and dark neutral colors.) Earlier this summer… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets, Technique
Posted on June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Hems for Unlined Tabula Rasa Jackets

Summer has arrived here in the mid-Atlantic where I live and work.  May was chilly and wet, so all of a sudden my unlined summer Tabula Rasa Jackets (TRJ) are coming out of the closet.  Just like our conversation about summer pants fabrics, the fabrics I choose to sew for… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets, Technique
Posted on May 24, 2016May 24, 2016 by Carrie Emerson — 2 Comments

TR Camp Shirts for Summer

Carrie in Camp Shirt

A few weeks ago we had a brief spurt of warm weather which got me to thinking about my summer tops.  I really like to wear a “camp shirt” in warm weather, which I think of as having short sleeves and collar on a relaxed fitting shirt that falls open… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Shirts, Technique
Posted on May 17, 2016January 12, 2022 by Rae Cumbie — 8 Comments

Stitch and Flip Jacket Engineering

Every time I approach a group of fabrics destined to be a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), I consider both the design and the engineering.  It is easy to dream up a pieced front and back for a jacket, but it is quite another thing to stitch it together into a… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Quilting, Technique
Posted on April 12, 2016June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Japanese Double Faced Jacket – Part Two

Welcome back to our visit with the Double the Orient Tabula Rasa Jacket.  Last week the post looked closely at the design, basic construction and cuffs of this reversible TRJ.  In this post we will look at the finishes including the hem, the kimono band and the button closures. Preparing… 

Categories: Band Variations, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Technique

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