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Category: Vests

Posted on December 1, 2020November 30, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — 1 Comment

Painted Waterfall Knit Vest

Carrie modeling Waterfall Knit Vest

If you’ve been following our blog Sew! Let’s Get Dressed for long, you know that I love to sew and wear vests.  We’ve been creating vests from the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern for years with our step-by-step directions for making a TR Vest.  Now we’ve got a pattern that works… 

Categories: Knits, Surface Design, Twin Set, Vests
Posted on October 20, 2020October 21, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

The Artistic Artifacts Vest

At Fit for Art we are inVESTed in garment sewing, encouraging our sewing community of all skill levels to sew successful garments that fit. We have teamed up with Artistic Artifacts, a fun sewing, quilting and craft store to make an artistic vest using their signature fabrics. We were so… 

Categories: Free Pattern, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Vests
Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Handwoven Remnant Vest

The Tabula Rasa Jacket is the perfect choice for garments made with handwoven fabric.  Because it is Spinning and Weaving week at the Handweavers Guild of America we are bringing you a few tips from our Handwoven Tips Booklet.  This featured vest was made and photographed to illustrate the planning… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Fabric, Handwovens, Inspiration, Vests
Posted on September 8, 2020March 21, 2024 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

It’s Vest Season!

If you haven’t yet made a Tabula Rasa Vest, get started now making a vest for Fall!  They are so easy to make with the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern – just leave out the sleeve and finish the armhole edges to make a perfect vest.  We tell you how in… 

Categories: Technique, Vests
Posted on August 11, 2020October 19, 2023 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Band Variations Call for Creative Closures

You will get a lot of mileage out of Band Variations for the TRJ! This set of variation ideas, patterns and templates provides many ways to alter the look of a Tabula Rasa Jacket by changing just the front band. You can explore photos of band variation options in our photo… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Digital Patterns, Jackets, Vests
Posted on January 21, 2020January 17, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Make a Lined Tabula Rasa Vest

Funnel Neck Ikat Vest from Rain or Shine Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket from Fit for Art Patterns

I am a big fan of easy to construct Tabula Rasa Vests!  Having been asked several times to write a blog post describing the process for making a fully lined Tabula Rasa Vest, here it finally is.  I am going to describe how I made this Funnel Neck Ikat Vest… 

Categories: How to, Technique, Vests
Posted on October 15, 2019June 23, 2021 by Carrie Emerson — 6 Comments

Making a Recycled Denim Vest

Jean Jacket Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket by Fit for Art Patterns, Carrie in Recycled Denim Vest

My Recycled Denim Vest was inspired by a pile of old jeans I discovered my husband was throwing out.  Rae and I were well into developing Jean Jacket Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket, so I knew they’d come in handy for a jean jacket sample!  Besides, I had been… 

Categories: Inspiration, Jean Jacket, Pockets, Repurposed, Vests
Posted on July 30, 2019August 9, 2020 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Announcing Jean Jacket Variations

ean Jacket Variations - front cover

We are delighted to announce that the long-anticipated Jean Jacket Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket is ready just in time for the annual conference of the American Sewing Guild!  Enjoy a preview of the pattern and samples today and come see them live August 1 – 4 at the… 

Categories: Design, Inspiration, Jackets, Jean Jacket, Vests
Posted on November 6, 2018September 22, 2021 by Carrie Emerson — 4 Comments

Boro Report

Vest Back in progress

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  During our August retreat, we introduced a technique called “boro”.  This is a trendy hand quilting technique we had read about in a terrific article by Mary Ray in Threads magazine, Boro Style, issue number 195… 

Categories: How to, Inspiration, Surface Design, Vests
Posted on April 17, 2018September 24, 2019 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Simple to Simply Amazing Quilted TRJs

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Today we presented “Simple to Simply Amazing Cotton Jackets” at the Danner’s Bernina Shop’s Anniversary Celebration.  Here are the three Tabula Rasa Jackets(TRJ) we featured in the quilted jacket category of the show.  Each jacket… 

Categories: Events, Inspiration, Quilting, Vests

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