
Make time for Tabula Rasa Jackets as we move into a new season and want a little wardrobe refresh. Where I live, we are moving into fall, the perfect time to make time to make a jacket. Or you could say take the time to take a jacket making class. …
Make time for Tabula Rasa Jackets as we move into a new season and want a little wardrobe refresh. Where I live, we are moving into fall, the perfect time to make time to make a jacket. Or you could say take the time to take a jacket making class. …
The uninterrupted hemline of the Carpe Diem opens up some fun hemline design opportunities. A new linen top, designed and made as spring became summer, is an excellent example of creative energy moving a Carpe Diem hemline to the next level. Plan the Project It started with a stash search…
This year Threads Magazine is featuring Riffs on a Trusted Pattern by Becky Fulgoni as an online insider series. Becky chose the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern as her trusted pattern for the series, so every month we’ve been enjoying Becky’s creative makes with the TRJ pattern. You may recall that…
Fall is upon us so it’s time to take pants inventory and get going on the pants needed to get you through the year. We are delighted to be returning to the Fredericksburg Original Sewing and Quilt Expo (OSQE) to teach our two day Eureka! Pants fitting workshop during “More…
Our week at La Cascade came to an end this morning when we brought our 7 participants back to the airport to return to the states, or continue their travels. This afternoon when I went to pick up the last of the materials, the studio looked as forlorn as it…
We are ready for the La Cascade retreat to begin, and in fact by the time you read this, our 7 visitors will have arrived, enjoyed their first dinner and snuggled into bed. What awaits them? Here is a little look at some of the materials we have gathered for…
It’s time to introduce some more options included in the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic pattern. This week we are looking at the Minty Fresh Carpe Diem Dress to demonstrate the steps for preparing and inserting the optional cap sleeve, back belt, and pleated hem vent. Doesn’t this dress feel…
In the search for creative inspiration, it occasionally happens that a technique or idea propels you in a variety of different productive directions. Such is the case with the quilting technique sashing. I came across it in a quilting book called Maverick Quilts by Alethea Ballard. The subtitle is why…
On a trip to New York, I spotted this lovely peach knit with a classic Italian print, only understated. It is a very light cotton jersey and while it is rare that I make a Tabula Rasa Knit top in only one fabric, this one seemed like a great candidate for…
Enjoy these highlights of the American Sewing Guild’s annual conference in San Antonio TX where we have been teaching and sharing our successful sewing patterns with the conference participants this past week. It was especially sweet to be back with sewing friends after several years of event cancellations and to…