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Posted on September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — 1 Comment

Fit for Art in the Press

Notions Magazine Summer 2015

Rae Cumbie is not one to toot her own horn, so in this post I am going to share the terrific articles and teaching videos Rae has produced and published in the past year or so.  I know you will want to check some of these out, if you haven’t… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Pants
Posted on August 25, 2015March 13, 2025 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Underlining Pants

Underlining is a couture technique that offers a number of benefits to careful garment sewers.  When you underline, a second layer of fabric is hand basted to your fashion fabric to provide support or to change the fabric’s nature.  Today we will consider underlining pants. Why Underline I mentioned this… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Pants, Technique
Posted on August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — 1 Comment

A New Face for the Tabula Rasa Jacket

New TRJ Cover

We are pleased to announce that we are giving the Tabula Rasa Jacket a bright new face!  It was time to print more TRJ Instruction books, so we decided to put new art on the cover that is more consistent with the TRJ Variation covers.  Many thanks to our excellent… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on August 11, 2015August 11, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Quilted Jackets for the Fall

The quilted Tabula Rasa Jackets in my closet are real favorites when the weather is cool and crisp.  Deep in the “dog days” of a Baltimore summer, I am wishing for fall weather and thinking about designing clothes to freshen up my fall wardrobe.  When this urge to sew for… 

Categories: Design, Events, Helpful Hints, Jackets, Quilting
Posted on August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 8 Comments

Scrap Happy Knit Tee

In the spring, after we had finished cutting and assembling our knit bundles, there were a few small pieces left over.  We could not throw them away, so they went into the bucket for small knits.  Usually these scraps become contrasting neck bindings, pockets or yokes.  One colorful floral piece… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Knits
Posted on July 28, 2015July 31, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

White Pants

In the heat of the summer, nothing makes you look cooler than white pants.  I save my ankle length white Eureka! Pants that Fit for the hottest days. Even though they are lined, they look and feel cool.  But beware, white fabric requires special attention in the planning and sewing… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Pants
Posted on July 21, 2015July 23, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

White Shirt – With A Twist, Part 2

Last week’s post outlined the creative process I used to plan my new white shirt and prepare to stencil the shirt using Paint Sticks. Here is the rest of the story and the finished Tabula Rasa Jacket with the Shirt Variations! To get started, I cleaned off my dining room table,… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Shirts, Surface Design
Posted on July 14, 2015July 23, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

A White Shirt – With A Twist

Last winter, when I was making note of the 2015 spring and summer fashion trends, the omnipresence of the white shirt on the pages of the fashion magazine caught my eye.  While I am not a slave to fashion, I realized that a new white shirt would be an excellent… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Shirts, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

See Something New This Summer

Summertime is the perfect time to break from your routine and visit an exhibit to expand your horizon.  There are so many wonderful local, regional, national and international exhibits available at museums large and small.  Hopefully there is one near you that will expand your vision and creatively inform your… 

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Posted on June 30, 2015June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Pants with Summer Pockets

Light weight unlined pants are perfect for hot summer weather in Baltimore. This “cool” pair is made from a cotton sateen border print I bought on clearance at a JoAnn’s a few summers ago.  They are easy to wear with flip flops and a white t-shirt but their design was… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Pants, Pockets, Technique

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