Creating a wardrobe of clothes from fabric in your stash is a fun challenge. When the season changes from winter to spring, it is a great time to reorganize your fabric stash. Put away those winter projects you never got around to stitching up and find some spring and summer…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Jacket Collaborations and Wearable Mock-ups
My search for a great wearable art jacket pattern (which ultimately resulted in the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern) included a grant from the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild. The grant partially funded my jacket making collaborations with several quilters and weavers in 2009 – 2010. With each of my collaborators, I made a…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – True Confessions
When you sew pants, tops and jackets that fit well and are made with fabric you love, getting dressed is fun and easy. This has certainly been my experience as I started intentionally sewing pants and tops that fit my lifestyle and my body’s unique curves. The truth is that…