Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. What inspires me as a garment maker, business owner, artist, writer, human being? Most of the year it is my next event or deadline, perhaps a fashion trend or a new teaching opportunity. There is…
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V Neckline Tee Tips
The Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic (TRK) pattern includes options for U-neck construction and V-neck construction. The V-neckline scares lots of folks because it requires you to clip into the seam allowance to begin the process. Here are some step-by-step tips on how to smoothly construct the V neckline. …
Retreat with Fit for Art
There are still a few spaces in our Sew! Let’s Get Dressed Retreat the week of August 21-25 and we want to encourage and tempt you to come sew successfully with us. This is a pick-your-own project retreat with a bonus! Rae and Carrie will be available all day to…
One Fish, Two Fish, Teal Fish, Blue Fish
Rae embellished this unique Tabula Rasa blouse with stencils and Artist’s Paintstiks. This Tabula Rasa Jacket variation is made from …
Redesigning for a Special Occasion
It is great fun to find new fabrics and shapes to update a dated garment. So, when Katy, who I regularly design and sew for, brought me the dress she wore to her daughter’s wedding and asked for a redesign, I was all in. She had a wedding to attend…
Marvelous Mekong River Shirt
Two special fabrics purchased at Mekong River Textiles are combined into a comfortable and striking shirt for fall and winter. …
O’Keeffe in Brooklyn
New York City always beckons and usually my visits include shopping and a visit to an upper east side art museum. However, on my most recent trip I went a different direction, heading to the Brooklyn Museum to see their current exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe, Living Modern, through July 23, 2017. …
Wow! Wearable Art
Every time I am asked to speak on the topic of wearable art or art to wear, I reflect on the relationship between art and clothing. My background as a custom dressmaker leads me to prefer the phrase artful wearables. Clothing needs to be functional and well-fitting first. Then if…
Playing with Color
Mixing fabrics in a garment is one of my ongoing passions. Take a tour of our gallery pages to see some examples. I never tire of seeing the interplay of color and texture as I collect fabrics for a new project. Last fall my eyes were diverted by a color matching…
Delighted by Japanese Textile Traditions
You know that we love Asian Textiles and the simple kimono shapes of Japan. So, it was with great delight that Carrie and I participated in events focused on this topic with kimono expert June Colburn. The program, sponsored by the Baltimore chapter of the Association of Sewing and Design…