Rae Cumbie

Create a Delicate Collage with Layered Sheers

Layered sheer fabrics and collage techniques offer a stylish way to create lightweight, dimensional garments ideal for warm weather. Rae Cumbie shares her artful approach to summer sewing.
Make a Boro-Stitched Jacket

Follow the steps to creating a unique boro-stitched jacket by combining fabric layering with the boro stitching and raw-edge appliqué. Rae Cumbie of Fit for Art Patterns shows her process.
4 Spring Updates for a TNT Top

Freshen up your wardrobe with tops based on a TNT pattern, then give each new top a focal feature.
How to Sew Laminated Cotton

Laminated cotton is a fairly new arrival to the sewing world. In this article, learn more about laminated cotton.
Sustainable Sewing Project: Piece Softly

Casual, contemporary attire should be effortless: It should move gracefully during wear and express your personal aesthetic. Garments with a soft, drapey hand and thoughtfully selected prints, patterns, and colors…
Make a Mixed-Print Jacket with a Squared Armhole

The Tabula Rasa Jacket has a natural shoulder line, relaxed fit, and vertical panel seams providing options for pattern blocking. Unique to this design is its squared armhole shape, making…
Bridge Open Seams with Beads and Sequins

Accent seamlines and garment edges with hand-sewn sequin and bead clusters that bridge the gap between separate rolled edges. Joining seams by hand with beaded accents is a labor of…
Embellishments: Paint on Knits

How to apply designs that flex and stretch.
Use a Stitch Regulator for Free-Motion Stitching on Garments

Garment sewers now have a specialty attachment option for sewing machines that enables balanced, equal-length stitches during free-motion stitching. Use a Stitch Regulator for Free-Motion Stitching on Garments
Sewing Pristine and Often Fragile White Fabrics

Learn how to avoid soil, surface damage, show-through, and other pitfalls when working with white fabrics.

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Rae Cumbie

Create a Delicate Collage with Layered Sheers

Make a Boro-Stitched Jacket

4 Spring Updates for a TNT Top

How to Sew Laminated Cotton

Sustainable Sewing Project: Piece Softly

Make a Mixed-Print Jacket with a Squared Armhole

Bridge Open Seams with Beads and Sequins

Embellishments: Paint on Knits

Use a Stitch Regulator for Free-Motion Stitching on Garments

Sewing Pristine and Often Fragile White Fabrics

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Rae Cumbie

Create a Delicate Collage with Layered Sheers

Make a Boro-Stitched Jacket

4 Spring Updates for a TNT Top

How to Sew Laminated Cotton

Sustainable Sewing Project: Piece Softly

Make a Mixed-Print Jacket with a Squared Armhole

Bridge Open Seams with Beads and Sequins

Embellishments: Paint on Knits

Use a Stitch Regulator for Free-Motion Stitching on Garments

Sewing Pristine and Often Fragile White Fabrics

Threads Magazine

A Deep Dive | Letter From the Editor

Rewarding Work | Letter from the Editor

Threads of Connection | Letter from the Editor

Live and Learn | Letter from the Editor

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