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Posted on December 7, 2021December 12, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Sew! Inspired to Learn in 2022

Plan to join us for one or more of our 2022 Sewing Adventures. We are cautiously optimistic that travel will continue to open up so we are offering you some Virtual and In Person sewing events for the new year.   There is one remaining OSQE virtual class scheduled that… 

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Posted on November 30, 2021December 12, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Sale/Carpe Diem/Free Gift Patterns

It’s after Thanksgiving and before Christmas so here is a post full of ideas, not exactly related, to get you through the holiday season in style! Starting with the Cyber Sale this week where you will get great deals on our entire online store.  Just in time for holiday dressing… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Free Pattern, Inspiration
Posted on November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 by Carrie Emerson — 6 Comments

Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic Details

We hope you caught last week’s release of our new core pattern – the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic. In today’s post we share many of the great details of the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic pattern to start you dreaming and planning your dress and tunic wardrobe.  This pattern… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Design, Digital Patterns, Dress, Inspiration
Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Seven Steps to a New Sewing Pattern

Digital Patterns close-up

New Fit for Art Patterns are well crafted and are a labor of love so you can sew successfully.  As we approach the launch of our new pattern, a fourth core wardrobe pattern, it occurred to us you might be interested in how we create a pattern for your sewing… 

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Posted on November 9, 2021November 8, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Knits Quotidian

What a lovely way to refer to knit tops sewn for every day wear. (Almost every word sounds better in French.) Comfortable knit tees and tunics are a staple of our wardrobe and Carrie and I will each take a turn in this post telling you about our latest Tabula… 

Categories: Inspiration, Knits, Travel
Posted on November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

Collage and Paint before you Sew

Embellishing fabric for a unique garment is one of my passions.  It is also the organizing principal behind our French Retreat which we hope to host again in August of 2022.  It was there that I first envisioned a summer weight embellished garment combining my interest in collage and stencil… 

Categories: Design, Inspiration, Surface Design, Technique
Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Adjusting the Eureka Pants Pattern Length

Lately we have had a few questions about adjusting the length of the Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern and the location of the “knee line”.  So today’s post is more technical than pretty in an effort to address these questions from customers at the beginning of the pant fitting process.… 

Categories: Fitting, Pants, Pattern work
Posted on October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Sewing a Tuffet

Hand stitching, quilting and mending seem to take up more time in my garment sewing practice.  The more I do, the more I realize I needed a good spot to settle into and sew. How fun that a Tuffet sewing project could help me find sewing comfort and joy! The… 

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Posted on October 12, 2021June 4, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

The Bride Wore Eureka! Pants

With great joy the Fit for Art patterns universe celebrated the marriage of Carrie’s daughter, Meg, in August of this year. It was a grand celebration and our Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern was center stage in the bride’s ensemble. Time now to take a look at the process of… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Glamour Details, Inspiration, Pant Details, Pants, Pattern work
Posted on October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Whose Hands Made These Quilts?

Indulge me in some musings about the quilts I recently cut apart and stitched into a Tabula Rasa Jacket.  This was my second such project in the last 6 months, but these two quilts set my mind to wondering about the materials and the maker whose hands crafted these bed… 

Categories: Fabric, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Outerwear, Quilting, Repurposed, Shirts

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