What a crazy week for Fit for Art! We spent 4 fabulous days at the American Sewing Guild (ASG) Annual Meeting on Boston’s North Shore. We met new friends and greeted many of our sewing acquaintances in our booth and classes. One highlight was Carrie’s runway walk in the annual…
Category: Pants
Fabric for Summer Pants – Updated
While we are on work assignments elsewhere, please enjoy this encore post with a few updates to keep you current. What are some good sources for pants fabric? This question has come from more than one of you and it seemed timely to think about summer pants fabric in particular. …
One Great Wardrobe – Episode 4
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to #sewsuccessfully with #fitforartpatterns. With summer almost here, we are featuring warm weather wardrobe staples in our series Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe. This group of casual garments demonstrate the great variety of looks that can…
Glamour Detail Cuffs
Sewing navy Eureka! Pants with Glamour Details has finally moved to the top of my to do list. While I worked on the pants, I photographed a number of the details to share with you. Today we will look closely at the Curved Cuffs so you can be empowered to…
Eureka Pants – Why Not
Our pants are great for women of every size and shape which we tell you all the time. Today we bring you a testimonial from a sewing pro in Nebraska. Longtime readers of the Sew! Let’s get Dressed blog might remember our friend Ruth. She is a wonderfully talented custom clothier, teacher and writer. Perhaps you have read her articles in Threads. She made a fabulous Tabula Rasa Jacket that inspired one of my own TRJ’s.
Glamour Details On Retreat
Are you sewing Eureka! Pants with Glamour Details yet? They are such fun and bring some trendy wide leg style to your wardrobe. On Saturday, day 4 of our Sew Successfully retreat, I wore my luxury weight black rayon Eureka! Pants that Fit. They have the wide legs and…
One Great Wardrobe – Episode 3
Welcome to another installment of our series “Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe”. Today’s wardrobe is based on one of my favorite pairs of pants in a dusty rose microfiber with lots of swinging drape. You will soon be able to make a similar pair with your Eureka! Pants…
Pattern Pampering
Today we will think about patterns and what is needed to keep a pattern working hard for you. I don’t mean the process of making changes during the development of a pattern, but the destiny of a frequently used pattern. Be forewarned, this is a new year’s confessional. Our pattern…
One Great Wardrobe – Episode 2
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Welcome to another installment in our series “Three Core Patterns – One Great Wardrobe.” We hope to inspire you to create your dream wardrobe with the 3 core patterns from Fit for Art, a little…
Grainlines on Pants Patterns are so Important!
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Pants grainlines are political football in sewing circles. Bloggers and writers each have an opinion they feel strongly about and often they are at odds with their colleagues. That adds to lots of conflicting information…