Fit for Art Patterns invites you to refresh your creative spirit at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France. The one-week program is lead by textile artists and Fit for Art owners Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson.** Together we will explore the…
We hope you are considering joining us in France this year for one of our two retreat weeks in the countryside. The cold and snowy weather in the mid atlantic the last couple of weeks makes these excursions seem so very sweet. Why don’t you plan to come along for…
Spend a week in July with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France, exploring the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will be spent in…
What a heavenly week in France we had with our Enchanting France – Embellishing Fabric group this year at La Cascade. Here is a little photo wrap us to inspire you to join us in 2024. We began and finished the week in the inspiring third floor studio at La…
Bonjour from France! Rae and Carrie are busy this week leading Fit for Art’s annual retreat, Enchanting France – Embellishing Fabric, at La Cascade in southern France. This pic was taken during our pastel dyeing day, walking among the sunflower fields. We will be back to posting our typical blogs…
This summer’s Fit for Art retreat in Southern France included an amazing day with the dye vats of Denise Lambert, woad historian and so much more. Denise has devoted the past 30 years to re-discovering an historical color “Dyer’s Woad – Isatis tinctoria” and incorporating it into modern industry. From…
Spend August 2-9, 2023 with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France, to explore the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will be spent in…
Spend August 2-9, 2023 with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France to explore the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will…
We are delighted to report that our zoom retreat hosted by OSQE and co-sponsored by SewBatik went wonderfully well this past weekend. The topic was Nifty Tabula Rasa Knit Tops and everyone who participated made something with a SewBatik cotton jersey kit. Carrie and I were busy beforehand sewing up…
We are thrilled to announce two Fit for Art sponsored retreats and a Eureka! Pants Professional Licensing seminar scheduled in 2019! We so enjoy spending one-on-one time with our students in these multi-day sewing retreats and hope you will join us for one of these events. First up in March…
