At the change of seasons, we like to refresh the collection of garment samples included in the banner on the home page of FitforArtPatterns.com in hopes of inspiring your sewing, and ours! With Fall arriving where we live, on the East Coast of the US, we’ve selected a group of…
Author: Carrie Emerson
Coming Soon: Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets
We are thrilled to announce the publication of Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets by Rae Cumbie and Carrie Emerson! If you’ve been wondering why Fit for Art hasn’t released any new patterns in the past year, we can finally reveal that it’s because Rae and Carrie have been tied up with…
Copycat Jumpsuit
We rely on our core Fit for Art patterns to create and re-create favorite garments, and this cute jumpsuit is no exception! Starting from her Carpe Diem Tunic and Eureka Pants that Fit patterns, Carrie drafted a pattern to re-create a beloved jumpsuit. Follow along to see how she made…
Knits Fit for Exercise
Make your own exercise top with stretchy knits and the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee pattern! There are plenty of activewear and athleisure fabrics available today and you can tailor the exercise wear to your preferred style and degree of fit. Carrie explains how she modified her knit tank top pattern…
Mash-up a Swingy Knit Dress
This swingy knit dress evolved from a mash-up of Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and knit variation patterns and the Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic construction techniques. Wishing for a casual and easy wearing knit dress? Whether you call it a mash-up or hacking, follow these tips to stitch up a…
Barrel-Leg Style Eureka Pants
We can’t help noticing that barrel leg style pants and jeans are all over the fashion world these days in both ready-to-wear and new patterns from indie pattern companies. Elle magazine declared “Barrel-Leg Jeans Are Officially The Denim Shape Of 2024“. If you’ve invested time in getting your Eureka Pants…
Relaxed Fit Dress with Carpe Diem
In her quest to add looser fitting garments to her summer wardrobe, Carrie is experimenting with her TNT Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic pattern. She started by collecting images of shift dress variations on a Pinterest board (check out Inspo: Shift Dresses on Fit for Art’s Pinterest page). Many of those pins…
Easy Method for Narrow Hems
Have you struggled to sew narrow or baby hems? Carrie’s adventure into peplum tops lead her to perfect a clever technique for sewing those pesky narrow hems. Fortuitously, one of our retreat participants had shared this technique with Carrie during Fit for Art’s Spring Sew Successfully Retreat. Follow along the…
Peplum Tops from Carpe Diem
Carrie had been contemplating how to devise a peplum top when a fortuitous email showed up in her box. MoodSewciety.com (a unit of Mood Fabrics) frequently posts free patterns to its mailing list; in March, the Beaufort Peplum Ensemble (MDF370) was featured in crisp linen. Carrie happily took up the challenge…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed Blog-iversary
Our first Sew! Let’s Get Dressed blog post was published on May 13, 2014. My how time flies when you are having fun! That post, entitled True Confessions, still captures our basic philosophy about sewing clothing and our motivations for starting Fit for Art Patterns in 2010. We have added much more…