Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Rae and I returned home last night from the ASG Annual Conference, which was held in Las Vegas this year. We knew we were in Vegas from the moment we stepped off the plane and…
Author: Carrie Emerson
Fun with Saris
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. As many of you may have gathered, I recently traveled to India. The primary motivation for this trip was to attend graduation at a very special school south of Bangalore at which my daughter has…
Fit for Travel
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Recently we received a sample card from one of our wholesale fabric sources for a very light weight polyester with moisture wicking and UV protection. Not our usual purchase, but I am getting ready for…
Back to Pant Basics
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. I am excited to say that we have a bunch of new Eureka! Pants that Fit sewers this year, so we extend a warm welcome to you with this review of basic pants construction the…
Welcome Spring Banner
We are on the road to Atlanta for the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo and spring has certainly arrived in this part of the country. It has arrived on the Fit for Art Homepage too with a new banner to brighten your sewing thoughts and inspire you to perk up your…
A Tabula Rasa … Dress!
I’ve had a beautiful piece of wool challis in the studio for a few years just crying out for a project. Because the fabric is very elegant, has beautiful drape and is warm, I decided it would make a nice dress for winter wear. Just the impetus I needed to…
Silk Sari for the Holidays
A few years ago, after traveling in India, my daughter Meg gifted me with a beautiful red and gold silk sari. It has been waiting for the right occasion to come along so I could stitch it into something special, and this Fall it did. My husband and I would…
Cyber Sale!
We want to make sure you, our most loyal fans, are aware of our Cyber Monday Sale going on all this week! We are offering a 15% discount on all patterns ordered from this Monday through Friday (Nov. 27 – Dec. 1). Treat yourself to a new Fit for Art…
Cozy Cowl Collar
This is the perfect time of year to make yourself a Cowl Collar Surplice Front Tee! In cold weather I like to have my neck covered. The cowl collar surrounds my neck in cozy warmth without feeling constricted, as it does when wearing a turtleneck. I have recently made two…
Mix and Match TRJ Variations
I was surprised by how much attention this new Tabula Rasa Jacket received at the Fredericksburg and Schaumburg Expos. Many times I found myself explaining which pattern variations were used to create the rayon batik top, and then sending the asker to the Sew Batik booth to get their own…