We have big sewing plans for 2018 that will offer you new ways to sew great garments with your Fit for Art Patterns. We have dreamed up so many fun new ideas they will spill over into plans for 2019. We won’t give away all our new vision yet, but…
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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…
Rendezvous to Learn and Sew
All topics sewing, designing, fitting and business practices were on the agenda this weekend at the Annual Educational Conference of the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals in Orlando FL, where everything is Disney. Fit for Art is a proud sponsor of this conference. I was fortunate to attend, represent…
Inserting an Exposed Separating Zipper
Another post, another zipper! We are finishing out this series of zipper posts in advance of the Zipper Sampler class I am teaching at the Schaumburg Original Sewing and Quilt Expo (OSQE), and the Zipper Sampler stage presentation I will be leading at the Fredericksburg OSQE. Exposed zippers continue to…
Scenes from the Expo
Sewing ideas are everywhere at an Original Sewing and Quilt Expo and we are proud to be part of the inspiration. Since we are now on the road south from the Raleigh OSQE to the ASG Annual conference in Orlando, we decided to share with you some highlights from our…
Sew Knits with Clever Crossings
We love to sew knits, and we are happy to encourage you to sew fun knit tops with a new variation to the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic. Welcome to the Clever Crossing Variations. You are the first to know! We have called this package of variations Clever Crossing…
Red, White and Blue
As we in the United States wish a Happy Birthday to America, we often sport clothes in the colors of the flag. Red, white and blue is such a classic color combination. Since all our patriotic holidays are in the summer, it’s the warm weather wardrobe that calls for red,…
O’Keeffe in Brooklyn
New York City always beckons and usually my visits include shopping and a visit to an upper east side art museum. However, on my most recent trip I went a different direction, heading to the Brooklyn Museum to see their current exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe, Living Modern, through July 23, 2017. …
Me Made May
“Me Made May” is an 8-year-old garment challenge that encourages participants to wear more of their self-made creations. I took the challenge last year to wear at least one self-made garment every day in May. I signed up on the MMM blog and expanded the suggested challenge, pledging to create…
A Dizzying Array of Tabula Rasa Variations
Sewing together is such fun. You are energized by the projects and ideas of the friends and teachers sewing around you and better yet, there are no distractions that take you away from the sewing machine. Well, perhaps eating diverts you, but in my opinion it is almost as fun…