Fit for Art is wishing you the happiest of New Years as we celebrate our 15th year in business. As always, we gift you a successful sewing year with our tried and true products while you enjoy the many bits of sewing advice and assistance found on our web resources.…
Last spring Rae opened a weekly e-mail from Farmhouse Fabrics, a lovely mail-order shop that services the vast audience of Heirloom stitchers. Their “Weeding out Wednesdays” e-mails often show interesting fabrics on a nice discount. And so it was that 5 yards of this fun holiday fabric fell into Rae’s possession. She…
At this time each year, we like to present a round-up of holiday gift ideas from Fit for Art available on our website (and a few that are not). We hope you’ll find a few that fit your list from this rundown of possibilities including projects to make from your…
Pinterest is a modern way to keep an idea file or image notebook. If you are moving around online already, it is easy to get started. When Rae first met Pinterest, she was not sure how to use it in her clothing and crafting practices, but now it is a place she…
American culture is gracious to give us a time every year to pause and count our blessings. Carrie and Rae will each celebrate with their respective families here in the Mid-Atlantic on Thanksgiving day this Thursday. Before our family celebrations, we want to celebrate the wonderful year that has just…
In a few weeks, Rae will be teaching a Quilted Jacket class at Capital Quilts in Gaithersburg MD with limited spaces left. On the Saturdays that serve as parentheses to Thanksgiving, she will be teaching a Tabula Rasa Jacket Class at Spring Water Designs. So it is, Opus or Tabula…
In our photo gallery, this top is called Floral Fabulousness. Rae thinks this print is so very lovely and features colors she just loves. But, it needed to be managed with care and placed just so in order to create the knit print magic. You can have some of this…
Here are Fit for Art’s Tips for cutting and sewing Double Gauze for cool tops. Because this fabric is one of Rae’s daughter’s favorites, she has been stitching up Carpe Diems for Anna for 3 years, including during her maternity and nursing days. Double gauze is a double faced fine…
We were recently asked to discuss how to design a short sleeved knit top with the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic pattern. The commenter particularly wondered how to determine where to fold up the sleeve pattern for a short sleeve. What a great question, and one we are happy…
As the festive Spring season approaches in the Mid-Atlantic, it is time for a post about a wedding dress, but Not Just Any Wedding Dress. This week, while Carrie and Rae are both away from their desks and sewing machines, we have asked our friend Edye Sanford to write about…
Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic
Price range: $20.00 through $30.00
Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets
$22.99
Tabby Jacket
Price range: $15.00 through $20.00
