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Category: Helpful Hints

Posted on June 5, 2018June 20, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

TC’s Challenging Fabric

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Today we welcome TC Ferrito to our column.  If you are in ASG you have probably met her, she is a dynamo of energy for all things sewing.  We are so honored that she is… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Knits
Posted on May 29, 2018October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

Cool Partial Lining

Partial linings are perfect for warm weather sewing when you need a neat finish but don’t want the heat of a full lining. Thank the South Carolina ASG group for this post. They asked about partial linings and so we will oblige. Let’s look at the development, insertion and finishing… 

Categories: Band Variations, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets
Posted on May 22, 2018June 25, 2024 by Rae Cumbie

Chiffon Ruffles

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Sewing ruffles, in this case, A Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) with the ruffled front Band Variation is so fun and fashionable. This jacket was a Me Made May stash busting project. I had this printed silk… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on May 8, 2018October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Interfacing Intelligence

Understanding interfacing is essential to sewing clothing that looks neat and keeps its shape wear after wear. To construct great garments, you must embrace interfacing as your friend. Let’s look at a shirt I recently made to see how the interfacing turned this soft polyester blend Ikat into a fabulous spread… 

Categories: Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Technique
Posted on April 10, 2018April 7, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Martha’s Denim Vest

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  We are pleased to welcome Martha Myers to our blog this week with an update of a post on her blog Now Sewing.  Martha is an extremely accomplished stitcher and has made several wonderful Tabula Rasa… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Technique, Vests
Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

#SewSuccessfully

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully.  Have you noticed that we have adopted a new motto, “Sew Successfully”?  We love it because that is our goal – to help you sew successfully.  We strive to give you a successful and satisfying… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration
Posted on March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 3 Comments

For The Birds – Knit Design

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. This bird print stretch rayon knit fabric threw me for a loop when I set out to make a Tabula Rasa Knit Tunic (TRK) with it. The fabric required some creative design work to find… 

Categories: Design, Fabric, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Knits
Posted on March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by Rae Cumbie — 7 Comments

Altering for an Improved Fit

Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. When we were putting the finishing touches on the Rain or Shine Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ), I stitched up a funnel neck blouse in a beautiful blue silk twill from our friends… 

Categories: Alterations, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets
Posted on March 6, 2018April 22, 2025 by Carrie Emerson — Leave a comment

Welcome Spring Banner

April Showers Cotton Laminated Coat

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… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Knits, Vests
Posted on February 27, 2018February 17, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

Tracing An Adjusted Eureka! Pants Pattern

Your adjusted Eureka! Pants pattern is the first building block in your tool kit to create a contemporary pants wardrobe. There are so many styling options to lead you to great pants for any season and occasion.  Each new style needs a new pattern with the pocket, waist or leg… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Pants, Pattern work

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