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Category: Helpful Hints

Posted on January 26, 2016June 4, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 1 Comment

The Details of Sporty Details

Sewing jean-style pants that look like they came from the store demands the hardware that gives your sewn jeans an authentic look.  While I am not a purist, certain detailing is important. So, here is my supply list for sewing Eureka! Pants that Fit with Sporty Details.  You can purchase… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Pant Details, Pants, Sporty Details
Posted on January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by Carrie Emerson — 5 Comments

Boiled Wool Sweater Jacket

  While in Minneapolis last fall for the ASDP conference, I purchased a lovely piece of peacock blue boiled wool from a local fabric store, Treadle Yard Goods.  I’m guessing it is a boiled wool jersey because it is softer and drapier than the boiled wool that I associate with… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Technique
Posted on January 12, 2016January 15, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — 5 Comments

Sweater Quandry – Redesign or Recycle

With good intentions, I often visit my closets and drawers each January for a little cleaning out.  some things are easy to part with because they are worn or ill-fitting.  Other items, that should be disposed of, prove more challenging.  I seem to have an irrational attachment to them.  One… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Repurposed, Technique
Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Common Fitting Adjustment Videos

As our name implies, we are all about Fit and helping everyone get a comfortable fit for their body.  We started Fit for Art Patterns with the goal of offering a basic, well fitting, easily adjustable jacket pattern for home sewers, wearable artists, teachers and sewing professionals.   Our first… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on December 29, 2015December 26, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — 4 Comments

Ringing in the New Year

Waiting for our turn to unload at the convention center in Houston.

We send our best wishes for a productive and fulfilling year in 2016!  With the new year just around the corner, we’ve been looking back at Fit for Art in 2015 and making plans for 2016.  It is rewarding to realize that we really did accomplish much, although it did… 

Category: Helpful Hints
Posted on December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Old Ties – Warm Memories

Denim Tie Jacket

  During the gifting season, I am often looking for gifts that delight the eye and touch the heart.  Digging out a box of old neckties is a good place to find lovely tidbits of sentiment and they work great as embellishments on Tabula Rasa Jackets (TRJ) and Tabula Rasa… 

Category: Helpful Hints
Posted on December 8, 2015August 25, 2018 by Carrie Emerson — 2 Comments

Fit for Art Pajamas and Robe

Rae and Carrie modeling sleepwear

Rae and I have been eyeing a lovely bolt of Japanese cotton lawn that we bought earlier this year.  We’ve also talked for some time about creating Fit for Art sleep wear, and suddenly it clicked into place – the lawn is perfect for pajamas and robes! I made a… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Shirts
Posted on December 1, 2015June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Geisha Jacket Part 4 – Double Band Finish

Today is the final post about the Geisha Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) with a close up look at the button front double band.  A careful look at the background sketches in the Labor Day post shows an asymmetrical front hemline.  The more prominent and recent sketches include a shaped band… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on November 24, 2015June 4, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Pants and Pockets to be Thankful For

Every morning when getting dressed I experience the bliss of pulling on a pair of pants that fit.  Since it is Thanksgiving week and I am counting my many blessings, I am mindful of the little things that keep me moving through the day with ease.  In the morning, I… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Pant Details, Pants, Pockets
Posted on November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Inspired Knits for Fall

Fall Knit Tunic (front)

  So, let’s get dressed with some comfortable Tabula Rasa Knits (TRK) for fall!  This seems to be my direction lately and Carrie and I found some lovely knits when we shopped in NYC in August.  Luckily, we bought enough to share with you; there are a limited number of… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Knits, Technique

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