I hope that you have been thinking about, and perhaps even playing with some fabrics, for your own pieced jacket as I suggested in last week’s post. This is the second week of conversation about the pieced blue scarf jacket that received so many compliments during our fall appearances. Read…
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Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Piecing a Scarf Jacket
Stitch up a scarf band to finish your Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ)! I used a scarf band on this blue mixed fiber TRJ that has been hanging on our wardrobe wall at the last several sewing shows. The scarf band creates a built-in tie closure for a soft daytime look. Many…
Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Pants Musings
Helping you sew pants that fit your body and your lifestyle is one of our goals at Fit for Art. In the last few months we have had a number of opportunities to work toward that goal. At the American Sewing Expo this past weekend I did over 20 pants…
Sew Let’s Get Dressed – Designing Artful Jackets
It is time to settle on the design for my Tabula Rasa Jacket embellished with painted squares. Last week I shared with you about the painting process and this week we will consider some design options. The squares have been heat set and fused to the light fusible web so…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – Inspiring Play on Labor Day
On Labor Day it seems appropriate to take a break from work for an enjoyable diversion. When your work and your favorite hobby converge, as mine do, and your studio is in your home, this can be a challenge. But yesterday I devised an excellent diversion — playing with Shiva…
Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Transitional Shirts with Button Frame Details
We are sewing a lot of button frames these days since one of the design extra’s in our Shirt Variations for the Tabula Rasa Jacket is button frames. If you have some fun cottons in your stash consider stitching them into a lovely transitional shirt. This is an excellent variation…
Sew! Let’s Get Dressed – “Normcore” Contemporary Wardrobe Basics
All week I have been preparing for our trip to the American Sewing Guild’s Annual Conference in St. Louis July 24-27. Including travel time, we will be gone 7 days. That’s a lot of outfits to put together, ranging from car travel comfort to fashion show ensembles. The core of…
Sew! Lets get dressed – Reading Directions
Fit for Art Patterns is having a very busy summer as we finish up a new Tabula Rasa Jacket Variation and a new Tabula Rasa Pattern. We love the name Tabula Rasa, which is Latin for blank or erasable slate. Our patterns offer a great fit and a variety of…
Sew! Lets Get Dressed – Fabric Sources on the Internet
As promised, we are repeating some of our 2013 newsletter tips for our new followers of Sew! Lets Get Dressed. Here is a tip with an updated list of internet fabric sources we like. Our friends at the Raleigh Original Sewing & Quilt Expo this weekend reminded us that these…
Sewing Pros – A retreat just for you!
Nothing shows your fitting, design and sewing competence more than the clothes you make and wear for yourself. Linger after the ASDP conference for two days of planning and building your wardrobe at Steve’s Sewing on the outskirts of Philadelphia. In state of the art classrooms, work with Rae Cumbie…
