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Category: Helpful Hints

Posted on May 30, 2023September 13, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Easy to Sew Tabby

A mother and daughter vest combo in soft corduroy.

The Tabby Jacket pattern in kid sizes 2 – 12, with directions for both kids and adults, was supposed to be a smaller version of the Tabula Rasa Jacket.  We envision moms, grandmas and friends sewing jackets with their youngsters using coordinated fabric, loving the process and the results.  We… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Tabby Jacket for Kids, Vests
Posted on May 23, 2023August 14, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Spark New Sewing Ideas

To keep Fit for Art moving forward, there is a constant need for new sewing ideas and designs for our 4 Core Patterns.  So where do the new ideas that fill our weekly blog and the pages of the magazine articles we write come from?  This year, our articles in… 

Categories: Carpe Diem, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Surface Design
Posted on May 16, 2023October 14, 2023 by Rae Cumbie

Same Knit – Different Styling

Great knit fabrics, according to Fit for Art, have a lovely drape or feel and a beautiful color or a fanciful print.  Sometimes when we find such a knit, we buy plenty and share it with each other and our sewing friends.  This can lead to some funny circumstances where… 

Categories: Clever Crossing, Helpful Hints, Knit Tops, Pants, Wide Neckline
Posted on May 2, 2023May 22, 2024 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Seams Are Sew Important

With the launch of our Tabby Jacket, we assembled a glossary of sewing terms that will assist any level of sewist when stitching up garments. I wrote each entry and connected the links to our blog posts and videos that illuminate the terms. Surprisingly, there were no blog posts about cutting lines,… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Pattern work
Posted on April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew Baltimore-Sew Collaborative

As Fit for Art gears up to launch a brand-new pattern, we are busy sewing samples to test every element of the directions and fit.  Each of these samples leaves a pile of colorful scraps in its wake and some of those scraps have made their way into a new… 

Categories: Events, Fabric, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Pattern Development
Posted on April 4, 2023April 23, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Empowered Knit Sewing

In May Fit for Art will be bringing you another 4 week sew-along hosted by Sewbattical. This class is designed to empower you to sew knit fabrics with confidence using the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic pattern.  The four classes, each 1½ hours of live conversation, will be held… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Knit Tops, Knits, Online teaching
Posted on March 28, 2023October 19, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Neat Front Band Finishes

It is important to save some time and energy for the final step required to complete a Tabula Rasa Jacket project. In our virtual Tabula Rasa Jacket course, front band finishes are demonstrated thoroughly. This prompted me to find a blog post addressing this topic to list as an additional resource. Guess… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Hems and finishes, How to, Jackets
Posted on March 7, 2023March 6, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 5 Comments

New Reads for The Fabric Lover’s Bookshelf

Even if sewing is your favorite thing, reading about sewing can also be fun.  Here are a few of our winter reads that fit that description.  You might enjoy reading them too. There were several fiber related books under Rae’s Christmas Tree.  First off a recently published book entitled Worn,… 

Categories: Book Review, Helpful Hints
Posted on February 28, 2023March 2, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Sew Comfortable Layers – Fashion Forecast

As we transition to new weather, how should our wardrobes transition to stay up to date?  Sew comfortable layers! While I am always interested in checking out the advice in the online fashion columns, I do not always choose to follow the trends. Our featured image above, taken by a friend… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Knit Tops, Pants, Wardrobe
Posted on February 7, 2023February 21, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 4 Comments

The Eureka! Pants Scoop

Whenever we teach a Eureka! Pants that Fit pants class, it reminds us of the power of the scoop.  As we put each student in pants fitting shells last weekend at Artistic Artifacts, one of the first things we assessed was whether a scoop was needed to reshape either the… 

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

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