This summer we are having some Carpe Diem Fun! As we move through our upcoming week at the La Cascade French Retreat, watch and see how many Carpe Diems we have to wear. Do you notice any new trends? There is a variation pattern in the works, and we hope…
We hope you have seen the current issue of Threads Magazine (Summer issue 2025, number 230, pp. 28-35) and enjoyed the beautiful stacked sheer top and accompanying article Rae used to feature the Carpe Diem Pattern. The concept and collage for this weightless top represents stacked sheers inspired by Pinterest. Rae…
This weekend in America we will celebrate Mother’s day, the day we honor those who have guided and sustained us through the years, perhaps decades. Not only our mothers, but women who have supported us and who, if you are reading this blog, probably taught you how to sew. Consider…
In years past we have often written about updating one’s wardrobe with Special Spring Sewing around Easter, Passover or whatever holiday or occasion you might celebrate in 2025. It has been observed in this blog before that the world is getting more casual, and this year’s spring sewing for Rae…
We’re featuring a jacket today made from a collection of modern quilting cottons which provided Rae with some scrappy selvage fun- April Fools appropriate! When Rae was a girl learning to sew, her mother, along with every teacher she ever had, suggested that you should trim away the selvages after…
Upcycling a finished quilt to a quilted coat or jacket is a fun way to practice sustainable sewing while creating a unique and very special garment to wear. Today we take a closer look at the Repurposed Quilt Duster, Project #6 in Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets. Every quilted jacket project…
Star Appliques can be very dramatic but they are extra fun when you look at them up close. A detail described in project #2 of Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets, these stars really transform the dark of night jelly roll fabric from SewBatik into a sparkling night sky. Quilting stores have…
Over the next couple of weeks, Fit for Art has the pleasure of inviting you to join us for quilted jacket fun with sewing friends that will inspire you as a stitcher and quilted jacket maker. Carrie and Rae are lucky to have friends in the sewing community who have…
Rae has dreamed about finishing this strip of modern surface design and making it into a band on an asymmetrical vest for years. The project began before the final design was even envisioned and then it became an intention mired in the complexities of life. But as we are thinking…
This year I am giving the word goal a rest. Although I have some sewing plans, the word intentions seems to resonate with me in 2025. How about you? Have you thought about some intentions for your sewing projects this year? If you set intentions and life gets in the way,…
Carpe Diem Dress & Tunic
Price range: $20.00 through $30.00
Four Core Patterns
Original price was: $90.00.$80.00Current price is: $80.00.
Tabby Jacket
Price range: $15.00 through $20.00
