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…
One cropped Jean Jacket from a sale rack finds new lives, becoming two unique jackets that are equally loved. Rae was encouraged by her friend Sally, who you have met in this blog before, to deconstruct parts of the original jacket. Her first recycling idea included a small quilt with some…
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…
Today we take a closer look at how to make your own binding tape for a quilted jacket or coat. While commercially made binding tape can be purchased, making your own ensures that you can get just the right fabric to match your vision. (For a few projects featuring purchased…
As the holiday season reaches full swing, Carrie and Rae at Fit for Art Patterns wish you a comfy holiday season. Over the years it seems that holidays have become quite casual and we are hoping you are finding a closet full of Fit for Art creations to keep you…
We have been sharing over the last few weeks some of the many blessings we are thankful for. Today we confess that we are so thankful for you! So we are offering a “fitting” thank you gift. In years past, we have offered up a number of little sewing projects that…
In recent years, Rae has embraced the practice of slow-paced hand stitching and incorporated it into a number of jackets, tops and more. If you have seen the current issue of Threads Magazine, the coat featured in Boro Composition is completely embellished by hand and even the seams were finished by…
At the change of seasons, we like to refresh the collection of garment samples included in the banner on the home page of FitforArtPatterns.com in hopes of inspiring your sewing, and ours! With Fall arriving where we live, on the East Coast of the US, we’ve selected a group of…
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