Our friend Edye has been a Eureka! Pants Professional for over 5 years. She uses her Eureka! Pants knowledge, samples and patterns to work as a sewing professional week in and week out. So, when she had some major body weight shifts this last year, she decided to revisit her…
Category: Pattern Development
Pattern Pampering
Today we will think about patterns and what is needed to keep a pattern working hard for you. I don’t mean the process of making changes during the development of a pattern, but the destiny of a frequently used pattern. Be forewarned, this is a new year’s confessional. Our pattern…
Grainlines on Pants Patterns are so Important!
Welcome to Sew! Let’s Get Dressed, a weekly blog that encourages you to sew successfully. Pants grainlines are political football in sewing circles. Bloggers and writers each have an opinion they feel strongly about and often they are at odds with their colleagues. That adds to lots of conflicting information…
Sew Successful Pattern Work
If you’ve ever taken one of our workshops, we may have helped you and fellow students make alterations to your pattern. These fitting adjustments are one occasion for pattern work. You might also do pattern work to create a pattern variation or add interesting details, using one of our templates or inventing…
Waist Finishes for Pants
We know there are new Eureka! Pants stitchers in the Fit for Art universe. Some had sizings in our fitting booth at the Cincinnati or Fredericksburg Expo, some attended our summer retreat or the Creative Clothing Club Pants Workshop in August. Once the fitting adjustments and pattern work are done,…
Silk Sari for the Holidays
A few years ago, after traveling in India, my daughter Meg gifted me with a beautiful red and gold silk sari. It has been waiting for the right occasion to come along so I could stitch it into something special, and this Fall it did. My husband and I would…
A Tricky Ensemble Treat
It’s Halloween so let’s look at this ensemble which began with some orangy red and black Sew Batik Rayon. I considered several designs before deciding to make wide leg Eureka! Pants. My plan was to combine them with a top made from a stash piece of organic cotton knit in…
Imagining a “Spectacle” Jacket
A colorful bundle of Echino fat quarters came to me as a gift from my daughter several years ago, and I immediately wanted to make them into a Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ). But, fat quarters (18” by 22 1/2 “) are challenging when designing garments, especially if you want to…
Fit for Art Patterns 2016 Highlights
As we close out 2016 we wish you a happy holiday and a healthy and prosperous 2017. We celebrate your support of Fit for Art Patterns with this year in review: Also, a special word of thanks to those who invited us to present trunk shows and classes: Grand Rapids…
Eureka! Fall Pants Update
Our wardrobe choices change as the seasons change. I find that in changing my wardrobe from spring/ summer to fall/winter most of my focus is on the pants which anchor my outfits. Now that I have pants that fit, it seems I don’t want to wear anything else. So, my…