With a well fitting Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern in hand, Rae and Carrie of Fit for Art Patterns will guide you in making the jacket of your dreams. We will begin the 1st session, October 15 considering techniques for piecing, layering, embellishing and making style changes with the Tabula Rasa…
Join Rae and Carrie at the ASDP Educational conference, being held in Baltimore this year and featuring a very timely topic, Sustainability. Visit the website to read about the great line up of professional educators, fashion show, keynote speakers and networking.Rae is teaching two 1/2 day classes on Saturday you…
With a well fitting Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern in hand, Rae and Carrie of Fit for Art Patterns will guide you in making the jacket of your dreams. We will begin the 1st session, October 15 considering techniques for piecing, layering, embellishing and making style changes with the Tabula Rasa…
Join Rae and Carrie for 3 days of dedicated sewing at this retreat for beginner to advanced sewists. Let us inspire your creativity on a project or help you perfect that fit while working in a community of fellow sewists in a beautiful space. We will be available from 9…
Spend an action-packed day with Carrie and Rae and the Richmond/Charlottesville American Sewing Guild chapter, experimenting with a variety of embellishment techniques that enhance both gifts and garments. Stretch your fabric-mixing muscles as you create small samples that can have a fanciful impact on your DIY sewing. Explore hand stitching…
Calling all kids ages 7-12! If you love sewing with a sewing machine & always like to be one-of-a-kind, come be a pattern tester January 7 and 14 for this great jacket with local pattern designers Rae and Edye of Fit for Art Patterns! We've given you a special rate on this…
Are you tired of searching the stores for comfortable, well-fitting pants? Attend a two-day workshop (requires intermediate-level sewing skills) to fine tune the Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern! This pattern offers a contemporary tapered silhouette in eight sizes with several fitting options. Rae Cumbie and Carrie Emerson will help you fit…
Sew along with Rae Cumbie as she makes a Tabula Rasa Knit Tee with its signature square armhole. We will try the U-neckline first as we assess the tee for fit and comfort. Then we will venture to the V-neck and the tunic side with its swingy hem. Register for…
Make a jacket that fits you perfectly! This fun and productive two-day jacket workshop is open to new Tabula Rasa stitchers as well as students who have already made their mock up.New students will learn how to adjust a paper pattern and make a mock-up for fitting and design purposes.Experienced students…
Spend August 2-9, 2023 with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France, to explore the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques.The mornings will be spent in the…
