Fit for Art Patterns wishes you a joyous and relaxing holiday season, and successful sewing in the New Year. Thanks for a great year! All the best, Carrie and Rae
Happy Holidays
When More is Better
Sewing additions to your holiday wardrobe is always fun and we love to share with the world how easy it is to stitch up holiday looks with your dependable Fit for Art Patterns. (Did you see our guest post on Pattern Review?) While I love the holidays, I think my…
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…
Elegant French Seams
It is time to sew up a sheer holiday jacket using your Tabula Rasa Jacket Pattern(TRJ). Now that you know how it goes together, you can try out a challenging fabric or seam technique, both of which are featured in this sample. It is made from 3 fabrics: a geometric…
Narrow Eureka! Pants
Sewing Eureka! Pants that Fit for winter is on our current agenda. Maybe you are thinking about it too. Your personalized Eureka! pattern can be made in cozy winter fabrics like wool or corduroy and can certainly be lined if you live in chilly climates. Read about making velvet holiday pants…
Cyber Sale!
We want to make sure you, our most loyal fans, are aware of our Cyber Monday Sale going on all this week! We are offering a 15% discount on all patterns ordered from this Monday through Friday (Nov. 27 – Dec. 1). Treat yourself to a new Fit for Art…
Sew Thankful for Teachers
It is thanksgiving week in the US, a time when I count my blessings. This year I have been reflecting on some of the colleagues and teachers who keep me sewing successfully and happily. It all started this fall when I was teaching a zipper sampler class where I demonstrated…
Cozy Cowl Collar
This is the perfect time of year to make yourself a Cowl Collar Surplice Front Tee! In cold weather I like to have my neck covered. The cowl collar surrounds my neck in cozy warmth without feeling constricted, as it does when wearing a turtleneck. I have recently made two…
What Is a Clean Finish?
Clean finish is a term we use in the construction section of the Eureka! Pants that Fit pattern. It refers to any place where there is a raw edge that needs to be finished, such as a waistband, facing, seam or hem area. Recently a student, who was making pants at home,…
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…
