“Me Made May” is an 8-year-old garment challenge that encourages participants to wear more of their self-made creations. I took the challenge last year to wear at least one self-made garment every day in May. I signed up on the MMM blog and expanded the suggested challenge, pledging to create…
Sewing together is such fun. You are energized by the projects and ideas of the friends and teachers sewing around you and better yet, there are no distractions that take you away from the sewing machine. Well, perhaps eating diverts you, but in my opinion it is almost as fun…
When I was learning to sew, the word “Tailoring” put the fear of God in me. It represented sewing on a higher level than I ever imagined for myself. The thought of stitching up jackets with lapels, hair canvas interfacing and bound button holes seemed impossible. My mother, who had…
We are very knit happy around here. Recently, Carrie and I each carved out some time to make a new knit top using the leftovers from some of the knit bundles we had for purchase at our spring shows. If you were at our last show, you got to see…
Every time I am asked to speak on the topic of wearable art or art to wear, I reflect on the relationship between art and clothing. My background as a custom dressmaker leads me to prefer the phrase artful wearables. Clothing needs to be functional and well-fitting first. Then if…
Sewing quilted jackets was the topic of conversation this weekend when we had a booth at the Baltimore Heritage Quilters’ Guild 2017 Quilt Expo. This was the first time in Fit for Art’s history that the biennial show was held on a weekend we were home and could support our local…
I am teaching a class titled “Jeans – the Defining Details” at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expos (OSQE) this Spring. In order to prepare kits for this class in Atlanta, I used the templates and patterns in our Sporty Details pattern to adapt the Eureka! Pants that Fit front…
We are in the throes of getting ready to head out tomorrow to the Original Sewing & Quilt Expo in Atlanta, GA. Our heads are totally immersed in planning classes and presentations, picking jacket, knit and pants samples to take, and packing the van with merchandise and booth display equipment.…
A detachable hood is the perfect accent for a spring coat like the It’s a Spectacle Jacket we have been considering for the last two weeks. (Week one was about designing the jacket, week two took a close look at the zipper and collar details.) It’s easy to see the…
Let’s continue our close look at the multi-fabric Spectacle Jacket. Last week we reviewed the design process. This week we will consider a few construction tips that make this Rain or Shine Variation (RSV) of the Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) a winner. The Rain or Shine direction book has plenty…
Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic
$15.00 – $20.00
Tabby Jacket
$15.00 – $20.00
Knit Wearable Mock-up Kit
$30.00 – $38.00
