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Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Common Fitting Adjustment Videos

As our name implies, we are all about Fit and helping everyone get a comfortable fit for their body.  We started Fit for Art Patterns with the goal of offering a basic, well fitting, easily adjustable jacket pattern for home sewers, wearable artists, teachers and sewing professionals.   Our first… 

Categories: Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on December 29, 2015December 26, 2015 by Carrie Emerson — 4 Comments

Ringing in the New Year

Waiting for our turn to unload at the convention center in Houston.

We send our best wishes for a productive and fulfilling year in 2016!  With the new year just around the corner, we’ve been looking back at Fit for Art in 2015 and making plans for 2016.  It is rewarding to realize that we really did accomplish much, although it did… 

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Posted on December 22, 2015June 4, 2023 by Carrie Emerson — 2 Comments

Pants with a Shaped Waistband

Wool shaped waistband with tab and lining.

I love the clean lines of the back zipper Eureka! Pants with a faced waist, but I have struggled to get them to stay put on me, especially since I like to wear them a little below my waist.  Finally I’ve settled on  a waistband that satisfies my style and fitting… 

Categories: Design, Glamour Details, How to, Pants, Pattern work, Technique
Posted on December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Old Ties – Warm Memories

Denim Tie Jacket

  During the gifting season, I am often looking for gifts that delight the eye and touch the heart.  Digging out a box of old neckties is a good place to find lovely tidbits of sentiment and they work great as embellishments on Tabula Rasa Jackets (TRJ) and Tabula Rasa… 

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Posted on December 8, 2015August 25, 2018 by Carrie Emerson — 2 Comments

Fit for Art Pajamas and Robe

Rae and Carrie modeling sleepwear

Rae and I have been eyeing a lovely bolt of Japanese cotton lawn that we bought earlier this year.  We’ve also talked for some time about creating Fit for Art sleep wear, and suddenly it clicked into place – the lawn is perfect for pajamas and robes! I made a… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Inspiration, Jackets, Shirts
Posted on December 1, 2015June 9, 2020 by Rae Cumbie — 6 Comments

Geisha Jacket Part 4 – Double Band Finish

Today is the final post about the Geisha Tabula Rasa Jacket (TRJ) with a close up look at the button front double band.  A careful look at the background sketches in the Labor Day post shows an asymmetrical front hemline.  The more prominent and recent sketches include a shaped band… 

Categories: Band Variations, Design, Helpful Hints, How to, Jackets
Posted on November 24, 2015June 4, 2023 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Pants and Pockets to be Thankful For

Every morning when getting dressed I experience the bliss of pulling on a pair of pants that fit.  Since it is Thanksgiving week and I am counting my many blessings, I am mindful of the little things that keep me moving through the day with ease.  In the morning, I… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Pant Details, Pants, Pockets
Posted on November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — Leave a comment

Inspired Knits for Fall

Fall Knit Tunic (front)

  So, let’s get dressed with some comfortable Tabula Rasa Knits (TRK) for fall!  This seems to be my direction lately and Carrie and I found some lovely knits when we shopped in NYC in August.  Luckily, we bought enough to share with you; there are a limited number of… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Knits, Technique
Posted on November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Parlez Vous Fit for Art?

  Our French connection, my daughter Anna, has just about finished the French translation of the Tabula Rasa Jacket Pattern.  We are looking forward to welcoming our French speaking sewing friends into the Fit for Art community.  In the meantime, we hope to find a few Francophiles to test our… 

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Posted on November 3, 2015October 31, 2015 by Rae Cumbie — 2 Comments

Geisha’s Part 3 – Foundation Piecing

The Tabula Rasa Jacket that I started on Labor Day is designed and appliqued.  Now the front and back crepe de chine foundations are ready to be stitched and flipped to create the pieced front and back. We will look look closely at the soft drapey construction of the back to explain… 

Categories: Design, Helpful Hints, Inspiration, Jackets, Technique

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