As the finale to our virtual Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic class, we will take a look at a variety of unique cuff finishes for the Tabula Rasa Knit Tee & Tunic, or any knit top pattern with sleeves you are stitching. Choosing a cuff design often comes toward…
Back to the Eureka Pants Wardrobe
Time for an update on Carrie’s Eureka! Pants journey, one year later. In preparation for our annual Fit for Art France retreat in the heat of summer, Carrie added light weight shorts with Trouser Details to her wardrobe. Earlier in the spring she developed a Sporty Details pattern as she…
Easy to Sew Tabby
The Tabby Jacket pattern in kid sizes 2 – 12, with directions for both kids and adults, was supposed to be a smaller version of the Tabula Rasa Jacket. We envision moms, grandmas and friends sewing jackets with their youngsters using coordinated fabric, loving the process and the results. We…
Spark New Sewing Ideas
To keep Fit for Art moving forward, there is a constant need for new sewing ideas and designs for our 4 Core Patterns. So where do the new ideas that fill our weekly blog and the pages of the magazine articles we write come from? This year, our articles in…
Same Knit – Different Styling
Great knit fabrics, according to Fit for Art, have a lovely drape or feel and a beautiful color or a fanciful print. Sometimes when we find such a knit, we buy plenty and share it with each other and our sewing friends. This can lead to some funny circumstances where…
Pastel-dyed Carpe Diem Blouse
A few weeks ago I was looking for a sewing project for my mom and remembered the fabric she had dyed last year on our annual France Retreat. It was time to make it into a pastel-dyed Carpe Diem blouse! Regular readers may recall the pastel dyeing day, reported in…
Seams Are Sew Important
With the launch of our Tabby Jacket, we assembled a glossary of sewing terms that will assist any level of sewist when stitching up garments. I wrote each entry and connected the links to our blog posts and videos that illuminate the terms. Surprisingly, there were no blog posts about cutting lines,…
Meet the Tabby Jacket for Kids
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new baby, Tabby! The Tabby Jacket pattern took off yesterday after making a quiet appearance over the weekend at the Baltimore Heritage Quilt Guild Expo in the Domesticity booth. It has been well received by our wholesalers and our young testers…
Get a Feel for Knit Fabrics
Knits are essential in a DIY wardrobe. Our Tabula Rasa Knit Tee and Tunic Pattern is a great starter project. If mastering knit sewing is on your to-do list, or you simply want to up your game, join in the virtual fun by signing up for our May Knit Sew-Along…
Sew Baltimore-Sew Collaborative
As Fit for Art gears up to launch a brand-new pattern, we are busy sewing samples to test every element of the directions and fit. Each of these samples leaves a pile of colorful scraps in its wake and some of those scraps have made their way into a new…