We are in the depths of winter in the northern hemisphere and the Olympics will come to a close soon, so time to find another diversion. Here is Rae’s Stitching Slowly – Ideas and Updates to inspire you. The more she plays with slow stitching, the more she loves it…
This vest has been percolating in Rae’s brain ever since June of 2024. She and Carrie each bought a bundle of ½ yard pieces from our Japanese fabric supplier at the h+h americas show when we were there to sign our Sewing Quilted Patchwork Jackets Book for Fox Chapel Press. …
The Fit for Art team has been having trouble finding time to stitch up new clothes with all our end-of-year pattern company tasks and our grandbabies! But Rae has run away to France and brought fabric with her for three new knit tops to stitch up. Winter is a great time…
Fit for Art is wishing you the happiest of New Years as we celebrate our 15th year in business. As always, we gift you a successful sewing year with our tried and true products while you enjoy the many bits of sewing advice and assistance found on our web resources.…
At this time each year, we like to present a round-up of holiday gift ideas from Fit for Art available on our website (and a few that are not). We hope you’ll find a few that fit your list from this rundown of possibilities including projects to make from your…
American culture is gracious to give us a time every year to pause and count our blessings. Carrie and Rae will each celebrate with their respective families here in the Mid-Atlantic on Thanksgiving day this Thursday. Before our family celebrations, we want to celebrate the wonderful year that has just…
Rae went all out on this Carpe Diem V Neckline Variation, a tunic with a Crossover Front and Back V…
Over the next few weeks we will be bringing you information about classes and events we are participating in this fall. As you probably already know, Fall is a great time for sewing education. Today we will focus on the upcoming Association of Sewing and Design Professionals conference, October 15…
Our Enchanting France-Embellishing Fabric begins today and La Cascade is ready for the retreat participants to arrive. While it is a pleasure to prepare for our retreat there is a lot of details that need to be confirmed. Rae has been on the ground for the last 3 weeks and…
This summer we are having some Carpe Diem Fun! As we move through our upcoming week at the La Cascade French Retreat, watch and see how many Carpe Diems we have to wear. Do you notice any new trends? There is a variation pattern in the works, and we hope…