La Cascade, Durfort France Join Rae* and her artistic friends Aline Cauvin** and Dayle Doroshow*** for a restful and fanciful week of making in the village of Durfort, France. The La Cascade studio will be filled with vintage papers, trims, lace and fabulous fabric for creating unique books to give…
Fit for Art Patterns invites you to refresh your creative spirit at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France. The one-week program is lead by textile artists and Fit for Art owners Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson.** Together we will explore the…
We hope you are considering joining us in France this year for one of our two retreat weeks in the countryside. The cold and snowy weather in the mid atlantic the last couple of weeks makes these excursions seem so very sweet. Why don’t you plan to come along for…
Join Fit for Art Patterns retreat Spark Creativity in Enchanting France, August 20-27, 2026! By placing this registration item in your cart, you will be charged a non-refundable deposit of $650 at checkout. Please read the details in the description below and in our event calendar before registering. By registering, you are agreeing to the stated event cancellation policy.
Spend a week in July with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France, exploring the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will be spent in…
What a heavenly week in France we had with our Enchanting France – Embellishing Fabric group this year at La Cascade. Here is a little photo wrap us to inspire you to join us in 2024. We began and finished the week in the inspiring third floor studio at La…
Bonjour from France! Rae and Carrie are busy this week leading Fit for Art’s annual retreat, Enchanting France – Embellishing Fabric, at La Cascade in southern France. This pic was taken during our pastel dyeing day, walking among the sunflower fields. We will be back to posting our typical blogs…
This summer’s Fit for Art retreat in Southern France included an amazing day with the dye vats of Denise Lambert, woad historian and so much more. Denise has devoted the past 30 years to re-discovering an historical color “Dyer’s Woad – Isatis tinctoria” and incorporating it into modern industry. From…
Spend August 2-9, 2023 with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France, to explore the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will be spent in…
Spend August 2-9, 2023 with Rae Cumbie* and Carrie Emerson** of Fit for Art Patterns at La Cascade Artists Retreat in Durfort, an enchanting medieval artisan village in the Languedoc region of France to explore the countryside and a variety of fabric embellishing and surface design techniques. The mornings will…