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Saturday, August 29, 2015

New Classes!

The skirt class was a crazy success! We had so much fun laughing, being silly and, oh yeah making skirts. This was the first class I taught and it was as much a learning experience for me as it was for the students. We had a great variety of ages, the youngest being a freshmen in High school. It was so great to share my love of the art of sewing with other people.
Beautiful new sewists with new skirts!

If your interested in this kind of sewing camaraderie we're offering quite a few more classes with much more experienced teachers then myself. 

Nancy Johnson is teaching three new classes. 
The canister class (date coming soon). 

The Beetle Bag, which is a fantastic bag to carry your sewing things in, will be October 29th starting at 4pm. This class includes a soup supper and you'll have access to the shop after it closes! $20 for the class.

Every 2nd Thursday starting in September she'll be leading an embroidery stitches class. This class is $5 per session and is a hand embroider class. 

She's also teaching a Wallet Class on October 19 starting at 10am. Cost $20.

Sue will be starting the Tuffet Foot stool class Friday October 16th at 10am. The cost is $20 to reserve your spot.

If none of these classes seem to speak to your interests stay tuned we have three more teachers organizing classes. And if your interested in teaching a class contact Sue here at the shop.

We've also gotten in a couple new lines of fabric. Highlands by Michael Miller is this super awesome quirky fabric with cats! I just died. It reminds me of that 1960's style. I especially love the cat face fabric. Coming soon will also be a quilt kits from this line for the Mandala quilt. Click HERE to shop online or come into the store.



Last but certainly not least is this News Print fabric from Moda, Modern Background Paper. Two weeks ago there was someone in the shop specifically looking for news paper fabric and NOW we have it! Click HERE or come into the store.




Friday, August 7, 2015

Classes and Valeri Wells

Here at Sew Unique we think learning new things is the best way to stay inspired when it comes to sewing (and many other things in life). With that belief in mind we'e offering several new classes:

Next Saturday August  15 we're offering a "Sew a Skirt Class" the class is free if you buy your materials here. You'll need to bring a sewing machine and a package of 2'' wide elastic.

August 25th, 10-2 we're offering the Canister Class. The cost is $25. These little canisters are so cute and could work in so many different places in your home.

On the 4th wednesday of the month is our Hexie club.  During the last hour of the club 1-2 Lori will be teaching from the book Millefiori. Each session is $5 and you'll need the book Millefiori Quilt by Willyre Hammestein.

We are still looking for teachers. If you have a particular pattern that you love or just want to share some of your skills contact Sue at 269-317-3022. What a fun way to share our passions for fabric and the craft of sewing.

While learning is inspiring we admit that so is new fabric! We just received the entire line of Valeri Wells's new In the Bloom collection. 24 bolts of fun, bright fabrics with a vintage edge.




Happy Sewing and Learning,
Love,