Happy 2016

Welcome to the new year! I hope your holidays were safe, healthy and filled with happy memories.

Why not start off the new year by learning something new, and meeting new people? We're offering three new classes to help get you started:

There's the Wallet and quick clutch class. January 18th from 11-3. Feel free to bring your own lunch. You'll make a quilted wallet in one of two different sizes resembling the ones you might find in a high end department store. Perfect for yourself or as a gift for those Vera Bradley lovers in your life. The class is $20.

Monday February 15 is the convertible Canister class. From 11-3 make a container for those New Year organization projects, or maybe an Easter basket for your little ones. Class is $20.

Finally we'll be offering an Embroidery

and Embellishing group the 2nd Thursday of the month starting January 14th. The classes run from 10-1 and there is a $7 class fee. Wool Kits can be purchased in the shop for $68 and Ribbon kits for $10.

Examples of all three products can be seen in the store.

We're still offering 20% off of all precuts and precut bundles. Perfect for a new project to help keep those winter blues away.

I hope the winter blues stay away and you find lots to do during this last stretch of grey cold weather.
Happy Sewing!

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.

Cheers!

I hesitate to say this out loud. To actually put down in words what I think is true. I think...I think that the website is up-to-date! I'll pause while everyone gasps and claps. Obviously there will always be new things to put on, that is oh so much fun, but as far as the fabric in the shop that had never been put on the website, it's done.

When I first took this job the thought of all those bolts of fabric was completely overwhelming but now it's done! Where's the champaign, I think we need to toast this momentous occasion. And it's a good life lesson really; One bolt of fabric at a time and the job was done. Sometimes in sewing and life we need to stop being overwhelmed by the gigantic mess of things and just take it one bolt at a time.

I wanted to remind everyone about the classes that are going. This Tuesday is the Judy Neimeyer Club 10am-1pm. Wednesday 2-5pm is our Modern Holiday club, what a fun way to get some Christmas sewing done! Finally, Thursday 2-5pm is our Wool Club. Don't miss out on these great opportunities to set aside time to sew with other fun ladies (men are welcome too) and to learn some new skills.

We will be closed November 28 and 29 to celebrate Thanksgiving, but we'll reopen Saturday 30 to celebrate Small Business Saturday. We are so excited to be part of the small business movement, we'll be offering treats, a free gift with every $20 purchase AND the chance to win a Grand Prize. Stay tuned this week, I am going to give blog readers a sneak peak at the grand prize and I'm very excited.

Lastly we had sold out of kits for the warm Twisty Twirly Scarf and we have gotten them back in stock. These are simply wonderful, luxurious and soft. Make one for yourself and for your best friend!

Twisty Twirly Scarf