Did You Know?!

Did you know that you can reserve the 2T Classroom?  Yep, you sure can!  For $5 per stitcher (groups of 3 or more) reserve the day and you can hold a stitching retreat with your friends in our expanded (and now air-conditioned for those warm summer days) classroom space.  

  

We've got some flexible table space, the same great design walls...and a few comments that we've even turned up the lights!  It's nice to spend the day stitching with friends, get away from household and family obligations and not have to pack your overnight bag! 

Reservations and deposit are required to ensure we've got the space you need.   Call the shop or email to check availability and to reserve your next sew date!

Where everybody knows your name!?  A group of happy 2T "regulars" working on their UFOs and WIPs.

Ready for Fall!

One of our favorite quilter's and master of fall decor, Betsy Chutchian, has been posting on her Instagram some of her favorite Halloween displays. 

Take a look below! 

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For all the pumpkin spice lovers, this is how I like it. 🎃 not in coffee, desserts, anything. I’m sure I’m in the minority here. Give me pumpkins and jack o’lanterns 🎃🎃🎃 Swipe for a closer look. Hard to photograph 👻 Treasures from friends including hand painted bowl by my very talented friend @marilyn_mowry 👻 Cold this morning after the 90’s yesterday. Hailstorm last night as cold front blew in. Today’s mug shot is on Licorice Whip in Just Treats, No Tricks with a nod to International Day of the Girl. Who knows what she capable of achieving. Super powers, hopes, and dreams lie beneath the costume she wears. 🧡🤔🖤🤔🧡 🕸 🕸 🕸 #decoratingforhalloween #pumpkinjack #tismyseason #justtreatsnotricksbook #betsychutchian

A post shared by Betsy Chutchian (@betsy_chutchian) on Oct 11, 2019 at 8:26am PDT

She's getting us inspired! We found some of our own Halloween favorites! Curated bundles and fabulous black, purple and orange pairings, and some favorite Halloween projects. 

We wish October lasted longer! 

Come and take a look at our Fall picks before the holiday is over! 

Hocus Pocus Quilt

Fundamentally Fun Placemats

"EEK!" By Tracy Souza

A spooky panel from Andover Fabrics

Seasonal fabrics! Fat quarters and precuts available, too! 

New Fabric Additions

We've been diving deep into quilting season with tons of new fabric! With a few contemporary designs, we're excited for all the possibilities new fabric brings us. Come to the shop to take a look or give us a call! 

Make Today Awesome for Clothworks

Make it Snow for Clothworks

Bubble Pop by American Jane for Moda

Narrow Off The Grid for P&B Textiles

Ebb and Flow by Janet Clare for Moda

Restocked! Northwest for Riley Blake Designs

Apollo 11 The Eagle Has Landed for Riley Blake Designs 

Lucy Boston Sample and New Reproduction Fabrics

One of our 2T regulars, Evelyn, has loaned another quilt to enhance our shop displays!  We appreciate her amazing workmanship and productivity and generosity in sharing her results with us!  

This EPP project - based on the original Lucy Boston quilt - is all about the fabric!  We love all the different combination of reproduction fabrics, the varying color coordinations are beautiful and each block is unique and special. A closer look at the quilt itself shows Evelyn spent lots of time fussy cutting. We're excited to have this quilt on display, come take a look! Get some inspiration for your next project, perhaps? 

Also new to our reproduction room....more fabric! We have the brand new County Clare collecting designed by Karen Styles.  This line includes the gorgeous focal panel (1.25 yards, each block is 8.5 inches).  This is going to be showcased in lots of projects and we can't wait for Karen's upcoming Quiltmania book.  Now is the time to embrace some broderie perse applique I'm thinking!   

We've also added the Moire collection by Di-Ford for Andover which are some wonderful textural solids that would be a fabulous addition to any stash, but these colors are made for combining with reproduction fabrics and we haven't seen anything quite like them... 

County Clare by Karen Styles for Marcus Fabrics

Moire by Di-Ford from Andover 

Hope's Journey Update

Our Hope's Journey class has been meeting for nine months now and we only have a few more class dates left! Hope's Journey is Betsy Chutchian's most recent book, it focuses on classic blocks, reproduction quilts and stories of pioneer days. We've loved seeing our fellow quilters create a new mini quilt each month, and work towards a bigger quilt adding blocks each month.  Take a look at some of the projects over these past nine months! 

We have everything you need to start your own Hope's Journey! Come take a look at the book and 2T curated small quilt kits for each chapter thus far. 

   

Class WIP

Chapter 2 

Chapter 6

Chapter 8: 

Fun Fabrics!

We've said it before, and we'll say it again... we love all things fabric!! We have some new additions that illustrate how much we appreciate variety.  Stop by and take a look!

Fox and Friends

Parakeets

Kokka Linen/Cotton Canvas

Banyan Batiks

Restocked!!  Dogs from Timeless Treasures

Designs by Kaffe for Free Spirit 

Pretty much all the projects are possible with this mix up of fabric options!  Hope you're inspired to sew all the things....or at least start a new project.  

Upcoming classes

Classes in session! We have a few more classes coming up this fall. Come learn some new skills or advance the ones you already have! 


Walking Foot with Tonya Alexander

Come and take a walk on the wild side - of machine quilting!  We'll explore all the ins and outs of quilting with a walking foot on your domestic machine and go beyond the tried and true stitch in the ditch.  Topics include basting, set-up, and design decisions as well as several techniques to use walking foot quilting in your projects.  We'll sample match sticky, wavy echo, big spiral, and others.  Learn more details here. ONE spot left!  Call the shop to enroll. 

Better Binding with Jo Baner

You selected the most fabulous fabrics, pieced to perfection your quilt top and quilted a masterpiece!  Now what?!  You gotta bind your baby....that's what!  Jo's going to be back in the 2T classroom to not only help you put the finishing touches on your project but she will also share her tips, tricks and techniques for better binding.  Learn double fold, bias and machine binding in this 3 hour session.  Visit our website for more information.