Snow Falling

Today we are closed - which is our new normal for Mondays since we are open on Sundays now (as of this past Labor Day).  However, today there is snow so we're happy to have the excuse to watch from the window and relax with some stitching.  Or catch up on myriad tasks from holiday prep to year-end paperwork!  Does that sound like your day too?

Since our weather has been variable - you may want to call and confirm our local conditions before you head out our way this week.  Our weather from one side of town to the other can be different and especially if you are coming from the north or the south...

We've got some great new fabrics - and we're playing with double gauze now too (these latest two are nani iro), great for wearables and perfect for infinity scarves - the one size fits all quick gift!  Just in case you haven't quite got all your gifts planned out just yet!  

Double Gauze Birds Eye

Double Gauze Fuccra Rakuen

Circus of Wonders

Kokka Watashino Blue and White 

We've added some great projects to the shop displays - and we have some ideas at the ready if you need a quick gift for a quilter or a last minute project or just some final stocking stuffers to round out our shopping.  

Felt ornaments are a great craft for the kids and you can keep it simple and use glue and glitter for keeping it simple or get fancy with extra stitches and buttons depending on how dedicated your crafters are.  We have a variety of wool felt colors to choose from and loads of floss, some holiday sequins and fancy ribbons too!  The kart paper/fabric tags you see hanging in the photo above are also great projects to add a personal touch to your gift giving and creative projects.  We have this product in silver grey and kraft brown.  You can color, stitch, paint, glue...and just about everything else on this product besides sew it!  Lots of possibilities - we've added it to some of our tote bags recently.

Just a reminder we're closed on Monday's (even when we don't have snow!).

Beading and Spring fabrics

Have you wanted to dabble with embellishing your projects, adding a bit of glitz or just some 3-D effects?  Beads are a great start and Suz is teaching a basics class on Sunday the 24th if you think you're ready to jump into it!  You can stop by the store and see some samples of the types of things you can do with beads - or sign up online, it is featured as our upcoming Sunday Stitch topic.

Double Gauze and Bubble Gauze from Michael Miller
Additional information and inspiration at Michael Miller Fabrics

We have some fun new fabric types - double gauze and bubble gauze as well as lots of florals and fun nautical themed prints - seahorses, sea turtles and jelly fish are just a few of our latest treasures!  

Life Aquatic by Dear Stella

Into the Deep by Michael Miller

Sommer by Michael Miller

Not too early to be thinking about some picnic table cloths or fun summer blankets for outdoor barbeques!

Old Glory by Stonehenge

Seedheads by Clothworks

We have been enjoying the allergy season with lots of floral prints...great for some studio sewing time whether the sun is shining or not!  The photo above is not our best shot  - these are vibrant purple and orange and green...

Classic 1800s Shirtings by Sara Morgan for Washington Street Studio

Stop by and see our latest projects and new fabrics we are getting spring fever!