Seeing 2020

How many other people feel the whirlwind of the holiday season? It seems like only a few days ago we were gearing up for our Small Business Saturday open house and now it's the beginning of a new decade! Time flies when your to-do list is just a revolving list of projects you just can't sew fast enough right?!

However, we haven't forgotten about all the wonderful people who came and supported us on Small Business Saturday. It was a great day and we were thrilled to see so many familiar faces, so thank you!  And the verdict was pretty much two thumbs up for our new Two Thimbles mugs - perfect for a hot cup of coffee or soup on a dreary winter day!  I think these made it on to a few Christmas wish lists too.

For those of you who were unable to attend, we had a fabulous showcase of our local teacher, author and creative Tonya Alexander. She even decided to put some workshops on the calendar with us!   Take a peek at the class list, if you haven't seen it already.

For those who participated in the Quilt Shop Tour, thank you! And as promised... we had 2 raffle winners at our shop - Congratulations Beverly and Summer!!!

New Fabric Additions

As you know we are committed to having a large variety of fabrics... and sometimes we just can't resist!  Check out these contemporary designs that are guaranteed to brighten your stash!

In the Woods for Cotton & Steel 

Pinkerville Fairy Dust by Tula Pink for Free Siprit 

Floret Geometric for RJR Fabrics

Restocked! Kona Cottons

Classic Spots by Kaffe Fassett for Free Spirit 

Monkey Wrench by Tula Pink for Free Spirit 

Darlings by Ruby Star Society 

Winterberry Green Flannel by My Minds Eye for Riley Blakes Designs

Joey Sloth by Deana Rutter for Riley Blake Designs

Are you getting your list of UFO's together...getting things prioritized and organizing the sewing room and stash?  Well...it's always good to have goals, right?  And no matter what's on your plate...starting a new project is always pretty good!

Happy New Year!

Holiday Hours

Cheers to 2020!  

We're wrapping up the decade early and closing at 1:00pm on New Year's Eve.  

We'll be closed on New Year's Day.  

(as usual, we are closed on Mondays)

We hope you're feeling good about your sewing activities of this past year and are gearing up for even more great projects in 2020.  Thank you for being part of our sewing community and we look forward to sharing many new and fabulous projects that we've been working on!  We are excited to be bringing new classes and events to the shop in addition to even more wonderful new fabric!

  Here are some of the latest additions to our Charley Harper collection.  

Cardinal Stagger 

Winter Wonderland Good World

Cats and Races 

Organic 58in Knit

Makes great wearables! 

Happy New Year and all the best in 2020!

End of Year Sale

20% Off Fabric on the bolt plus additional year-end clearance specials!  

Friday December 27th and Saturday December 28th

10:00am - 6:00pm

Holiday Hours

Happy Holidays!

Please note we will be closing at 1:00 pm on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.  Wishing you good health, peace and joy this Holiday Season!  We hope you'll be spending the holiday with your friends and family and enjoying your favorite activities.

Charley Harper Winter Wonderland

Festive Delivery from Lynn

And thank you for sharing this lovely batch of goodies with us Lynn!  We appreciate all of our customers and hope you enjoy some quality stitching over this winter break!

We will also be closing early New Years Eve and closed on New Years Day.

Gift Wrapping?

In an industry that isn't always eco-friendly, it's always nice to hear of different ways to reduce, reuse and recycle! Hoffman Fabrics has shared new ways to be eco-friendly during this holiday season.

I'm not sure about you, but I never have all of my holiday wrapping finished till just before the deadline... so this year there's still time to give these tips a try.

We're passing along this tutorial on using fabric as gift wrap that Hoffman shared and tips on staying green!

Fabric as gift wrap

This video is a long one, but it goes over different styles of wrapping with fabric for different sizes of boxes. And the great part is you can re-use it again next year!

The creators of the video, Quilt Addicts Anonymous, also has numerous videos of tutorials and tips & tricks. A great resource!

Eco-Friendly Tips

From an article by the Associated Press, they share trends the wrapping-paper industry has seen over the past few years and they also suggest wrapping with fabric! They even write that a company selling fabric wraps for presents has seen a 20% increase in sales since 2018....hmmm something to think about there!

A short list of their tips:

• Choose recyclable gift wrap
• Go with gift bags
• Wrap with fabric!
• Recycle it all

Read the article here to learn more!

New Fabric Groups

We've just stocked our shelves with some beautiful unique collections which draw from timeless William Morris designs and historical fabric archives. Treat yourself this holiday season with some fabulous bold and dynamic inspiration fabrics. 

Standen for Freespirit Fabrics 

Standen (William Morris designs) for Freespirit 

Standen for Freespirit Fabrics

Chesapeake by Di Ford Hall for Andover

Chesapeake by Di Ford Hall for Andover

Hat Box for Andover Fabrics