Taking a break from strictly garment sewing, we thought we’d try offering a Bag of the Month class for the new year. Here are the featured bags for January and February. Quick and easy with lots of design possibilities. Blue Take Along Tote Loaded Owl Version February Bag- Red Leather Purse-sonality January fits into February! Stash bags from leftovers
You can make either or both of these bags by signing up for a Serging and Sewing class on the website at either the Chanhassen or Southtown location on the following dates in February. Just let us know you will be making a bag so we can bring appropriate supplies and samples.
Thanks to more really cold weather, we are postponing the classes today at Hancock but will reschedule them for tomorrow.
Serging and Sewing With the Material Girls will be held Tuesday, January 28th from 10-12, 2-4 and 6-8.
We will also have After School Sewing from 4:30-6 on Tuesday.
As always, please sign up on the website, call or email so we know you are coming (otherwise we won’t be there 🙂
Weather is icky but that hasn’t stopped us before 🙂
Pictures will be posted as soon as possible for those of you that don’t want to brave the roads.
Be safe, everyone!
We will start a bit late to allow for travel time.
Just in case you haven’t heard about Treadle Yard Goods being for sale, there is a great article in the paper-here’s the link.
And while we’re on the subject-a few questions to think about:
How important is it to you to touch and feel the fabric you consider buying?
How important is the St. Paul address for Treadle-do you walk to the store or drive a distance anyway?
How important is it to you that there is a local store that carries quality garment fabric?
I realize this is nowhere near the importance of a professional sports team but in the world of sewists, not having a great store in a major metropolitan area is a disappointment, to say the least. Let’s all think inside and outside the box and see if there’s a great idea floating around out there that can be a good solution.
Trying to catch up before the new year begins-October and November sheets and pics have been posted. Click on Club Sheets/Garment Photos in bar above and see what you missed (or don’t remember 🙂
A few odds and ends:
October show and tell-
Sewing for the twins- Jackets Four mittens per boy and then some All dressed up and ready to go!
With the closing of Make It Sew on Saturday (we wish Cathy and all of her wonderful staff the best of luck in future pursuits) we are pleased to move some of our classes to the Chanhassen Vacuum Center. Virginia and Mike have been very accommodating and hope you will have a wonderful experience learning to sew in the classroom they have set up.
The shop is located at 551 W. 78th St., which is halfway between the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre and Country Inn and Suites-the same place as the old Sampler store.
Rick Engel, the technician at Make It Sew, is also fixing machines through the Chan Vacuum Center so you can still bring your machines to him for cleaning and repair. We hope he can keep us supplied with good solid machines for us to use in class and also available for purchase.
For the month of December we are offering our After School Sewing class and any private lessons or group classes you might want to set up. We will have a more complete calendar starting in January.
Thursday Fashion Sewing Club will take place at Hancock/Southtown in the classroom (far back righthand corner of store).
As always, we welcome your feedback as things keep changing 🙂
We’ve been chomping at the bit trying to get everything caught up after moving to a new (to us) house and a long weekend with the twins! First sand experience
Show and Tell has been wonderful! We went over 50 people attending Fashion Sewing Club in September and new faces keep coming. There were 23 people at both the Tuesday and Saturday meetings! Make It Sew, look out as we try to increase numbers at the Thursday meeting also. Any ideas are welcome 🙂 Bridesmaid’s dress (after a trip to the dry cleaners:)) Su is back in the saddle and sewing up a storm!
These pictures make it look like we all sew children’s garments but the truth is, the children’s garments are much easier to photograph (and the models are much less discriminating:) We will try to do a better job of capturing the fashion garments that everyone is sewing so the inspiration can be shared online.
All three stores, Treadle, Make It Sew and Hancock have new calendars and they’ve been updated (whew) so help yourself around the website and keep that creativity flowing!
Whew! Apologies for taking sooooo long to get these posted but hopefully they are worth the wait. Without further ado, here are some photos from Show and Tell. Lucia’s Chanel Jacket Beautiful embellishment Marge’s version of Katherine Tilton’s vest Ready for rain-vinylized cotton Marcy Tilton shingle dressMesh tee-great for summer
As always, click on “Garment Photos and Club Sheets above and see what you’ve missed or remember what you forgot!
August photos will be up very soon!
Wanted to share some of the fun we’ve been having with summer classes– Mom and daughter team at Eagle Creek Sophia Trench Coat class
Our first summer sewing class for budding sewists was Jr. Project Runway-see end of post for more classes for girls and boys.
Maxi’s, maxi’s… …and more maxi’s Pretty lace trim Serger Club Cami Another version of the camp and flat locking
Summer Sewing for Kids
Beginners-for those new to sewing
Projects will be the same for all sessions of Beginners
Dates, Times, Locations for Beginners
Tuesday-Friday, July 30-August 2, 10:30-12:30
Make It Sew, Chanhassen
Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 21, 10:30-2:30
Bloomington Hancock Fabrics
Advanced Beginners-for those who have sewn but not worked much with patterns
Projects are different for all classes so students may take 1, 2 or 3 sessions
Dates, Times, Locations for Advanced Beginners
Monday through Thursday, June 24-27, 2:00-4:00 OR
Friday, July 30-August 2, 2:00-4:00
Make It Sew, Chanhassen: call 952-767-0701 to register
Tuesday, August 20 and Wednesday, August 21, 10:30-2:30
Bloomington Hancock Fabrics
Junior Project Runway-for those ready to tackle a project of their own choosing
with guidance from instructors
Dates, Times, Locations for Junior Project Runway
-Thursday, July 18, 1:30-4:30
-Tuesday, August 27, 1:30-4:30
Make It Sew, Chanhassen
Material Girl Sewing 