Author: Kristin

Upholstery Advice Wanted

One of our readers has acquired a wingback chair and has never tackled this kind of project before. She’s looking for a little handholding by phone or email or some good book or class suggestions. Anybody out there have any ideas?
Please click on Comments after this post and share what you will or read what others have offered.
Thanks!

Busy Sewing

With the first Club meetings starting next week, all three of us have been busily sewing away. It’s a nail biting process but hopefully all of us are enjoying the beautiful Labor Day weekend. A few things have been added to the site-Bios Page, Debbie’s Classes, another meeting for Club at Associated in St. Paul and a few new websites to visit (see Blogroll).
Hope all of you are working on a Show and Tell project. See you in the upcoming two weeks.

MN Fashion Week, Anybody Been There?

Thanks to Laurie’s comment about MN Fashion Week I went looking for more info.  MN Fashion Week is September 21-September 27.  The website has the complete schedule.  It looks a bit barebones (the appearance of the calendar) but if you click on the event you get all you need to know.  What I can’t tell you is what the events are like.  I’ve never been.  It looks like fun but my biggest question is-who goes?  Is everyone between the ages of 18 and 30 and skinny as a toothpick?  I’m guessing not but I’d go with more confidence if someone out there could reassure me.  The pictures I found were all of the models-no confidence there:)  So please, leave a comment and inform the uninformed-me!

Sewing and Quilting Expo on the Calendar

It had been at the back of my mind as a way to publicize Fashion Sewing Club and then this morning in my email, there was the catalog for the 2009 Sewing and Quilting Expo.  Dates are November 4-7.  I scrolled through the classes and noticed that Peggy Sagers will be at the event.  She’ll be offering a class on her SWAP (Sewing With a Plan) idea among others.  The event is at the Minneapolis Convention Center (guess they didn’t hear all the complaints-BUT they’ve added a coach service from the Hancock stores in Minnetonka, Bloomington, Woodbury and Coon Rapids.  It looks like it’s $15 each day.   Hope to see you there.

New to our Blog/Website?

I don’t mean to insult anyone but if you are new to blogs (which are just a subset of websites) I want to make sure you understand how they work.  A blog allows us to talk to you and vice versa-without an email.  The most recent post (latest thing we have to say) is the first thing you’ll see.  The first or oldest post is at the bottom of the page.  So if haven’t seen this site before, scroll down to the very first post and read up the page in order.  You’ll only have to do this once and then just catch up on the latest post each time you visit the site (which we hope is often).  And don’t forget to leave a comment so we know what you’re up to!

Memberships to Begin in October

Tired of the monthly fee collection?  So are we.  So beginning in September you can pay for the months of October, November and December for only $25 (you save $5).   We’ll have your nametag printed out and you can just walk in, pick up a preprinted nametag and have a seat.  All fees will go through Material Girls and we’ll get it online as soon as we can.

This membership will be good only for October-November-December when the membership will expire.  So you can pay for this membership during any September or October meeting, after that you’ll have to pay monthly.  Another membership offer will begin in January.  If you miss a Club meeting and have a membership we will send you the Club sheets free at your request.  Previous Club sheets are available for $3.

We have dates and locations for September!

It feels like fruit basket upset but here are the dates and times for September Fashion Sewing Club meetings.  The content is the same each time, only the times and locations change to help fit into your schedule.  We’re trying to get a set time (ie. second Thursday) but need to work with what’s available.  Let us know what you think.  Leave a comment.

Please email and let us know where you’ll attend as there is limited space and we don’t know what to expect yet.  At this point we can’t take payment online but we’re working on it.  Thanks!

See you in September!

Associated Sewing at 95th and Lyndale

Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30 pm
Thursday, September 17 at 10:30 am
Saturday, September 19 at 10:30 am

Treadle Yard Goods at Hamline and Grand

Tuesday, September 8 at 6:30 pm
Saturday, September 12 at 1 pm

To register email khenak@mchsi.com

So Where is Associated Sewing on Lyndale?

Going south on Lyndale from American Blvd. (used to be 80th) ( and Lyndale exit on 494 is closed so take Penn or Nicollet exit) the store is on the east (left) side just before the intersection of 86th St.  If you’d like to meet friends for a meal, Sawatdee (Thai food) is on the north end of the strip mall, Perkins is about a block north on the west side of Lyndale and Davanni’s is across the street to the south of the strip mall.   Judy Boullosa is the store manager and carries Pfaff and Singer machines along with a great selection of threads, notions, books and embroidery software.  The store is open and spacious and has been hosting us since June.  We hope you find this change of destination easy to make if you’re not already a regular there.

Associated Sewing Supply Co.
8567 Lyndale Ave. S.
Bloomington, MN 55421
952-884-0400

Fashion Sewing Club no longer at Hancock

We enjoyed having Fashion Sewing Club at Hancock but with our new business set up we could no longer work within their corporate structure. To accomodate everyone for Fashion Sewing Club, we have added meeting times at Associated Sewing at 86th and Lyndale and Treadle Yard Goods on Grand Ave. in St. Paul. We hope this causes a minimum of inconvenience for you and more flexibility for us. We’d like to hear from you if you have ideas for other meeting times or places.