Holiday Break Sewing for Kids

Even though we’d love to spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s with your kids, we’ll be spending them with ours 🙂
But there are classes offered at Treadle Yard Goods that week if you’d like.
OR if you have Monday or Wednesday of next week off (Minneapolis and Bloomington to name a few school districts) we are offering classes at Joann Yorktown:

Monday, 1-4 pm and Wednesday, 10-1

Students can dream up their own projects or finish something they may have started or we will have a few ideas of our own. Cost is $35 for a three hour class.

You can sign up online at Joann’s. The class is called Kids’ Pillowcase just because it worked for their system. Or email us and you can pay on the day of the class.

Happy Holidays!!

This Week’s Sewing

Between MEA, After School Sewing at both Treadle and Joann and Sew Social, many projects made it to the finish line!

You can also find all Fashion Sewing Club Sheets and Garment Photos for 2016 on the website-finally got caught up. Show and Tell highlights will come next week.

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Tuesday After School Sewing begins again in November at Treadle and is ongoing at Joann, Yorktown on Thursday afternoons. Workroom Social also begins in November at Treadle and is ongoing at Joann, Yorktown on Thursday afternoons.

A New School Year-A New Location

We are grateful to First Sewing for having allowed us to teach at their new location across from Schuler Shoes but we missed not having fabric, patterns and notions available while we taught classes. So we approached Joann Fabrics at Yorktown in Edina (across from Target) and they are very excited to have us teaching classes there!
There are a few kinks to work out but we will be offering our usual Sew Studio (now called Sew Social) on Thursday afternoons from 1-4 pm and After School Sewing from 4:30-6 beginning September 8th.

Fashion Sewing Club will also have its Thursday evening meetings at Joann beginning this Thursday, September 8th at 6:30. The classroom is in the back of the store just to the right of Framing. You will still pay Material Girls for Club.

Debbie and I will also teach Joann classes (Beginning Sewing, Lazy Day (pj) Pants, Pullover Knit Top, that are offered nationally. These classes should be registered for through Joann online or in a store.

We hope you aren’t inconvenienced too much. We’ll all have a little more elbow room too!

And, of course, we are still teaching at Treadle Yard Goods. Here’s a link to the new class schedule.
Fashion Sewing Club meets at Treadle on Saturday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 13.

Last Chance For Kids’ Summer Sewing

…with the Material Girls, anyway 🙂

We’ve had a fun summer of sewing with the next generation of sewists. Treadle has been a younger group and Southtown has been predominantly teens and most afternoons we’ve had our maximum of six students!

Here are a few pics to share the creativity and hard work of these students-
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Our remaining August classes-click on the class title to go to online sign up-

Teen/Kids’ Weekly Sewing:
Thursdays, August 25, 10:00-12:00
Thursdays, August 11, 18 and 25, 4:00-6:00

Teen/Kids’ Sewing Camp:
Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18, 10:00-2:30 (you may come only one of the days if you want)

If students want to make one of the projects listed, we will need to know so we can bring fabric and pattern otherwise a student may also work on a project of their own choosing. If the student is a new beginner, we will make a pillowcase and then move on as time allows.

Registration will close at 8 pm on Tuesday, August 17th for the two day camp. Weekly classes are open till the day before.

Our summer schedule ends August 25. We are working on fall classes. A weekly after school class will be offered and we are happy to schedule classes on school days off but there are many districts so if you send us a few dates we will work with them to schedule a class. Homeschool classes are also welcome.

Enjoy the last month of summer!

News You Need to Know!

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Sometimes that’s just what sewing brings us to, but here are a few bright ideas to get you through the tough times-
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FINAL FOUR days of Treadle’s Summer Sale!!! Stop by this weekend and pick up some great fabric at 10-50% off.
Sale goes through Monday, August 8th.

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Can’t find the color of thread you are looking for? Order this thread sample folder and always have all the colors at the ready. Then order from Wawak-
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Joanne has had great success ordering from them-speed of shipment, great selection, etc.

July Sew and Tell

Beautiful summer weather may have kept some from staying indoors and sewing but we still had great attendance during our July meetings.

It all started with Debbie's skirt...
It all started with Debbie’s skirt…

Which inspired Donna to turn the border on its head
Which inspired Donna to turn the border on its head

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And Rosemary to give Peggy Sagers a try
And Rosemary to give Peggy Sagers a try
Alabama Chanin techniques from Sewing Workshop
Alabama Chanin techniques from Sewing Workshop
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A few more Sewing Workshop patterns
A few more Sewing Workshop patterns

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Marcy Tilton Vogue
Marcy Tilton Vogue

StyleArc pattern
StyleArc pattern
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Remake of a retro pattern that is currently available as V9132
Remake of a retro pattern that is currently available as V9132

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And for all of you knitters-a pair of socks :)
And for all of you knitters-a pair of socks 🙂

Happy summer weekend (of sewing)!
Hope to see you next week at Fashion Sewing Club!

June Sew and Tell

Full house on Tuesday
Full house on Tuesday

We continue to appreciate all of you that attend Fashion Sewing Club. All three of them have loyal followers and new attendees. It’s so energizing!
I wanted to pass on a link to an organization that Treadle worked with for Grand Old Days-Sew Good Goods. They donate handmade high quality items to people that need them-you can cut, sew, donate, have a party. I’m checking to see if they would be interested in any scraps that any of us might have as they use Treadle fabric.
The photos and Club sheets have been posted under Club Sheets and Garment Photos above. Here is a sampling of what you showed us in June-
New attendee who likes all things vintage
New attendee who likes all things vintage
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Including a period dressed doll, all the way down to undergarments!
Including a period dressed doll, all the way down to undergarments!

Chicago Jacket with modifications from Sew Confident!
Chicago Jacket with modifications from Sew Confident!

(Sew Confident! is a downloadable periodic class from Sewing Workshop.)
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Simplicity 1358
Simplicity 1358

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Short and Sassy Jacket
Short and Sassy Jacket
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A Little Something' Jacket and zip pouches
A Little Something’ Jacket and zip pouches
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Two Simplicity 2246 Lisette shirt dresses
Two Simplicity 2246 Lisette shirt dresses
Walden Cooper Bag
Walden Cooper Bag
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Florence Shirt from Sewing Workshop
Florence Shirt from Sewing Workshop

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Butterick 6287
Butterick 6287
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Simplify Your Life from Cutting Line Designs
Simplify Your Life from Cutting Line Designs
Simplicity 1615
Simplicity 1615

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Bridal creation by Claire
Bridal creation by Claire

May Sew and Tell

May did not disappoint-our first showing on Saturday was an authentic ball costume and she really did go to Versailles AND made a costume for her husband also. We are waiting for details…

Take me to Versailles
Take me to Versailles
Another version of Butterick 6254-Tilton coat
Another version of Butterick 6254-Tilton coat

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Drafted from ready to wear
Drafted from ready to wear

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Dusters are in! Try Simplicity 8059
Dusters are in! Try Simplicity 8059
Florence Shirt from Sewing Workshop Patterns
Florence Shirt from Sewing Workshop Patterns
Fell in love with the fabric
Fell in love with the fabric
Claire's custom design for mother of the bride
Claire’s custom design for mother of the bride

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Vogue 8934
Vogue 8934
Fabric with pleats skirt
Fabric with pleats skirt
Door prize fabric made into shift dress
Door prize fabric made into shift dress
Hand silk screening
Hand silk screening
Butterick 6325
Butterick 6325
Pants-Vogue 8859
Pants-Vogue 8859
Christening romper
Christening romper
Christening dress with removable skirt
Christening dress with removable skirt

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We can’t wait to see what everyone has been sewing for June.
Club meetings are:
Thursday, June 9, 6:30 at First Sewing, Bloomington
Saturday, June 11, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods
Tuesday, June 14, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods