Halloween is just behind us and busy holidays ahead. Here are more photos from the Playful Hoodies book. Definitely a keeper!
Happy November
Guaranteed to make you smile
and maybe even make a Halloween costume!
The pattern comes from the book Playful Hoodies by Mary Rasch.
We have a kids’ MEA sewing class tomorrow at Hancock so I had to make a sample.
Start with a ready to wear hoodie, zip or not, some polar fleece scraps, and a little hand sewing.
Great project for a beautiful afternoon!
If you’d like to make one as a class project, sign up for any Sewing Adventures class at Hancock (See Classes above) and we’ll help you and have the book.
A New Thread Tested
Some of you that serge may like to use Woolly Nylon thread to finish edges or make more visible stitching but that has been harder to find and if you iron it too much, it melts.
Some time ago, I saw an ad for Maxi Lock Stretch thread (on serger cones) but Creative didn’t carry it when I asked so I just forgot about it. But Joanne stopped by Hancock the other day and was singing its praises so I asked her to send me something to post on the blog.
Thanks to Joanne, I have this to share with you:
I used both Maxi-Lock Stretch and Wooly Nylon thread with a serged rolled edge application on my recent projects. The picture with the orange thread is the Maxi-Lock Stretch thread. One can easily see that the coverage far exceeds the Wooly Nylon.
I am sold! I love the fact that Maxi-Lock Stretch is available in 26 colors!! With these colors one has the option of purchasing matching Maxi-Lock Serger thread to get a professional look.
The thread was purchased at Wawak.com. They have a low price guarantee, monthly sales, relatively quick shipping and they’ve been awesome to work with. I purchase most of my sewing supplies from them. Invisible zippers are an excellent buy too.
Joanne
Nancy’s Notions also carries the thread. It is made of nylon so I guess you still probably shouldn’t iron it directly but the look is definitely worth it.
Thanks very much for taking the time to share this, Joanne. If anyone else has something we all should know about, please send info to me and I’ll post it.
Fashion Sewing Club is back on Thursday at Hancock after a month’s break. Looking forward to seeing everyone-fall sewing, here we come!
Catching up
Summer is over and all the fall schedules are heating up. All classes have been updated, let me know if anything is incorrect or doesn’t work.
Debbie and I are taking vacations so there is no Fashion Sewing Club in September. But, if you need a fix, Treadle has a deal for you-
“Missing Fashion Sewing Club this month? We are too! Stop in Saturday, September 12, or Tuesday, September 15, with Show & Tell for the Treadle staff and receive 10% off regularly priced fabric.”
I mentioned my favorite tool at August Club. Here is a link if you would like to order one. It’s Carol Steinbrecher’s website. She will also be at the Sewing and Quilting Expo.
Peggy Sagers is going to be in Minneapolis tomorrow (Saturday). The website doesn’t say it’s sold out yet.
Debbie and I attended the Tru-Fit/Lutterloh seminar at Hancock-if anybody is trying it out we’d love to know how it works for you.
We are excited to start a homeschool sewing class at Hancock on every other Wednesday morning starting Sept. 23.
Classes for the fall schedule begin on Tuesday, September 15 from 1-3 and then our full Thursdays-Sewing Studio, After School Sewing and Sewing Adventures from 6-8.
Happy Fall and happy sewing-all the magazines/catalogs are out!!
August Club Photos and Review
Time to finish summer and move on with the year. August Club meetings were full of inspiration and fun. Show and Tell photos are below. August Club sheets and garment photos can be found by clicking here or on “Club Sheets” bar above. And speaking of moving on, the Treadle sale is now complete! Michele Hoaglund, long time employee, is now the owner; Mary can still be found at the store every once in a while. Michele got her feet wet quickly going on a buying trip to Vegas two weeks ago. We got a sneak peak at some of the fabrics coming this fall and loved what we saw. There are always new fabrics coming in-how fun to open packages weekly and see more new fabric! Best that I only get there once a week (if Michele is lucky 🙂
We won’t have Fashion Sewing Club meetings in September. Both Debbie and I have trips planned, Labor Day is late and September always seems like a regrouping/starting over month so we’ll see you in October. Don’t forget, we’re working on plans to hold November Club at the Expo so get sewing on a runway ready ensemble. Think Project Runway! (Are you watching this season?)
Classes will still be held in September at our Hancock Southtown and Treadle Yard Goods locations . Treadle classes are already on their website. Hancock Southtown classes will be on our website later today. Please let us know if there are classes you’d like to take but aren’t listed.
Without further ado, here is the show and tell teaser-sewists of all shapes and sizes pursuing their passion for fabric in many forms-we hope you’ll join us in the fun whenever and wherever you can.
Would you like to make this?
OR THESE?
-the pajamas-grandboys are a highly guarded family secret 🙂
Then come to Fashion Sewing Club!
Tuesday, August 11, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods
Thursday, August 13, 10:30 and 6:30 at First Sewing, Bloomington Hancock Fabrics
*Note change: Saturday, August 15, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods
This will be the last meeting of the summer-we won’t meet in September but we’ll be back in October. We will still have classes in September.
Hope to see you this week!
PS-there’s also one last opportunity for the school aged sewist, beginner to experienced. We have enough students to hold the class but would be happy to have more. Wednesdays, August 12, 19 and 26, from 10-1 pm at Hancock Southtown location.
Right on the Heels of June are July Club Photos!
What a beautiful summer we are having but the show and tell sewing definitely held hints of fall and all the magazines are tempting us with fall colors and fashions too. I intend to stretch summer out what with the late Labor Day weekend and all.
We are making one change to our August meetings-the Saturday group will be meeting on August 15 which is the third Saturday.
And speaking of a late Labor Day, we will not have Club in September.
There will be new calendars out and we will definitely be teaching classes. The dates and some travel just didn’t match up.
Here are the August Club dates and classes left in July:
Fashion Sewing Club
Tuesday, August 11, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods
Thursday, August 13, 10:30 and 6:30 at First Sewing, Bloomington Hancock Fabrics
*Note change: Saturday, August 15, 10:30 at Treadle Yard Goods
Classes at Hancock
Basic Serger and Beyond, Wednesdays, July 29, 6:00-8:00
Beginning Sewing:Garment or HomeDec/Crafty, Wednesdays, July 29, 2:00-4:00
Sewing Studio, Thursdays, July 30, 1:00-4:00
Seasonal Sewing: Linen Pants/Tankini That Covers, Thursdays, July 30, 6:00-8:00
Kids’ Summer Classes at Chanhassen Vacuum Center, http://www.chanvac.com
Session 2: Tuesday, July 28, Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30, 10:00-12:00
Here’s what was being sewn in July:
June (yes, June) Club Sheets and Garment Photos are Posted
Just a bit behind with all this beautiful summer weather to be out in but here are some of the June show and tell creations for your viewing pleasure. My daughter, Hilary, was the guest model and photographer. We have her to thank for the collage idea which we will repeat-now that we’ve remembered it!
What Are Your Kids Doing This Summer?
Let the games begin! Three girls, three skirts, one pillowcase dress and a brand new sewing machine! We’re having fun at Hancock this week. More classes scheduled throughout the summer-
June 22 & 24, 10:30-3 pm, Chanhassen Vacuum Center
June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 3-5 pm, Treadle Yard Goods
July 15, 16, 17, 10-12 pm, Hancock Southtown
July 28, 29, 30, 10-12 pm, Chanhassen Vacuum Center
July 28, August 4, 11, 3-5 pm, Treadle Yard Goods
Young Designer Targeted at teen sewists, beginning to advanced or younger sewists with experience that want to go further in garment sewing.
August 5, 12, 19, 10-1 pm, Hancock Southtown
Sewing for Parents Who Want Their Kids to Sew We know you don’t need a new hobby but would like to be supportive of your budding sewist. What you need to know about how a sewing machine works and what your child “needs” to purchase along the way.
June 24, 6:30-7:30 pm, Southtown Hancock
Click on Classes in the bar above for more details and registration.
Need a Sewing Machine?
First Sewing (inside Hancock Southtown) is offering a great basic machine in conjunction with our summer classes.
It’s an Elna with everything you need to get started. There are more Sew Green machines but Bruce has a few of the Sew Zebras so they will go on a first come, first serve basis. Let us know which one you’d like. These machines are good for beginners of any age so we’ll offer them to the beginning adults also.
Material Girls strongly advises you to purchase machines from dealers as opposed to big box stores or Amazon/eBay. Private dealers will help you out with your machine, guarantee their work and most will allow trade-ins should you want to upgrade to a fancier machine.
Material Girls receives no commission on machines-we just want to see happy sewists!
Everybody’s Sewing Underwear!
Sewaholic just put up another post of her beautiful underwear sets and I did give lace undies a try but decided it’s not for me. But then I got a picture of the twin grand boys playing with their new kitchen set wearing short sleeve collared shirts-and nothing else (I really wanted to post the picture but was afraid it was too risqué for the public domain)! Potty training time means my opportunity to try my hand at undies once again.
This time the pattern is from *that darn kat. A past Club attendee made them for her granddaughter who couldn’t say her “r’s” so I call them Unda-weahs too. Fun to put together with leftover knits and so cute!
We’ve had fun with two Club meetings-our last June Club meeting is on Saturday at Treadle. Catch us if you can!
Our kids’ summer classes start next week too!
Happy Summer-Happy Sewing!!
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