Between the drop-in sewing nights and the enthusiasm of everyone involved, we managed to finish three amazing baby quilts for the raffle last Saturday night.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated – this never would have happened without the help of our members and customers contributing their fabric and time. One woman even mailed in her quilt blocks when she couldn’t make it in person! It was so great to see the community come together over the group project, and we managed to raise $485 to donate to the Partners in Health organization to help with the Haiti Relief effort. A special thank you goes out to Linde and Shannon, who were a huge part of getting the quilts finished on time.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night to make quilt blocks for our Quilt for a Cause! The UCC is in the process of making some community-sewn baby quilts to be raffled off during our next Knit and a Movie night, Feb. 27. All proceeds from the raffle tickets will go to Haiti relief charities. Raffle tickets are currently on sale in the store, $5 each or 5 for $20. You can purchase them in person or over the phone.

If you couldn’t make it last night, don’t worry…we’re having another drop-in sewing night next Wednesday, Feb. 17th from 6-8 during our Sewing Club night. So if you can, stop by and make a quilt block for a great cause.

Come work on our collaborative quilt project during Wednesday’s Sewing Club from 6-8pm Free! Bring your stash of fabric to swap, then work from one of our quilt block patterns and help us make a series of baby quilts. These quilts will be raffled off on February 27th during our Knit & a Movie Night – don’t forget to get your raffle tickets!! All proceeds from the raffle will go to Partners In Health: Stand With Haiti
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We’d love for you to lend your hand and creativity to the process. Finished blocks can be dropped off up until February 21st, or you can work on the project in our studio for free. Stop by after work for one of our drop-in group sewing nights, bring in fabric to swap with others and be a part of a fun project for a great cause (The American Sewing Guild has offered to dedicate their meeting this week to working on the quilt!). We’ll provide you with the pattern and one common fabric for each quilt block – the rest is yours to choose!

The raffle drawing will be held on February 27th, during Knit & a Movie Night. 100% of the proceeds will go to Partners in Health: Stand With Haiti. (you don’t need to be present to win, but it will be a lot of fun!)

The quilt block on the left was created using a string block quilt tutorial from one of our favorite crafty quilt blogs, Film In the Fridge!

We have a brand new class this weekend with special guest teacher Nicole Stevenson from The Craft Kitchen! Nicole is an artist and crafter who makes and sells everything from record album purses, to clothing with handmade appliques.

This Saturday from 3-6pm Nicole will be teaching her Spa Goodies class in our studio. The class is $65 and you’ll leave with a full line of natural body care products and the resources to make them again and again. Personalize your goodies with creative packaging using fabulous papers and collage materials. You’ll leave this class with three full sets including salt and sugar scrubs, bath ‘cookies’ (exfoliating bath salt bars that look like cookies), soaps, bath salt sachets, moisturizing lip balms, and lip glosses perfect to keep or give as gifts. Give us a call or drop by to sign up!

We are very excited to welcome Jeannine Stein, author of the book Re-Bound: Creating Handmade Books from Recycled and Repurposed Materials into our studio for a brand new bookbinding class! In her book, Jeannine demonstrates 16 step-by-step projects of bookmaking using recycled/repurposed materials, from potato chip bags and sweaters, to record albums or gift cards. The illustrations are beautifully done, including a 14 project section in the back that showcase artists’ handmade books.

On Sunday, February 7th Jeannine will be teaching the Bingo Book in our studio. This class is fit for a beginner and books will be created from scratch, using vintage papers and materials. Create your book cover out of Bingo cards, and the inside pages of your book using papers from vintage fashion magazines. Lastly, you will learn the beautiful Romanesque stitch to bind the pages of your book to the cover. Attach with a button closure and you’ll be set with a handmade, vintage, one-of-a kind journal!

The Bingo Book class is on Sunday February 7th from 11am-3pm. The cost of the class is $80 – members receive a 15% discount! Please drop by the studio or give us a call to reserve your spot – space is limited!

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If you got a new sewing machine over the holidays, now is the perfect time to bring it into our studio, take it out of the box and learn to use it! We offer private lessons, which allow you to learn on your own machine, on the skill or project of your choice. We are very lucky to have Shannon Richards of Muse handmade as our private sewing instructor. Start off the new year by learning a new skill and come to our free sewing club nights once a month. You’ll be a modern seamstress in no time!