Oh the envelope pillow. What a simple, rewarding, easy, and fun little project. With a recent move to SW Portland, I have added a new house, sofa, and style to my life. The easiest, most instant way to accessorize is by far the pillow. It needs just a wee bit of fabric, in this cases… Read more »
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My What a Week
This coming week we will launch both our biannual classroom sale and the BERNINA financing event. Both events begin this Thursday, These are the same machines that many of you have fallen in love with over the last 5 months. All classroom machines have been meticulously maintained and get a last additional tune-up before they… Read more »
Lovely New Website
As you can see, we have a beautiful new website! We have been working on this for a while, and as anyone who has ever designed and/or built a website knows, it is a heap of work! There is the design part, it has to look pretty in the end, right?
Kids Can Sew!
We are excited to be entering a new chapter of kids sewing classes at MD. While we are totally bummed to see Shelly Figueroa step away from teaching all the kids sewing classes, we are so happy for the fabulous growth of her beautiful children’s pattern line: Figgy’s Patterns. Shelly brought light-hearted fun, a great attitude, and… Read more »
Online Sewing Resources
Where do you go online when looking for sewing resources? Or for communities of like-minded sewists? Inspiration and guidance? I have a few! The Sew Weekly I love their “Make This Look” series where she finds lovely lovely looks and pairs it with a corresponding pattern and fabric selection. BurdaStyle Patterns you can download at home, projects and… Read more »
More Winter Classes are Up!
Lots of Winter Classes are Up!
New classes are coming and the schedule is full of returning favorties! We are always so excited to see what is new from our teachers. We get sneak peaks back in December, and chat about ideas with them, but to share their new ideas and classes with you all is a great part of our… Read more »
Sew for Service
This event was brought to our attention by our dear customer Jamie Fay Whitaker. Sewing for service is a wonderful way to bond with other sewists, learn something new, and help those in need. There is a great opportunity coming up on Monday, January 16th. Here is what Jamie has to say about Binky Patrol:
And a Happy 2012 to you!
We had a wonderful 2011! Mostly because of you great folks so a big huge MD hug-filled THANK YOU. And also due in large part to Meredith, Erica, and Tony. We have the best team here at MD and we try and tell them that we love and appreciate them often. We also have an… Read more »
Merry Christmas from all of Us!
We wish you the happiest of holidays and hope that you can spend time enjoying all that you love. We are so glad to have all of you wonderful people in our lives, every day of the year. Thank you for all your support; the last few weeks have brought many holiday shoppers both familiar… Read more »