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Even though we are having such warm beautiful weather, I can feel fall approaching. I am very happy about that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all I would like to reschedule the Slow Stitch class. It will be Saturday Nov. 10.  Please let me know if you will be attending. I will have kits for you. 10-3, $15.00. In addition to the French mending kit, I will also have a kit for you to do a Japanese dust cloth. It should be informative and fun. Slow Stitching around the world All the stitching we do around the table qualifies as "slow stitching". We visit, we connect, we eat and we form friendships. We are away from daily chores and distractions. To compliment this practice I'd like to offer a day a month to expand on the idea of Slow Stitching.  You can work on any hand work project and in addition, I will give you some stitch examples from a class I took. You can try these out as a stitch sampler. Some who begin...

In my opinion anyway...Fall is my favorite!!! First of all, two special classes. Halloween Tree Class Remember the Penny trees that we did some time ago? Now it's time for the Fall version. You can use small or large Styrofoam trees, Pennies or Yoyos. See picture for ideas. I'll send you a supply list when you sign up . Friday Oct.5.  10-3 $10.00 lunch included. ******************** Slow Stitching around the world All the stitching we do around the table qualifies as "slow stitching". We visit, we connect, we eat and we form friendships. We are away from daily chores and distractions. To compliment this practice I'd like to offer a day a month to expand on the idea of Slow Stitching.  You can work on any hand work project and in addition, I will give you some stitch examples from a class I took. You can try these out as a stitch sampler. Some who begin slow stitching like to start with a blank piece o...

I think summer is a wonderful season. When else could we have great tomatoes. But enough already with the 90+ days!! Yesterday we had the Petit Four class. So much creativity happening. Here are a few samples. The last three are mine. I think they all did great work and went home inspired to do more.  Thanks for making my day so full of fun. ########################################## September Calendar and class descriptions Sat. Sept. 1  Taupe Theory Class 10-3  $10.00 Wednesday Sept. 5 Open Sew-----   All Open Sew classes are 10-4 $10.00 Sunday classes are 11-4 Fri. Sept 7  Open Sew 10-4 Sunday Sept 9   11-4 Monday Sept 10  10-4---Salad day Wednesday Sept. 12 Placemat Class 10-3  $10.00 Wednesday Sept 19  Open Sew Friday Sept 21 Boro Collage Class  10-3  $10.00 Sat. Sept. 22 Open Sew Sunday Sept. 23  Open Sew Monday Sept. 24 Open S...