Small Business Saturday

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We give thanks to all our loyal customers!

Remember tomorrow, Sat November 30 is "Support Small Business Saturday"!
Come by the store and do a little Christmas shopping for your sewing friends or maybe for yourself!

Sewing Party had ALL THE BUZZ at the Houston Show !

Sewing Party At The Houston Quilt Festival 

      The Houston Quilt Festival was a huge four day long quilt show held in Houston, Texas.  Just as we had participated, Sewing Party had a blasting experience and we would like to share a piece of the excitement that still remains.

The day 1 didn’t start off as we had hoped to.  On Wednesday, we spent all day setting up and feeling nervous because 30 of our cartons hadn't arrived yet!  The Preview Night was starting at 5 pm, so we were anxiously waiting for our stuff to arrive, and once they have arrived we began rushing through preparing and decorating the booth.  

But "as professionals"

we managed to have everything ready to go and the night ended up successful :) 

We had a surprise drop in by Kaffe Fasset and Branden Mably! They told us we were their favorite booth. Yay for us! 

Things started to get hectic on Thursday due to so many people visiting our booth, and we LOVED that! Rain poured all day long, but that didn't stop anyone from having fun.  We had a lot of visitors from all over the world including Europe, South America, and so on. There were lots of foreign people who stayed during the entire show and we were thrilled to see them visit us for all 4 days.  This was a long distance trip, so seeing lots of friendly faces from California made us feel like we had friends close by and helped us feel like home.  By Friday afternoon, we had almost our entire booth sold out. We were very fortunate to have a great location just in front of escalators!

The show went on until Sunday noon, and Kaffe came in once again and told us that our booth had ALL THE BUZZ.  By Sunday night, we were all ready to come home from great exhaustion but it was worth it.  Even now we are busy sending out orders we received at the show. We are also receiving many complimentary emails from people who had visited our booth.  

 "..I have to say that your selection of fabrics was the best in the entire Houston festival, I went three days and everyday bought something new at your booth.."

                                                                       - Carmen Laticia Attie from Mexico

We want to thank everyone who had visited Sewing Party booth at the Houston Quilt Festival! 

"today was a good day around the studio.  i received news from coats that all 24 designs of my new eclectic elements fabric that debuted at quilt market earlier this year are in stock and shipping now!.. " <Tim Boltz>

Your creative journey begins and ends with the fabrics you use. See Tim’s 100% cotton fabrics and experience his passion for allowing you to create your own story. Let the journey begin!

" Fabric Flower "   Tutorial Available @ sew4home

What do a pocket watch, a subway schedule and a scientific butterfly illustration have in common? These "eclectic elements" are beautifully blended together in a fabric line of the same name. We're very pleased to introduce you to Eclectic Elementsby Tim Holtz for Coats. This is the debut fabric line for the legendary Coats brand, and the premier collection for renowned paper crafter and designer, Tim Holtz. 
(from a blog @ sew4home)

"This unique combination of salvaged findings and vintage palette creates a collection to inspire your artful imagination. I believe creativity is not in the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found." 

Vintage Halloween Class "9/30"

Got any plan on September 30th (Monday)? Here's a suggestion.

Pack your fabrico markers and the excitement for the upcoming holiday 'Halloween'! 

and get on board with Jean Impey to the adventures of the amazing Halloween. 

Our first adventure took place On September 10th (Tuesday).

It was an amazing day with a full house of 17 crews. 

Did you miss it ? No worries!

We have another 'Vintage Halloween" class coming up 
on September 30th (Monday) at 10am. 

On September 30th (Monday) at 5:30pm, for those who couldn't finish 
their project, we are opening a class "Advanced Amazing Alphabet."

The class is opened for anyone who has taken 

'the Amazing Alphabet' and "Vintage Halloween!"
Don't let your UFOs(unfinished objects) wonder around! 
Bring them all in and finish your arts! 

Your complete piece can be a great wall-hanging or a perfect gift for your loved ones.

  

                                                                     

        Celebrate your inner artist with Carrie Bloomston's palette of inspiration, COLLAGE. By using brush and ink, she's created images with scissors and paste in the spirit of a collage. The prints are bold and artful, yet whimsical and playful. Like a stack of art papers, cut-up news print, and playful hand-painted images, the designs just beg you to play. As with many modern sewers, Carrie loves to sew with words. COLLAGE is filled with letters, textures, and hipster imagery.  The newspaper print is composed of quilting- and sewing-related articles, and the essence of this line is artful and handmade. Patterns for all of Carrie's wonderful projects can be seen on her website.

 

"the collage roly-poly" by Rachel Gander from Imagine Gnats

@ International Quilt Market in Portland

 Pattern for 'The Nest' design.

Be wild and free like a bird as you create this quilt..gathering scraps and placing them with a washable school glue stick. You'll create an art quilt you can cuddle under(or a wonderful wall hanging)in just a few simple steps! Break some rules with this fun, fast, and crazy-raw collage quilt.   How many eggs does your nest need?

 

"Happy Hexagon Trivet" made by Cecile Choi using Collage Collection.

The patterns are from the book 'Patchwork Please!' by Ayumi Takahashi.  

Julie Herman's Workshop

organized by Orange County Modern Quilt Guild

On August 25th, Sunday,

infamous Julie Herman from Jaybird Quilts has visited Sewing party and had a workshop day!

There was a lot to share, and a lot to care! Gathered by enthused quilt-mates, Julie introduced behold, Hex and More ruler which she designed.  This cool, easy-to-use ruler's design possibilities are nearly endless!! They can be found at our store.

                   

           The workshop was in two section. Northern Lights / Science Fair.

       

             

    By Julie Herman                Sunday 10am-4pm workshop at Sewing Party

                                               

               

Introducing : Just MY Type

spring 2013 fabric collection

If you're a fan of Patty Young, her new collection "just My Type" would be Just the Right Type for you !

It is a vintage type-inspired collection designed with a retro color palette and 
printed with a faux linen texture, for the “look” of linen but the “feel” of 
quilting cotton. You will find the beauty of typography and lines all in here.

New Arrivals! 

Behold, a whole new set of Japanese fabrics are in the store! Visit the store and see for your selves!

 It's like what Cold Stone makes us say.. Like it, Love it, or Gotta have it! 

Experience the unexpected mix up of designs/colors and enjoy the classic Renaissance followed by semi modern and a vintage feeling!

(Clicking the image will directly lead you to our online store)

Long Beach Show

  So who was at the Long Beach Show last week!? We thank every
person who visited our booth. You made our four day long show
exciting and fun and we appreciate every comment and smile!
Our Booth was one of the biggest fabric booths and it was crowded with excited people throughout the whole show~!

Our Biggest Hit was "Collage" collection by
Carrie Bloomston. They
were out of stock and
currently we are still
 receiving pre-orders.
So those of you who are
interested in trying
"Collage",Order now ! 

          

   

  

BYOB was Here and it is Coming Back !!

BYOB "Bring Your Own Block!" class held today 7/27/2013 Sat. 

Look at how gorgeous they came out!! 

Don't Wait

SIGN UP ! for the upcoming BYOB Club with a whole new set of blocks!

To add an excitement, there is One rule. You may choose your own set,

but the 'focus fabric' is CHoSen for you !!

How well can you pull it off? 

It's a fun challenge <3

August's Focus Fabric: Kaffe Fassett's print fabric !

BYOB

August 31 2013,  Saturday

9:00am ~ 10:00am 

See you all there !

Renaissance Ribbons & Liberty London

There are so many different kinds of projects
and crafts that you can do with Renaissance Ribbons, 

the limits seem boundless! But what makes these special are that they
are from the Designer Collections made from well-known
fabric designers such as Kaffe Fassett, Amy Butler, Parson Gray,
Anna Maria Horner, and Sue Spargo!
 

Some of our friends bought some and told us they were making
belts, pillows, bookmarks, and headbands. Such great ideas!

        Pouch by Renaissance Ribbons        Embellished Ribbon Bookmarks from Sew4Home

Ribbon Belt by Anna Maria Horner                   Parson Gray Patchwork Pillow

Memoir Tote by Amy Butler

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 Have you heard of  Liberty London fabrics?
We just received some from Europe! They are manufactured in
Italy and England and the quality of these fabrics are superb.

The fabrics that we chose are from Liberty's Classics Collection.
But classic doesn't mean it's not modern. Liberty of London's timeless
designs conjure up vintage visions of carefree summer days. From watercolor pastels
to abstracted brights, the possibilities are endless whether used alone
or sprinked in among other current designers' fabrics. Liberty offers an original,
one of a kind look, but the feel is just as distinctive and what truly sets it apart.
A finer thread, woven into a higher thread count, makes for a lightweight,
silky feeling fabric that offers a beautiful drape for clothing,
luxurious softness for bedding or a unique refined texture for quilting.

With such beautiful fabric we decided to do something fun
and Kathy Ranabargar made an exquisite blouse using one of the fabrics!
We will be making a class for this blouse soon!

B.Y.O.B.

News flash for the upcoming BYOB Club !

The next class is held on Last Saturday of July at 9am!

Be aware for the intriguing new combination of fabrics, 

and with your creativity, we don't know what to expect!

( Kathy Chevalier from BYOB Club ) 

Challenge your self and show us what these set of fabrics can become!

                        

Gwen's Baskets

Another day, another joy!

Jean Impey's "Blue Bird Cafe"

Come make this fun, easy, liberated and quick quilt with Jean Impey.
Using Gwen Marston's book, Liberated Quiltmaking II as our reference.
This quilt uses many fabrics and can be made traditional or liberated.
The best part….use up some stash!