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June Birthday Party! Stop into Treadle Sunday, June 25 from 12-4 for our monthly Birthday Party! If your birthday is in June, you'll get 15% off almost everything in the store! Fabrics, patterns, notions, and more! Bring a friend and they get 15% off too! Plus yummy treats for everyone! |
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Anew by Tamara Kate Currently absolutely enamored by these bright, summery prints! The Anew collection by Tamara Kate is full of living, thriving nature, bolder and brighter than life! Shop cottons here! Or click on a pic to see that fabric in more detail! |
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New Oilcloth Lots of new oilcloth prints in the store! We've restocked all our favorites for summertime. Make your get-togethers hassle free with a fresh new table cover that easily wipes clean! Oilcloth is only available in store, so stop by and take a look! |
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New Pre-cuts Adorable jelly rolls and fat quarter bundles featuring Tilda fabrics! |
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Friday Fun Fact! How do you refer to yourself as a person who sews? Let's explore some historical terms and modern alternatives! We often associate the word seamstress with women, and tailor with men, but the history goes deeper than gender roles. These terms grew out of words that descibed the specific work that people were doing. Historically, suits were not made by one person alone, but by a team of individuals, each with a highly specialized skill set. The word tailor has its roots in a word which literally means cutter, which indicates the single job this person would have had. The cutter not only cut the fabric, but drafted and fitted the pattern. The person actually seaming the garment was the seamstress, which had the male equivalent seamster. Another common variant was sempstress. Dressmakers often operated with fewer staff but could still include various workers with specialized skills. Nowadays tailor usually refers to either a person who makes suits or a person who does alterations for fit, rather than the pattern cutter. Sewer is often used as a gender-neutral alternative, but some folks* dislike the way it reads like sewer, as in the system that carries waste out of a city. Sewist is a modern alternative, which combines sewing and artist in a delightful portmanteau. Creator, garment maker, or simply maker are other great additions to our seaming vocabulary! What did we miss? Let us know which terms you like to use! Check out all our Friday Fun Facts in the archive here! * some folks includes this gal! |
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| Classes Coming Up! Find your perfect next sewing class! |
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Have a simple sewing problem you want help with? Do you need more support to finish your Beginning Sewing project? Come to this beginner-level clinic! Sunday, June 25 10:00 am to Noon |
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We're here to help! Bring your tricky problems and questions to this sewing clinic. Wednesday, June 28 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
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New to sewing? Start here! This comprehensive class will give you a great foundation of skills. Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm |
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Got a new machine? Need a refresher? This beginner-level class will get you sewing fast! Friday, July 7 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
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Let's bend the rules! This fresh, fun approach will help you think of quilting in a different way. Saturday, July 8 10:00 am to 1:00 pm |
| Parking at Treadle! In addition to loads of street parking available on Grand, Hamline, and nearby side streets, Treadle now has access to an off-street parking lot! You can park in the Green Mill/Colossal Cafe lot from 10-4 Monday through Thursday. Find it diagonally across the street, next to the gas station. Coming to a class? You are always welcome to stop briefly in front of the store to drop off your things before you look for parking! |
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| Happy Sewing, Michele and the Treadlettes |
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