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A Day for You! Ready for a day that will open up new avenues for your sewing and making? Another Day For You is scheduled for February 17, 2024, with a NEW MIX of presentations to fuel your creativity. Sign-ups are now open. Register today! |
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Here's some of the great feedback we got on our last Day for You! Watching Elizabeth show how women dressed 150+ years ago was a revelation! Very interested in the pdf patterns. Appreciate the information about how to start searching for them, and printing access. I was reminded of how important it was to gather with fellow sewists seeking knowledge about sewing, a great way to care for ourselves. |
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Bring Back your Envelope! It's time to reveal your surprise! Bring in your red envelope now through February 7, where it MUST be opened by a Treadlette. Will you win the jackpot of 25% off your purchases for a whole year? Or one of our other fabulous prizes? |
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Birthday Party! It's this Sunday, January 14! If your birthday is in January, 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! *excludes classes, sewing machines, and consignment items |
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Linen New additions to our linen shelf! These colors are so dreamy, you'll want to come see them in person. |
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Pattern of the Month! January's pattern of the month is the Toaster Sweater by Sew House Seven! This cute, boxy sweatshirt comes in 2 views and you won't believe how fast it sews up! View A can be done entirely on your serger! It's 15% off through the month of January! reg $ 24.95 Sale $ 21.20 |
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Friday Fun Fact Hi folks, it's me Elizabth here, and today's Friday Fun Fact is more of a Friday Fun Opinion. Come along, let chat. A topic we’ve been discussing lately in class is process vs. product. Are you a process creator or a product creator? Let me explain. At one end of the spectrum is the process creator. A process creator sews (or knits, or paints, or chops logs, or whatever) purely for the enjoyment of doing it. The process of creating is itself enough to keep them engaged. The satisfaction of the doing is its own reward. Process creators might still enjoy some tasks more or less than others, but overall, the point of the creating is just in the doing. At the other end of the spectrum is a project creator. Project creators could not give a darn about the experience. They want the end result! Why bother making something if you don’t care about the finished item? A project creator might enjoy making, but overall, the making is not the point. The point is getting the thing. Now most of us aren’t going to fall all the way to either side of this scale. We might rate ourselves as 20% process and 80% product, or the other way around, or a straight 50/50. Here’s why this matters: understanding your motivations for sewing will inform the decisions you make as a creator. A person who leans more toward the process side of sewing might choose a technique based on how much they enjoy it. Do they enjoy the challenge of welt pockets? Or maybe they love sewing lots of long, straight lines. The choice is based on the feeling of the doing. Someone who’s more on the project side would probably choose the technique that gave them the result they wanted most, regardless of how the experience of sewing it felt. If they wanted a welt pocket, they would make a welt pocket. If the seam finish just has to be serviceable, they probably won’t bother with a fancy one. Plus, where you land on this scale might change with every different thing that you sew! In our sewing, we are faced with decisions all the time. Even the strictest direction-follower still has to make choices. Understanding where your motivation lies can help you figure out which choice to make and which path to take. And that will help us all enjoy the process - and the product - even more. Check out all our Friday Fun Facts in the archive here! |
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Classes Coming Up! Register online today! |
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Our cornerstone class for students of various skill levels to sew what they want! Cost: $ 225 Fridays with Elizabeth: Jan 19, 26, Feb 2, 9, 23 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
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Spend a weekend sewing with us! Cost: $ 190 Saturday & Sunday, Jan 20 & 21 10:00 am to 5:00 pm |
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Got a new machine? Need a refresher? This beginner-level class will get you sewing fast! Cost: $ 55 Saturday, January 27 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
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Build essential sewing skills - seam finishes, pockets, zippers, and more! Cost: $ 95 Mondays, January 29 & Feb 5 6:15 pm to 9:15 pm |
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Happy Sewing, Michele and the Treadlettes |
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Parking at Treadle Convenient street parking is available on Grand, Hamline, Lincoln, and nearby side streets. Treadle also 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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