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Workshops
Stitches Seattle Class
It's kind of fast notice, but I will be teaching a workshop in Seattle this weekend while I'm out there for Urban Craft Uprising!
*Only ten seats are available so sign up before it sells out!* Just sayin'. Here are the deets:
Embroidery Effects Workshop with Jenny Hart
~Registering Now~
@ Stitches Seattle
711 E Pike St.
Seattle, WA 98122
http://www.stitchesseattle.com
*this class is open to complete beginners and all levels
August 1st, 7:00pm - 9:30pm (Saturday)
One 2-½ - hour session. Fee: $50 - Seating limited to 10
Tools and materials:
Everything is included in the price of the class and will be supplied.
(Fabric, floss, embroidery hoop, Sublime Stitching pattern pack and
needles)
Students can register by stopping by the store or calling 206-709-0707. Open seven days a week 11am - 7pm up!
Indie Biz Chicks Conference
It's business time! Registration is still open for the virtual conference Crissy is holding over at Indie Biz Chicks. If you haven't visited before, I strongly encourage you to rush right over and check out her site. Indie Biz Chicks is full of useful information for all D.I.Y.ers out there, working to make it happen. This conference is virtual, so no one will know if you stay in your pajamas drinking coffee (Wait, do I get to do that, too? ~Jenny) while getting tips and tricks from some accomplished, amazing business women. Jenny will be video-conferencing Wednesday May 6th at 2.pm. eastern (1 central). Be sure to check out the full schedule for all fourteen seminars. And the best part: it's all FREE. That's not a typo folks: it's really FREE! Here's the registration link. And if you can't "attend" , or just want to really dig into the info, Crissy is making a recording featuring all fourteen seminars available. You can purchase it here. Also, as some of you remember, Crissy featured Jenny on her Indie Biz chicks podcast a while back. Wanna listen? Check out Jenny Hart: Previous Interview on Indie Biz Chicks / Episode 29.
Earth Day "Up-broidery"
Happy Earth Day, now how about some "Up-broidering"? Tonight from 6-8pm I'll be hanging out at Austin's best (and my favorite) vintage clothing atelier, Blue Velvet. I'll have embroidery tools for anyone who wants to give it a try. Get 20% off any item of clothing you buy and embroider with me! We'll have refreshments and a laid-back "It's cool, you can embroider, or not embroider" attitude abou it. Just stopping in to say hello totally counts, too.
OH AND: The Upcycle Contest deadline looms next week! Details here.
Yoga Broidery - Success!
The first-ever Yoga/Broidery class with me and Cyndi Lee at Om Yoga in Manhattan was a success! We all agreed, even though this first time was an experiment, that it was a good, meditative mix. We'll definitely do it again! Be sure to also read my blog post about one of the creative students who attended Yoga/Broidery over on Embroidery as Art.
And, here in the Sublime Stitching office, we recently discovered Stephanie Friedman's wonderful Yoga For Crafters blog, where she shares tips to keep our fingers and wrists nimble and documents all the ways in which crafting and yoga can combine. Want a bit of serenity in your stitches? Check out the Om Sweet Om patterns we used in the class!
Jenny Hart Embroidery Workshops at Felt Club
Felt Club
11 am - 7 pm
We're excited to announce that Jenny will be holding two Embroidery 101 Workshops this Sunday at one of our favorite indie craft events, Felt Club!
To take part,
just stop by the Felt Club Info Table Sunday morining to sign up and purchase a special, hand-assembled kit. The kits are $20 each and will include everything you need to complete an embroidered tea towel to give as a gift (or keep for yourself!). The class is included in the price of the kit, and will take place at 1pm and 4pm.
Felt club has almost doubled in size since last year, featuring nearly 150 amazing vendors representing the cream of the crop in indie craft and design. There will be lots to see and do, including a Handmade Nation documentary sneak preview screening, Recycled Giftwrap Booth with ReForm School, and Special Musical Performance by Leslie Hall
PLUS: Swag bags for the first 250 visitors including treats from Sublime Stitching!
**Jenny will be hanging out
at the Felt Club area throughout the day, so
come on by and sign up for a workshop, get a book signed, ask a question or just say say "hi" this Sunday!**
More Free Embroidery
Wow. Another free embroidery class in a swanky downtown Austin design store! IF+D is hosting craft lessons every other Monday, and there are two embroidery sessions planned for next month (March 3 and 17 at 6pm). Both will use Sublime Stitching patterns. Check out the IF+D blog for more details.
Successful Stitchers
There was an amazing turn out to last night's event at Design Within Reach Studios. It was awesome - over 75 people lounging around in a beautiful space, creating a fun creative environment. Thanks a ton to Leslie Bonnell for teaching the workshop with Sublime Stitching patterns. And thanks to Rachel (a.k.a. Average Jane Crafter) for the sweet photo above.
Free Embroidery Class
If you're in Austin, mark your calendar for this Monday, February 4th, and embroider mid-century modern style at the Design Within Reach Studio. Using Sublime Stitching's "Swanky Decor" patterns, Leslie Bonnell of Stitch Lab will teach you how to make your stitches as clean and sleek as an Eames lounge chair.
Handmade Nation Update
You remember back in April when Jenny blogged about the independent craft movement documentary in the making? Well, the filmmakers of Handmade Nation are now in post production (hooray!) and they still need our loving encouragement and financial assistance. Handmade Nation t-shirts are on sale in their Etsy shop, so if you don't have one yet - now's the time!
Three Reasons to buy a Handmade Nation t-shirt right now.
- Handmade Nation is an important film. It's a work of art and it will encourage other works of art!
- So far the film has been funded solely by Faythe's personal credit cards and generous community support. It is truly an independent endeavor.
- The t-shirt is really cool. (I hope the trend of off center silk screening never goes away.)
So get your t-shirt, and while you're there check out the pirate journal from if'n books and Jen Corace .
Of course! Craftorama!
