Tour the store with Gingerbread Snowflakes

Thanks for a nice post from Gingerbread Snowflake, a lovely craft blog. Great photos and links to fun ideas. Check it out.

Fun New Class with Pam Archer

Fast, Fun & Easy Home Accents
SAT 9/26 10:00-1:00
Instructor: Pam Archer
Cost $20 plus materials

Create pretty, no-sew home accessory projects for the office, kitchen and around the house. Using Pendleton’s signature fabrics and fun embellishments create one-of-a-kind accents for your home or for gifts.

Pam Archer hails from Portland, Oregon, and is a wife and the mother of two sons. As a child, she played for hours at a time with fabric scraps. When introduced to sewing, she fell in love with it. With a bachelor's degree in clothing and textiles, Pam began her career in retail management. She later freelanced as a national spokesperson for a major pattern company and furthered her career by developing a high school fashion marketing program. Pam enjoys seeing fabric and texture take on their own form and life. Her greatest satisfaction comes from creating items that evoke a sense of delight in others.

Pam is the author of two books, Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Bags and Fast, Fun & Easy® Home Accents.

The Future of Sewing

Every year at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo we meet lots of wonderful people. For the last few years some of my most memorable have been the moms and daughters who come to look at fabric and plan projects. It’s so nice to see the interaction and shared excitement, not to mention the skills that are passed to the next generation.
Sometimes customers come by with the finished garment from their purchase the previous year. That is always cool.
So it was really great to get an email from a customer who was in the booth last spring with her lovely girls who were planning some REALLY ambitious projects. The planned, brainstormed, did the math on the yardage and left with some lovely green wool. You can see from the photo that the finished garments (and the sheep) are real winners at the Palouse Empire Fair.
Congrats! And thanks for sharing, we love seeing those finished projects. It inspires us to get something new sewn.

And the future of sewing is looking very good!

Some notes on the outfit:
The pattern that was used was Simplicity 2843. She adjusted the pattern so that the flounce in front and the bow in the back both button on and off. This way she can where the dress a number of ways. The jacket also was adjusted to fit her frame and has an elastic band set in the back for fit. The dress and jacket are both fully lined.

Classes Start for Fall

Check out the new class schedule for this new season, starting with a BOOK ARTS class this Saturday. Use our wonderful Pendleton blanket fabrics, simple tools and skills to make your own books. This can be notebooks, journals, calendar, guest books.... you get the idea!

Fabric Covered Books

SAT 9/19 10:00-12:00
Instructor: Kathy Monaghan

Cost $12/Materials $8
Use your favorite Pendleton fabric to make your own notebook or journal. Quick to make, and a joy to give and receive, this no-sew project will be one you'll make again & again. The outside is Pendleton blanket fabric, the inside holds a standard notepad. You will learn basic book binding skills of gluing, scoring, & folding as well as best practices for making fabric books. Samples will be shown of how to adapt this to other sizes & materials.

Hand Tailored Pendleton Label Now Available

Pendleton Blue Label
For many years home sewers who purchased genuine Pendleton wool fabrics were able to add their own finishing touch of the classic blue and gold label reading "Hand Tailored from Pendleton Woolens." This highly sought-after item was discontinued more than a decade ago. But now with the purchase of every 3 continuous yards of fabric from The Woolen Mill Store you can receive a classic blue and gold Pendleton label to add to your finished project. These will be available starting September 1.

Fall Fabric Sale

So the kids are back to school and now it's time to get back to sewing! We are here to help with our awesome fall fabric sale.

September Classes!

Fabric Covered Books
SAT 9/19 10:00-12:00
Instructor: Kathy Monaghan
Cost $12/Materials $8
Use your favorite Pendleton fabric to make your own notebook or journal. Quick to make, and a joy to give and receive, this no-sew project will be one you'll make again & again. The outside is Pendleton blanket fabric, the inside holds a standard notepad. You will learn basic book binding skills of gluing, scoring, & folding as well as best practices for making fabric books. Samples will be shown of how to adapt this to other sizes & materials.

Pendleton Selvage Rug Crochet
SUN 9/20 10:00-12:00
Instructor: Breeze Holman
Cost $12/Materials $10
Make this thick & comfy rug for any room in the house. A really big hook and a supply of wool selvages, gives you a beautiful pile rug in about the time it takes to watch your favorite movie.

Advanced Selvage Crafts
SUN 9/20 1:00-3:00
Instructor: Stacy Brisbee
Cost $12/ Materials $14
Continue to explore the artful possibilities of Pendleton wool selvages. This class will focus on using selvages to create hats, baskets, wall hangings and more.

Fast, Fun & Easy Home Accents
SAT 9/26 10:00-1:00
Instructor: Pam Archer
Cost $20/ call for details
Create pretty, no-sew home accessory projects for the office, kitchen and around the house. Using Pendleton’s signature fabrics and fun embellishments, create one-of-a-kind accents for your home or for gifts.

Awesome Jacket Construction
SUN 9/27 10:00-2:00
Instructor: Stacy Brisbee
Cost $25/ Materials $175
Using our most popular pattern, Linda MacPhee’s “Awesome Jacket”, you will learn how to make your own blanket-weight coat of Pendleton jacquard fabric & felt binding in three short hours. This simple two-piece unstructured pattern sews together quickly. Class size is limited to four students in order to provide individualized attention.

Details.....
Class size is limited so early registration is encouraged.
Payment for class is required at time of registration.
Supply lists will be provided at the time of registration.

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Portland, OR 97222
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Email: woolenmillstore@penwool.com