More crafting studios... All the time

A friend of Stitch Lounge, Erin McGee just announced her plans to open a store offering supplies for sewing, knitting, crochet, and embroidery in Santa Clara California! The Bobbin’s Nest will also offer a range of classes, packages, parties, and sewing machine rental/studio time by the hour! The store’s grand opening is scheduled for September 22, 2007, and we can’t wait to see how it turns out! Congratulations Erin and Best of Luck to you :)

With the Bobbin’s Nest in the South and Stitch Lounge in the North, we’ll have the whole Bay Area crafting before we know it!

Bobbin's Nest Studio
1171 Homestead Road, Suite 130
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Biz Phone: TBD
http://www.bobbinsnest.com
http://bobbinsnest.blogspot.com

faux fur fo sale!

I was at Stitch Lounge yesterday to do some sewing and man o' man is there some pretty fur there! We've got a bunch of colors to choose from and it's only $29/yd!

And this is the good stuff people, the nice thick and yummy, warm and cozy stuff! And there is the sweet green color that I've never seen before :)

Get it while its hot (i guess its always hot though, huh?)...

burn on yo!
MA

Craftcast in the House!

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Alison Lee from CraftCast. for her most recent podcast that was posted this week. Alison has a great thing going and I was honored to be one of her guests. Some of her other guests include Project Runway stars like Daniel V!

Alison, who hails from The Big Apple, had some great questions for me about Stitch Lounge, Sew Subversive, and sewing and fashion in general. Thanks to Alison for bridging the gap between east and west coast crafters!! We look forward to having her back in San Francisco soon!

xox,
Melissa A.

You can (and should!) download the podcast here: http://cache.libsyn.com/craftcast/CRAFTCAST40_stitchlounge.mp3

For more info on what Alison and CraftCast is all about check out her website:

CRAFTCAST~ Listen, Learn, Create

Modern Seamster - look it up!

Stitch's B*tches had dinner last night with the Ladies of Modern Seamster (Devi, Linda, and Tula). This new magazine due out in the summer is gonna rock your world! It picks up where all of the other sewing mags for our generation have left off and inlcudes more than just projects for your making. Modern Seamster is the magazine for, well, the modern seamster. We can look forward to reading about the lifestyle and cultural of today's sewer and if the product is even half as cool as the editors, then we are in for a treat! --MA

Stitch's B*tches - Who We Are

We (Two Melissas and a Hope) are the founders of Stitch Lounge in San Francisco. Stitch is a women-owned business providing an inspirational, supportive environment for people to express their individuality by creating their own clothing and clothing accessories. Tools, supplies, resources, and advice are provided in a professional yet comfortable workspace that encourages the free exchange of ideas between all skill levels.

We are three self-taught sewers that want to spread the sewing gospel to the world of inspired crafters! We created this urban sewing blog to help foster the crafty community, provide inspiration, and to get the word out about new and cool crafty goings on!

Give us a shout! We'd love to hear from you!