Thursday, December 12, 2013

First off, we have another contest starting! This time we're giving away a $25 gift card to Seams Like Home! Secondly, we want to hear what you're sewing for Christmas (or what you hope/wish you could sew for Christmas!). So comment on this blog post about your Christmas sewing and your entered to win!

For this contest, you only get one entry, so make your comment a good one! :) The contest begins today and will be closed on December 24th at 3pm. The randomly selected winner will be announced on December 26th. 

And just to be fair since you all are sharing and show off a little, I'll show you all what I sewed as a Christmas gift for my husband's grandmother! It's a peppermint candy table runner. I found this pattern in a Stitch Gifts magazine from a year or so ago. It was so easy and quick to make, with a little bit of fusible applique! 

I can't wait to read what you all have done or will do for your Christmas sewing.

Happy Holidays everyone! 
Thank you for your support and your business!

Friday, November 22, 2013

Saturday Sampler 2014 is here! If you aren't familiar with our Saturday Sampler program, you should be. It's a block of the month program where we use Marti Mitchell templates to create 12 different blocks over the year. So after the year is done you have 12 blocks so you can quickly whip together a sampler quilt!

The cost for Saturday Sampler is only $40 for the whole year! Our programs has different sessions which you commit to at the beginning of the year. You need to show up for your session once a month on the third Saturday morning of month or the Friday evening that precedes it. You show up for your sesions on time with your block finished, you listen to Maret talk about what's new and exciting at the store and you get your block pattern and fabric kit for the next month! If you're unable to show up for your chosen session, you show up late or don't have your block completed it's $10 to get your block for that month.

This year's pattern and colorways are gorgeous and the staff is having a hard time picking out which colorways we're going do. For most of us, we'll sign up for two or three colorways! :) If you have any questions about Saturday Sampler, you can leave comments here or call/stop by the store to ask us!

Also as a side note, we're going to close at 3pm on Wednesday November 27th and we'll be closed on Thanksgiving November 28th. Enjoy your Thanksgiving day!

Thank you for being such wonderful customers, enjoy the new store!


 The Patter for 2014

One of the four colorways!

The other three colorways!



Thursday, November 14, 2013

As of Monday, November 11th we've been in our new store! It was a long weekend as we never closed during regular hours, but this week has been so rewarding. We're loving our new location, the natural light we get now, the shorter walk from the parking lot to our store, and the list goes on and on! The feedback we're getting from our customers is upbeat and positive as well! We have a guest book for any visitors to sign and leave a message. The comments are so wonderful and uplifting and we'd love to hear feedback from you! Also feel free to leave any comments here on the blog as well.

Throughout this move we know our customers are what make our business so great and we love the excitement you've had about this new location and our final building. We want to create a wonderful and inviting place for you to shop and sew and we hope you love this store as much as we do! And just remember, the final building will be even BETTER!

And thank you for supporting our business, we appreciate you!!!


Here are some pictures of store this week! The lovely ladies in the classroom are members of the Kept In Stitches group and I want to thank them for letting me take a picture of their meeting!

The Classroom area


The Notions Wall/Batik Area

The View from the front door/the Batik Area


 The Thread racks/Color Wall

 The Bernina Area

The Color Wall and other cotton fabric

 The Front Counter

The Book nook

The Fat Quarter Table



Friday, November 8, 2013

A quick move update/reminder before we get to the fun stuff! This is our last weekend in the University Center Mall. We are open all weekend for normal hours and we will close on Sunday November 10th at 5pm. And on Monday November 11th we'll open up at 10am at 2375 East 63rd Avenue! If you have classes with us that are on November 11th or after, please remember to join us at our new store! Thank you for being such wonderful and loyal customers through this move and we hope you enjoy our temporary store!

And now the blog contest winner is..... SLM,
 with the comment made on November 3rd, "I think it would be really nice to have a semi-circular driveway where we could park temporarily so we could bring in our machines and materials for classes. This would be especially nice in the winter."
SLM, please e-mail the store at akseams@gmail.com to have your prize made available to you! 

Thank you everyone for your comments and ideas! We've gotten so many great suggestions from you and we hope you all love our temporary store and our final building which may have some of your great ideas in it!

And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!

Happy Sewing!


The winner was determined using a random number generator. Number 18 was generated with the comments being numbered with the first comment as 1 and the last comment as 40. 



Thursday, October 31, 2013

Rather than a move update this week, we've got a contest for our wonderful customers! We'd love to hear from YOU about ideas and wishes you have for final building! So if you comment on this blog with your thoughts for our store you'll be entered into a drawing for a 75% OFF coupon for our store!!!!!!!

75% OFF
Coupon!

The contest will be open for you to comment through 11:59pm on Thursday November 7th. You can comment once a day for up to 7 chances to win! Make sure you put your name on your comment so we can identify you. The winner will be selected at random and we'll announce the winner on Friday November 8th in our weekly e-mail and here on the blog! The coupon will be good for one purchase in person on either November 9th or 10th (this coupon will exclude Bernina branded items, sewing machines, consignment items, Saturday sampler, and gift certificates).

So come up with lots of good ideas for us to possibly use in our new building and comment here for your chance to win BIG!!!!!


And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!
Happy Sewing!

Thursday, October 24, 2013

This week comes with news of when we'll be open in our new store: November 11th! As of that day all classes will be taught from our new store at 2375 East 63rd Avenue. This week we had a visit from the movers and some of our big fixtures have left the building... to be set up in our new store! Our front counter has moved as well as our white sewing machine cabinet. For now our cutting counter has become our new front check out counter and we have a folding table as a cutting table.It may not be beautiful but it gets the job done! 

Our inventory reduction sale is still going strong! New fabrics are still going on sale all the time. We've cleared out tons of bolts but we have lots of beautiful fabric that still needs a home! 

In the new store, we have set up our front counter and lots of other fixtures. We have notions, patterns and books and fabric displays already. It's not as big as our current store so we are filling up the new space very quickly! Remember this just our temporary store, we're building our perfect and final store next year! We're getting so close to our move and we know some of these changes are challenging but we appreciate your business through it all! 

 The pictures below are of our current store with our new set up until the move is complete as well as pictures of the new store!

And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!
Happy Sewing!

~Our current front cutting table at the store~

 ~The current front counter, not too bad!~

THE NEW STORE
~View from the front doors, our front counter has arrived!~

~Part of our Notions wall~

 ~View from the front counter into the store~
Look at all that fabric!

Friday, October 18, 2013

We mentioned in our weekly e-mail Bernina has some awesome financing available this weekend. I'm sure most of our customers would say they love our store for our beautiful fabric. But we are so much more than a fabric store; we're a Bernina Dealer! And we wanted to share with you a few our favorite things about Bernina. Also don't miss our move update and pics below!

This Bernina video highlights most of the awesome things about Bernina so please a take a few minutes to hear what Bernina is all about!

My favorite sound bite from this is, "If a Bernina machine can be accurate to within a few thousandths of a millimeter, we're going to make it that way. We can't help it, we're Swiss" :) Enjoy!


I hope you love whatever machine you sew on but we sure do love our Berninas!
Thank you for listening to this information about Bernina machines.

Move Update

 Maret is still keeping very busy at the new store arranging and rearranging our fixtures, fabric and notions. We've taken almost of all of the fabric we can fit over to the new location on E 63rd. We've got our class room space figured out AND we have our own bathroom! We're getting so excited about this new location and we're hoping you are too! If you have any wishes or suggestions for this new store or our final home we'd love to hear your comments on this blog! Enjoy the new pictures!!!

And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!
Happy Sewing

~View from the back of the store~

~View from the back of the store~

~Our Bathroom~

~View from the back of the class area~

~View from the store into the class area~

~View from the front door~ 
Our front counter will go in the empty space

More pictures to come!

Friday, October 11, 2013

As promised in our weekly e-mail, here's the information about upcoming classes that are still available to take! Also there's a move update at the bottom of this post, so scroll down! :)

Penguin Family
Sundays October 13 & 20 at 12:30-3:30pm
You will be creating an adorable penguin family using a fun mixture of fabrics. Each penguin is made the same way, so you can pick the size you want to make and then make more later on. Karen will also show how to make Kansashi Flowers using a really neat Clover notion and coordinating fabrics. These penguins use basic sewing skills and are fairly easy to construct.


Table Charm Two
Wednesdays Octo1qber 16, 23 & 30 at 6-8:30pm
You will use strip quilting techniques to create 4 placemats and 1 coordinating table runner. You can also create a variation set of 2 extra placemats with a little finesse and a few extra scraps. These are perfect for holiday gifts!



Silk Workshops

Our Silk Workshops are just around the corner! These one of a kind classes are a "Don’t Miss"! 
Remember, both of these classes come with kits that include almost everything you need!

Introduction to Silk Painting
 Saturday October 19 10:30-5pm
The talented Kerry Cline, of Softly Silk, will introduce you to the basics of silk dying. You will be able to create a beautiful silk pillow case, dye fabric for a quilt and complete 2 silk hankies. The holidays are coming and what better gift than something silk AND handmade! 

Continuation to Silk Painting
 Sunday October 20 10:30-5pm
~To be taken after Intro to Silk Painting~ You will be ready to move beyond the basics! You will learn resist dying and painting techniques while creating a beautiful silk scarf and watercolor scene on a silk hankie. The silk hankies can matted and framed just like a picture or used in a fiber art piece. Kerry will have patterns for you to trace or you may create your own artistic scenes. 

Our Move!

Maret, her mother Alrene, and granddaughter Alia have been busy at work moving our fabrics into our new store. This week we've brought over most our newest fabrics from our old store. So don't worry if your favorite brand new fabric is no longer at our University Center location! They've probably been moved to their new home. 

Since Maret has been working so hard to get our store ready, we're finally ready to announce when we'll open our doors at our 2375 East 63rd Ave location: December 1st, 2013! Stop by our University Center location and make sure you leave with a postcard so you can get a special gift on our grand opening weekend.

Enjoy these fun pictures of Arlene and Alia!

And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!

Happy Sewing!






Thursday, October 3, 2013

If you've been by our shop lately you might have noticed we are missing some of our shelves, well... actually most of our shelves, but even more fabric is on sale! Maret has gotten very excited about our new location so she's been busy! Busy moving things and pulling more beautiful fabrics to add to our inventory reduction sale. Our new temporary home at 2375 63rd Ave has begun receiving our shelves and fixtures as we prep for our big move. We've already figured out the layout and started moving some things in. Here are some pictures of new store so far!






We'll keep on updating you with pictures and news as we continue on our journey to this new temporary location and eventually to our new building! 

Please see the previous blog posts for more information about our move and what's been going on at Seams Like Home this last year.

And we thank you, all of our wonderful customers, for your support and business as this move wouldn't be possible without you!

Happy Sewing!






Friday, September 27, 2013

Finally we've decided to reveal our big news online and you, our blog reader's, are first know! Seams Like Home is moving... not just once but twice! And the best part of it is, we are building Seams Like Home's forever home! The downside is our new store won't be ready until Summer 2014 and our lease is up in the University Center Mall in December. In the mean time we are going to be in a temporary location!

Our new and temporary retail space will be up and ready for business for all of you lovely quilters on December 1st at 2375 East 63rd Avenue. This is just south of the Dowling and Lake Otis intersection, just off of Lake Otis. We going to be in the previous of home of the World Wide Angler store. Here's a picture of the store front and a map of the location.



Our forever home hasn't even began construction but the land has been purchased and plans are finalized! The location of our new home is on the corner of 88th Ave and Toloff Street. We are going to be northwest corner of the intersection and we are neighbors with the Carrs on Abbott! Here's a picture of the exterior building design, a picture of the actual lot and map of its location. 

 


We know moving twice isn't ideal and we beg you, our loyal customers, to bear with us through this next year. The final result will be a much better store for us and for you! We'll have weekly updates on the new building and our temporary location on here with lots of fun behind the scenes pictures. Start following our blog today if you don't already so you don't miss anything! We'll do our best to help you keep up with our changes and updates as we want the transition into our new stores to be a smooth and positive experience. 

Thank you for being such wonderful and loyal customers as we couldn't do any of this without you!

Saturday, September 21, 2013

So much has been happening at Seams Like Home over the last year which is why our blog has fallen to the wayside.  We’ve had store events, cruises, life changes and BIG changes for the business as well!

The special events we’ve had to prepare for, like a Caribbean cruise in February 2013 and an Alaskan cruise in June, were so much fun as we made friends with quilters and teachers from across the globe! If you ever have a desire to take a cruise, a quilting cruise is a great choice! Take a look at Quilt Seminars at Sea’s website if you’re interested!  http://www.quiltcruises.com/

While the cruises were super fun to go on, for those who couldn’t come with us, we brought home great deals! The cruises made it possible for us to sell gently used Bernina machines at huge discounts to our customers. The machines on the cruises are brand new machines used for less than 20 hours under our staffs’ watchful eyes. Then they fully serviced before going to new homes. So watch for “cruise specials” in the future!

Other fun news for the store has to do with babies and weddings! I, Sara, the store’s education manager had a baby on August 10th. I had a beautiful baby girl named Marina Eugina Carmen. She was born at 5:51am and was 7lb 1.8oz at birth. She’s now over 6 weeks old and growing and changing every day. She’ll be stopping by the store every once in awhile so maybe you’ll get a chance to see her!


Also one of Maret’s daughter’s, Angelyn, the sales manager for the store, got married this fall! On September 14th, at the Alyeska hotel in Girdwood, Angelyn married the love of her life, Cliff. The ceremony was beautiful and we were blessed with sunny weather for an outdoor ceremony by the pond. As per Angelyn and Cliff’s personalities, a wonderful party followed and family and friends stayed up way too late celebrating with the happy couple. Right now they are driving all over Alaska in an RV enjoying their honeymoon.


On to the super special news about the store itself! As you may have heard we have a major sale right now. LOTS of fabric, including Batiks, notions, books and miscellaneous items are discounted! As of right now, fabric is 30% off, 40% if you finish the bolt. Other items are 30% off and Maret has even decided to part with some of our antiques! If you’ve ever looked at our beautiful old treadle machines or antique cabinets and wanted to take them home, now’s your chance!
As for the reason WHY we are offering you such amazing deals, you need to come into the store to see what we are up to! Soon we’ll have more news posted here but you know you don’t want to miss our sale. So come on in, check out all the sale items and we’ll tell you our news!

We hope this lovely and sunny was filled with fun for you all. But fall is here, and we’re ready to crack down and sew, Sew, SEW! We hope you are too! We’re looking forward to seeing you in the store!

Sara & the Team Members at SLH