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!

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