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!