Saturday, November 27, 2010

This is What We Do


Coming this Thursday, December 2nd, the Treadlettes are having a little sale.
Come by to see what we all do in our time away from the store.
We all sew, but some of us also knit, weave, make jewelry, bead, embroider, and much more.
Our wares will be available to purchase at Treadle 2 on Hamline Ave, just around the corner from our main entrance.

Hours
Thursday 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please come and join us!

Giveaway Winners!

Our giveaway winners, as randomly chosen by the random number generator, are Comment #5 and Comment #18.
So, congratulations Tanya and Nicole!
Tanya wins the copy of Seams to Me, and Nicole wins the copy of Handmade Beginnings.
Thank you all for playing along, I hope you all have lots of fun with your projects, we always love to hear what people are making!
Don't forget to join our flickr group, to get your photos featured here on the Treadle Blog!
Happy sewing,
The Treadlettes.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

BLACK FRIDAY SALE!‏

Our fearless leader, Mary, bought many, many gorgeous fabrics at the International Textile Show in September. These wonderful fabrics need to go to good homes now to make room for new fabrics which are arriving daily. Enjoy savings of 20% on all in stock fabrics and an additional 20% on all sale fabrics. Get a head start on your holiday sewing, or treat yourself to that fabric you’ve been lusting after.
The sale runs from Friday, November 26, through Sunday, November 28. We will be open our regular hours - Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Friday, November 19, 2010

New Fabrics and a Giveaway

We have just received some of Anna Maria Horner's new line Innocent Crush.
These velveteens are crying out to become a cozy fall skirt, or a couple of soft pillows for you couch, can you hear them?
Also, we have some new colorways of Anna Maria's Square Dance. The past incarnations of this fabric were printed on a textured, dobby fabric, this time around the print is on untextured voile.

To celebrate this great influx of Anna Maria's fabrics, we're giving two lucky readers a copy of one of Anna Maria's Books - Handmade Beginnings or Seams to Me.
This giveaway is open to Twin Cities residents only.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here, and I'll randomly choose the winners next Friday, November 26th.

Tell us what you're sewing, tell us about your stash, let us know how you feel about the recent snowfall.



Happy Sewing, and best of luck!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Best of Treadle Flickr Group

You guys have been coming through big-time with some beautiful sewing on the Treadle Yard Goods flickr group and I have a few to share here.


First, we have this lovely ensemble from Julia at minecreations.
She made the Eclair Dress from Colette Patterns, and it is just beautiful.


As a bonus, she had enough silk left over to make a matching tie for her fiance!



As we are nearly half-way through November, it's also a good time to talk about holiday sewing.
We have a fine example here - Jenna made this advent calendar out of wool felt.
This looks like a great way to use up scraps hanging around the house!
wool felt advent calendar
We do so love to see what you're sewing!
Head over to flickr and share your photos too!