New Oliver + S Patterns

The end of Summer is always an exciting time for us at Treadle.
The UPS truck brings new fabrics every day, Mary will head off for a trade show soon to see the new lines from all of our favorite fabric companies, and the pattern companies are showing their Fall lines of patterns as well.
Oliver + S, one of our favorite small pattern companies, has just released the information about their new patterns for Fall, and we just couldn't keep them to ourselves.




These will ship from Oliver + S at the beginning of September, and we'll have a trunk show of some of the new and some of the old garments in the Oliver + S line, October 1 - 10.

Mod Sampler Quilt-Along Front

Mod Sampler Quilt-Along Front
Originally uploaded by Lemonade Bags

This wonderful quilt is made from an assortment of Treadle Yard Goods fabrics using a pattern from Oh Fransson!, the Mod Sampler.

Fall Sewing

I can honestly say that the creeping of Fall into our Summer fun, in the form of school supplies for sale in July for example, irks me.
However, in the fabric world we need to start planning our fall sewing projects pretty soon, and Treadle has the goods!

We have just started accumulating the cozier fabrics for fall.
These corduroys would keep any girl or boy warm against a biting late fall wind on their way to school.
We also have some delightful fall colors from the folks at Moda and Alexander Henry.
This cotton lawn fabric is the perfect weight for a blouse to go under a comfy sweater on a chilly fall evening.

We also have our Halloween fabrics out for those of you who like to plan ahead, and yes, that is a little peek of Santa Claus fabric for you folks who want to plan really far ahead.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, we'll have new and exciting wool fabrics coming soon, so stay tuned!

Paws on Grand

Come visit us today, Sunday, August 1, for Paws on Grand and don't forget to bring your four-legged friends! We'll have free treats for your pet compliments of Sojourner Farms and, if you bring in a non-perishable pet food item, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your fabric purchase!*

Come join the fun!

*5% of the day's receipts will be donated to The Pet Project

Best of Treadle

Hi All,
This installment of the Best of Treadle is in miniature today.
The ever lovely and talented Rebecca has been spending her free time making a wardrobe for Gene.
The year is 1940, the place is Hollywood, California.
Whether out for a shopping excursion on Rodeo Drive, or relaxing on her hobby farm, Gene is always ready for the camera.

Please keep sending us your photos!
We love to share your wonderful pieces with our faithful readers.
Yours in Stitches,
The Treadlettes.

Little Birds

Hi All!
It's Book Review Corner time again.
Little Birds from the Design Collective at C + T Publishing is a new collection of patterns for charming, fanciful, droll
projects with birds as their theme.

This one came in and was gone in the blink of an eye, but we just got in some new copies and I think I need one.
The little bluebird is so appealing to me, as well as the bird applique quilt.

If you have any books or pattern companies that you would like to see highlighted here on the Treadle Blog, please let us know, and keep sending in your photos of the great work you are all doing out there!

Yours in stitches,
The Treadlettes.

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emmyback2.JPG
Originally uploaded by chrisrknits

Here's another wonderful upload from a customer:

Modeling my sister's (a bit too big for me) wedding dress of my own design for her preview. She wears a strapless bra under this dress of Duchess silk satin, taffeta silk, silk organza, bemberg rayon lining all from Treadle Yard Goods. Her fiance and soon to be brother-in-law provided the guitar picks. I painted these a pearlized white and drilled holes in them so that they could be used for embellishment. The swarovski crystals and silver lined seed beads were in my stash.