This beginner friendly project is made from durable wool melton cloth and a combination of 4 cotton prints that you can use to express your personality. This long lasting essential can be used daily and also makes a great gift!

Subtle Sophistication – Blues have turned down the volume.  Where we were seeing deep teal and turquoise in recent seasons, we are now seeing dreamier smoky blues and washed denim shades.  These are paired beautifully with a shade often referred to as “birch” – an elegant shade somewhere between grey and taupe.

Supplies

Among the many patterns and colours that are presented to us, we start to see trends emerging for home décor. They are not always new, but they are often interpreted in new and fresh ways. This is especially true of the trend of fabrics featuring Asian inspired motifs. Whether inspired by traditional artwork or ceramics, the fabrics have a fresh appeal.

With Halloween just over a month away, we thought we would share some easy costume how-to ideas. This stretchy bootcover tutorial we made went along with a superhero video series we created about 2 years ago. It has been a fairly popular video so we thought we would repost it!

(Apologies for the poor sound quality, we made this video when we were just getting started!)

With Halloween just over a month away, we thought we would share some easy costume how-to ideas. This no sew tutu we made went along with a superhero video series we created about 2 years ago.

(Apologies for the poor sound quality, we made this video when we were just getting started!)

Supplies

With Halloween just over a month away, we thought we would share some easy costume how-to ideas. This superhero cape video we made has been really popular so we thought we would share it again. 

(Apologies for the poor sound quality, we made this video when we were just getting started!)

Materials

The Hermès at Work exhibit was an amazing opportunity to interact with the craftspeople that create Hermès’ world-renowned luxury goods.  Lucky to have a Friday off, I headed downtown to Jack Poole Plaza to check it out, and I’m so glad I did.  As a sewer, quilter, and knitter, I have at least a rudimentary understanding of what goes into a hand-crafted product, but this exhibit opened my eyes to a whole new level of workmanship, quality, patience and pride in a job well done.

The cost of making a quilt can add up quickly. Here are some tips on how to save money on your next quilting project

1) Piece your Batting

 I was tasked to make the “Warm Wishes Gift Tag” Quilt to display in our stores.  It features amazingly beautiful fabrics from the “Warm Wishes” collection from Hoffman International Fabrics which incorporates cardinals, poinsettias, pinecones and, of course, gift tags!  The project is available in two colourways; silver and gold.  I couldn’t resist the silver!

Here is a link to the FREE PATTERN:

When people think of window coverings they often think about valances and curtains but there are also a variety of blind and shade options that can be functional and add energy efficiency to your home. 

In this video, Myles talks about the features of roller shades, real wood and faux wood horizontal blinds, duette shades and roman shades.