Friday, August 30, 2013

Art Stock 2013

Art Stock is back!  The large format art show that the High Hand Gallery hosts every other year always has quite a few felt and fabric pieces! I highly recommend seeing the show in person, the textures are great!  The gallery is having a reception for the show on September 6th - details HERE.

Felted Furniture by Joan Maxwell & Michele Hurst

Felted Furniture by Joan Maxwell & Michele Hurst
Felted Furniture by Joan Maxwell & Michele Hurst

Felted Rock Sculpture by Patricia Sokolowski

Felted Rock Sculpture by Patricia Sokolowski

Wall Sculpture by Patricia Sokolowski with great felted details

Wall Sculpture by Patricia Sokolowski with great felted details

Fabric covered bust by Susan Cawthon

Fabric Wall Art by Susan Cawthon

Fabric Jacket by Ann Ragland Bowns

Fabric Jacket by Ann Ragland Bowns

Fabric Jacket by Ann Ragland Bowns

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Espadrilles!

Look at these cute little wet felted slippers that Mom whipped up. Not only are they adorable, but they're super comfortable and are made specifically to fit your foot. She's teaching a class on how to make these little babies tomorrow. Give us a call at 916-652-2134 if you're interested in signing up!





Thursday, August 15, 2013

Challenge Accepted

We here at the little Thimble that Could are on a mission. Have you ever seen "the back room" here at the shop? Well if you have you know that it's packed. If you haven't, it's full to the brim...I mean it's really full. We have zippers, snaps, sewing machines, needles, fabric, patterns, rick rack, bias tape, quilt pieces, tracing paper, hem tape, ribbon and books all boxed, labeled and stacked on shelves that literally tower over our work space. We have fabrics that are posted only online all color coordinated, shelved and organized by category. There are irons placed shoulder to shoulder in the window sill, spinning wheels, hangers and display pieces that precariously hang from the ceiling. It is, to say the least, an exquisite, creative, organized disaster. In an attempt to bridle this wondrous, mostly-vintage mess, we have began a purge of our lesser favorite pieces. Emma and I (Hannah) have been frantically posting items to our Ebay and Etsy shops in hopes of dispersing our stash of totally cool and practical items.


We love our vintage needle books. We just can't get rid of them. We think they'd make lovely stocking stuffers or gift card holders. 



Online fabric sales are just another retail outlet for our little business!


Patterns, patterns, patterns. 


For our long-term customers, remember all of our aprons in the original shop? They're making a come back!



Our personal stash of our favorite vintage patterns. 



The view from my desk. Is that safe? Probably not. A little terrifying? Yes. Do all those boxes contain awesome things? Absolutely.