Fabric Books

We had exciting packages in the mail yesterday!  Hannah and her fabulous little business, Palindrome Dry Goods, sewed up our Little Golden Book panel fabric to create a soft and lovable Poky Little Puppy Book:

The next package was a Fabric Beatrix Potter Alphabet Book:

So, if you love these as much as we do we have all of the panels on bolts along with some other DARLING Little Golden Book prints.  You can see some of them here on our etsy page.

Nuno Felting and Dyeing with Melissa Arnold

We had the absolute pleasure of having Melissa Arnold come and teach a three day workshop on her nuno felting and dyeing techniques.  Mom was thrilled to be able to take the class and here are the things that she made in class:

Everyone's work from the class was absolutely.  Gorgeous.  We are so excited to bring Melissa back.  If you'd like to see mom's pieces up close and personal feel free to come by the shop and ask to see them!  Happy February!

Finally!

We were finally able to get a new camera after ours was stolen from the shop quite a while ago!!  Yay!  I had to take some pictures of all of the LOVELY colors around the shop.

So, what this means is that you're going to see a whole lot more blogging around these parts now that we have a way to share some photos with you!  And, I think I'm going to be introducing you to a new blog contributor soon.  Stay tuned....

New Year, New Walls!

Hi Everybody! It's Hannah writing to you today. I've returned home for a few weeks during winter vacation, and it's so nice to be back! I came home to lots of exciting things, including christmas, birthday parties, and...the Thimble's new storefront!! 

Over our Holiday break my Mom, Dad, and the rest of the family were busy building our vintage looking facade. We can proudly say that we bought pre-used windows, doors and rejected siding. 

Mom, Claire and I were most  excited about being able to create window displays!! We could finally show off Mom's beautiful quilt the way it deserves to be displayed. I was thrilled to be able to display some of the gorgeous Amy Butler fabrics. 

It looks like a whole new shop! The facade keeps the warmth in, looks bright and inviting from the front and gives us opportunities to display some of our most special items. Come by, take a look and tell us what you think! 

Pumpkin

Shipped this lovely little felted pumpkin off to Redondo Beach today.  Mom's going to have to felt another one, 'cause this one is going to be missed.

In other news, Hannah just put together a new blog for her little business, "Palindrome Dry Goods".  Check out her blog and friend her on Facebook.  We're missing her like mad, but know that she's enjoying her time up in Arcata.

Also, just sent out an email.  If you didn't get it, here's a link.

Thank you Nicola!

Hello All!

Sharon here today.  We are so thrilled to announce that The Tin Thimble just had out first international fiber artist from Ireland, Nicola Brown.  She brought her passion for felting with her in a Big Way!  What a joy!  Nicola shared her vast knowledge of different techniques and we learned a ton that we can now share with our fellow felters! I almost cried when I put her on the train to continue her touring for three more weeks teaching in the Bay Area and Back East.

We are very excited to start adding more felting technique classes to our schedule - so keep you eye out for an email.  If you love to felt, you must come in and see The Nicola Purse (I named it that.  :-) - a densely felted, resist-method that is wonderful!  It is an complex bag and needs an intense two day workshop to finish.  The other class we'll be adding is a gorgeous mosaic nuno felted scarf.  It looks a little like stained glass and it's a great way to use you stash of vintage silk scarves!

So, THANK YOU NICOLA!  You are a wealth of knowledge and inspiration and we look forward to you next visit here at The Tin Thimble.

Greetings from Arcata

Hi T3 fans!

So last time I wrote to you, I was putting snaps on Matthew's western shirt. After lots of deep breathing and aching hands, I applied all of them. He surprised me this weekend by showing up at my house, so I was excited to have him try it on! 

I used a really awesome 1950's shirt pattern and 100% cotton. I LOVE the yolks, cuffs and all the cool vintage-y details.

And I also love the way the pearl snaps turned out. They're not the strongest snaps, but I would definitely use them again on a project. Matthew has been warned to snap and unsnap them as little as possible.

I'd say my first men's shirt was a total success! I'm thrilled.

In other news, Emma sent me a very exciting package from The Thimble yesterday and I can hardly wait to start sewing! She sent me fabrics and matching bias tape to make our Grandmother's Apron. 

In addition to sewing for The Thimble and finishing Matthew's shirt, I've also been doing some sewing for my new little house up here in Arcata. Everything in this house is white, off white, cream or beige. I feel like I'm drowning in vanilla ice cream. As you all probably know, I LOVE color. So the lack there of bothers me. 

I whipped up a little yellow curtain to hide our cleaning supplies. (The wall behind the bookshelf is the only wall in the whole house that is painted with color.)

I love this fabric and have used it for so many projects. It's almost gone and I'll be sad when it is.

I also sewed some place mats to match. They look blue in this photo, but they're actually a nice periwinkle-ish color. Any little splash of color helps!

So those have been my creative endeavors! I hope everyone back home is busy and creating away!

-Hannah