We're just a month away from starting up our Flower Branch Embroidery Quilt Sew Along. All the fabric is en route to us (it's just making an extra stop along the way) and we're still trying to determine if we'll have any additional kits to offer. We hope so, but it won't be much. At the very least we should have a couple chambray bundles available. If you set an email alert, you'll be first to know.
In the meantime, I finished up my test unit. I'm so happy with how it turned out. If you have the pattern, this is unit 6. I was limited in which section of the quilt I could do for this initial section because I was working strictly off the fat quarter bundle and didn't have any yardage of the background colour - Putty. I've got so many notes and tips to share with this project. But, I definitely am loving working with this chambray. The colours are so soft and pretty together.
If you've registered for the Flower Branch Sew Along, make sure you've signed in to the online community space. We'll be posting some important details, supply list notes and a fun new tool we've developed this weekend that you may want to add to your kit. Anyone is still welcome to join the Sew Along, several people are creating their own Kona solids version or do a deep dive into your stash - I'd really love to see someone do a print version of this quilt.
That photo up top is the test unit hanging in the shop. I wanted you to see the scale of it in real life. It's one small piece of a very pretty puzzle that we'll be putting together!
So excited! Karyn
p.s. Community Sew Alongs & Bi-monthly Challenges are always free for members of our online community - the workroom studio. If you're not a member yet, we'd love to have you. Find out more about joining here.
Preorder by Monday: The Stripology Ruler + There's still time to add items like thread and fresh needles to your Flower Branch Embroidery Kit order, we'll give you a hard cut off deadline once we have the fabric in the shop. In the meantime, this weekend is the final chance to preorder some of the supplies like Rotary Cutter Blades, the Stripology Ruler, Wonder Clips and more. Don't forget to use the code IFORGOT to remove the shipping fee and flag the order to pair with your kit.
PREORDER! WORKWEAR BOOK We've been eagerly awaiting the release of the newest book of patterns from Merchant & Mills. Books will officially be available in Canada on June 2nd and are available now for preorder. To guarantee your copy in the first delivery, place your order by Monday May 1th Midnight. NOTE : Our Fall Community Sew Along will be based on one of the patterns from the book. Anyone who purchases a copy of the book will get 50% off their Sew Along registration. Our online studio members enjoy free access to our Sew Alongs and Challenges throughout the year.
WORKWEAR presents five new complete patterns, printed full size:
A chore jacket (choose to make with a zip or button closure)
A classic shirt (choose to make a shirt or shirt dress with a shirt or grandad collar)
A pair of trousers (choose to make trousers or shorts)
A classic blazer (choose to make lined, unlined or with bound seams)
A Japanese-inspired mail bag
We're also getting ready for our next fabric community preorder from Merchant & Mills. We're waiting on the Spring delivery of Jacquards to land in the warehouse any day now.
We've got seven new garment workshops coming up over the Spring/Summer and we've opened up limited registration for our all access pass Handmade Wardrobe Year 2026-2027 for anyone who wants to commit to their sewing practice in an immersive way. Read our blog post on the program here.
Nevis Skirt - Saturdays, May 9, 23 & June 7
Scout Shirt & Dress - Thursdays, June 18 - July 23
Cassidy Jumpsuit - Tuesdays, June 2 - 23
Shepherd Skirt - Thursdays, May 21 - June 11
Honey Dress - Saturdays, July 11, 18 & 25
Sanda Jacket - Tuesdays, July 7 - 28
Quinn Pants - Tuesdays, August 4 - 25
the workroom studio members save $25 on every class.
Our Wide Format Printer has been printing nonstop all week!
Happy Me Made May! We have had our busiest week of pattern printing yet! Take a peek at a selection of the fun indie sewing patterns we've been printing and shipping out to you. To keep the Me Made May energy flowing this week, we're extending our 15% off A0 printing and PDF Patterns discount for one more week! Discount will apply automatically when added to cart.
Save 15% on Mending Supplies this week - code MAYMENDING
MAY MENDING Our May Mending Challenge is underway. We met up on Monday night for a machine mending demo and to chat about some of our mending goals for the month. The video replay and notes are posted inside the community space. Join us this Monday night as we shift gears to do some Visible hand mending.
This mending challenge is a chance for you to set aside just an hour a week to focus on fixing and repairing any special items you've got that need some love. Members are encouraged to share their mending tips, process and questions inside the community space for this challenge so we can all learn from each other. This bi-monthly series is part of our 2026 Year of Intentional Making.
ps. if you're already logged in to the Mighty Network from a previous workshop or challenge you've taken, just log out and follow the link above to join or sign up here instead.
Valerie's floral Project Bag
Shanna's pair of Project Bags
Kristine's Louisiana Project Bag
CONGRATULATIONS SEWING MACHINE ESSENTIALS!
Tuesday night we wrapped up our six week Sewing Machine Essentials workshop. For our final session we sewed the project bag from Handmade Getaway. The goal of this series was to gain confidence and understanding with the sewing machine - for both total beginners and those who have been sewing for some time. Through live weekly Zoom sessions and recorded video tutorials, we covered a lot of ground and built a whole new resource that can be accessed at any time. If you're in the Sewing Machine Essentials Club, you can access everything through the RESOURCES tab. We'll continue to add more video tutorials based on the gaps we talked about in class.
When you talked at the beginning of Sewing Machine Essentials and said how 90% of the time, if something goes wrong, it's either threading or the bobbin - I feel like I'm doing that, and it's working, so it's really a good feeling. Thank you for this whole series. It's been amazing. DAISY-
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