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Town Day is September 13, 2014
- Visit Our Booth at Arlington Town Day!
- Volunteer your help and save on your next class!
- Try our FREE Make & Take Project.
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Arlington Celebrates Town Day this year on Saturday, September 13, 2013. (Rain date 9/14) There are festivities beginning on Friday evening at the playing field at the Boys and Girls Club. The Activities culminate with a fabulous Fireworks show. They shoot them off over Spy Pond. But, you can get a great view of them from Robbins Farm park, off Eastern Ave in Arlington.
On Saturday, Town Day takes place on Massachusetts Avenue, from 10am-3pm. The town closes Mass Ave between Pleasant St (Arlington Ctr) and Mill St, which is the traffic light right next to our shop.
Many of the towns businesses and organizations will have booths. There are some great food booths, from India food from Punjab (my favorite Indian restaurant,) to Mexican (Zocalo my old neighbor on Broadway) and many others. Churches and schools and arts organizations will be there. And, businesses that service Arlington and the surrounding area LIKE US!
We won't know where our booth is until we check in on Town Day. But our Canopy is RED, so we will be easy to find. ******************************************************************************************* We will be having a Make & Take (FREE) project at the booth.
We'll be passing out free tape measures (for as long as they last,) and
taking registrations for the remaining spaces in our current session.
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HELP AT OUR BOOTH AND SAVE MONEY ON YOUR NEXT CLASS!We could use some help at our booth on Town Day. It runs from 10-3, but we have to start set up before 8:15 when they close Mass Ave, and through 3:30-4pm when we break down the booth. If you can donate any time, especially for an hour or more, I will give you a $10 off your next class for every hour you help me in the booth.
If you would like to display something you made at the booth, I would love to have it for the day. That way, people visiting can see items sewn by my students, not just me. Last time I had a booth, I had two 10 year old students display their quilts. People couldn't believe that they were only ten years old, having made such nice quilts. I can use small quilts, clothing, bags, etc. If you could drop off the item by 6pm Friday, that would be best, as set up is early Saturday morning. Please attach a card with your name (age if you wish) so I know whose it is and visitors can see who made it.
To either Volunteer your time or a display item, send me an email.
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Join us for our rescheduled Umbrella Workshop.
Sunday, October 5, 2014 10am-2pm
Cost: $115, includes frame and pattern
Number of students: 8
- You can make umbrellas yourself.
- The frames are available online, as well as the pattern.
- You can use laminated fabrics which repel water
- But, you can also use quilting fabrics and waterproof them.
The Fabric Corner has a stock of 30 laminated cottons that I find very inspiring. You can make a raincoat or rain poncho. Cosmetic pouches would be nice. Then, I got the idea that it'd be great to make an umbrella out of those beauties.
What do you do when you are trying to realize an idea nowadays?......Go Online! So, I did a simple search and found some umbrella frames from a business called umbrellajoan.com, located in that rainy Pacific Northwest state of Washington. I spoke with Joan on the phone. She is very nice, and had some good advice about working with her pattern. She's been teaching people how to make umbrellas for over 20 years.
I waited anxiously for my supplies to arrive and made the first umbrella out of the green floral cotton laminate. Then, because Joan says you can use quilting cotton, I wanted to make one out of some Amy Butler fabric I had ordered in blue but put a rim of the white coloration around the umbrella. Being that I like to challenge myself, I matched the pattern between the blue and white fabrics, which you can see in the picture below.
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When the umbrella was finished, I waterproof it with Nanodyze. One of my students found this product a few years ago and it's great. It's advertised for water and stain proofing kids car seats as it's non-toxic. I've only been able to find it on Ebay. But, now there are two sellers, so the price has gone down by a third. Here is a link for that. If you would like to make an umbrella, it isn't really all that hard. I can order the frames and patterns ahead of time. If you want to use quilting fabric, order the Nanodyze, too. (You can waterproof it at home after it's made.) I see this as a great gift to make. |
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(Click on map or highlighted address to go to the same map online.)
Parking on street
Arlington, MA 02476
Don't forget to Bring a Friend!
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