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 …
Pine Needle Felt with Leiko Uchiyama
In April, we were thrilled to bring Leiko Uchiyama to The Thimble Classroom to share her unique felting technique, Pine Needle (or “Matsuba” in Japanses) Felt. The results were FABULOUS!A hearty “Thank You!” to Leiko for traveling over our way an…
2013 Handmade Summer Wardrobe Fashion Show
Hello there!It’s Hannah sharing with you today. It was our Fourth Annual Handmade Summer Wardrobe Fashion Show on Saturday and we wanted to share some photos for those of you who weren’t able to make it. It was a wonderful show (they just seem to get b…
Reflections
April 7th was the anniversary of an AMAZING 6 years in business for The Little Thimble That Could. We celebrated with our yearly tradition (since we moved to High Hand) of a Student Art Show and Reception. It has been such a blessing to hav…
Reverence for the Vat
It is always a lovely, heart warming experience to have Melissa Arnold in the classroom. This past weekend, she shared her love of the Indigo Vat with us. It was such a privilege for me (Emma) to get to spend two days preparing the vats wit…
Lisa’s Adventures with Irit Dulman and Vilte
Hello,This time it is Lisa writing to you.In January, I went to my first out of town workshop all by myself. I loaded my jeep with all my felting and dyeing supplies and set off to the Monterey Peninsula. The workshop was with I…
Old World, New Age Felting with Marilou Moschetti
Hello long lost blog friends!!I wanted to share some photos from the fantastic workshop that we had with Marilou Moschetti back in March. I apologize for the delay in sharing – time to blog continues to elude me but I’m hopeful that with Hannah g…
Blog Winner and Preparations
Hello Everyone!It’s Hannah writing to you today. I’m home from school for the weekend and returned to a bustling little Thimble! We have so many guest instructors coming and events coming up that my to-do list was quite long. I love to see the calendar…
200th Post and Vintage Linen Obsessions
Hannah pointed out to me that our next blog post (this post) was going to be our 200th post and wondered if maybe we should do a little giveaway to celebrate. I thought this was a fine idea and so we set out to turn a few things from this cabinet:
Here at the shop, we all have such a soft spot for vintage linens. Especially the damaged ones. We know about all of the hard work, stiff necks and pricked fingers kind of work that went into these linens and then to see a pile of them in a thrift store or even worse, in a dumpster!! We love to make up happy little stories about the women who worked on the linens as we rescue them and breath new life into them. It is always a heart warming process.
A Sea of Machines
I swung by Auburn Sew & Vac last night to pick up six sewing machines. Yes, SIX! Plus there was a seventh that needs an engine overhaul that I didn’t get to take home AND I dropped off an eighth. Our machines were in desperat…