Blogging for Information

I always wonder if what I am writing is useful to all of you who are reading it. I don't have loads of free time on my hands so when I am out of the store I tend to do non related store things. That translates to I don't read a lot of blogs. Maybe I should read more of them, but I doubt that I will get to. So my question to all of you who read our blog is ----What do you want to know about in my blog? Are your interests being met or are we missing the boat? I try to write about the things I think you would like to know about, but maybe I am not focusing on the things you are interested in. Post some comments and let me know what you want to hear about at Waechter's Silk Shop.

For a more fun topic I am sitting and looking at a wall of bolts of the fabric for our Creative Needle dresses. The orders are yet to come, but the magazine has never had more calls from the dealers about a layout as they have had on the one we are in this month. That was a real compliment. We are grateful.

I get excited every day when I walk into the store as we have such beautiful fabrics in the shop. I admit I went a little crazy in the last market and bought some things on top of the receipts I had planned for now so the store is very heavily stocked. If you don't believe me just come see for yourself. The linens alone are enough to make you swoon. I could easily have four or five new outfits from the linen table. The new rayon and rayon blend knits are glorious. Again if all I had was time, I would have at least five or six new t-shirt tops from these knits. They would be fabulous in the wrap dresses that are so popular now. We have the wrap dress pattern back in stock from Stretch and Sew. They had discontinued it just as the Diane Von Furstenburg dresses got hot again, so they had to reprint and bring it back. I only wish they had brought back the figure I had when I first bought those dresses in the early seventies. If wishes were horses-----

We have tons of beautiful silks on hand and some wonderful silk blends. There are some linen and silk blends I can't wait to wear. We also have a ton of glorious silk or silk blend tweeds that are perfect for nice jackets with loads of textural interest.

Kaffe Fassett is coming this fall to speak to the Asheville Quilt Guild and we are adding new prints from him and his stable of designers to prepare for that event. We can't wait to enjoy the creative inspirations of a rock star from the quilting and knitting world.

I am so excited about all that is going on I can hardly stand myself. We are getting great response from our early e-mails for the Linda Lee and Louise Cutting workshops in November. If you want to come, sign up asap. Carol Ahles classes are also filling as we speak and she is such an expert in the field of machine heirloom sewing. It is an honor to have her here.

Hope you are all having loads of creative juices pouring into your projects and enjoying the nice weather. Happy Sewing Joyce

Hello from Waechters.com

I know you think I have fallen off the blogger planet, but I have not. It has been a hectic spring and blogging did not come up to the top of the list of things to do. I apologize to all you blog fans.
We have tons of new merchandise. That crazy woman who went to market in March got carried away and fabric is floating from the rafters---at least it feels like it. If you are watching the website you know we have lots of new items every week. My website entry person, Jennifer is here many days a week photographing and installing all the new merchandise. Appreciate her, as she has another full time job and works for me in her spare time. I am a lucky girl to have her.

A big part of the spare time in spring has been spent installing our two new galleries. We have over a hundred adult garments that we have made from the patterns we carry. We have about forty more for the children's gallery. We hope you enjoy looking at these garments and we really hope you are inspired by them. Everyone in the store has been involved over the last two years in cranking out these garments. It takes loads of time to get them planned and sewn. My staff have all been very generous with their time in helping to make these garments so look them over. It definitely is a Waechter's TEAM effort. My team is very talented as you will see.


Our most exciting accomplishments for the work we have been doing is to have two major events to be hosted this fall by Waechter's. Carol Ahles will be teaching for us August 20 and 21. If you do not know Carol she is one of the leading experts on Fine Machine Sewing and has written a book---which is my bible--- on these techniques. What Carol specializes in is doing heirloom sewing by machine. These techniques are wonderful for sewing heirloom children's garments or for those beautiful girly blouses and lingerie we all love to wear. Carol will be here for two days only. We have waited three years almost to get her on the schedule. I began talking to her about coming to Waechter's before I had signed the contract to buy the business. I love her classes and her teaching style. She is clear, precise, and very well organized. You will not be sorry you have taken these classes. Check them out on our site. http://www.fabricsandbuttons.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WSS&Category_Code=CarolAhles

Our next event is a three day workshop with Louise Cutting and Linda Lee. It will be held November 6,7, and 8. We are finalizing all the details this next week but there are only thirty places for this event and I am sure it will sell out quickly. There has been lots of interest.

One of the accomplishments I am most proud of is we have had two features in Creative Needle Magazine in the last two issues. Last issue we had our bumble bee dress which is on the front of the website. This month the new issue is just landing with two dresses in the cover article from our team. Betsy has been sewing up a storm to get tons of samples sent to them so we have lots for them to chose from. Luckily, they have liked what we are making and are using it for their articles. We have several items in the next issue also. We will let you be surprised when they come out.

So you see while I am remiss on my blogging we have been very busy. I have yet to see any moss growing under my feet---except for some of the moss in my yard. Enjoy a wonderful summer sewing up a storm of creativity. I will live to blog again. Happy Sewing Joyce