Linda and Louise Will Return to Asheville

Kung Hee Fat Choy!

May you have good luck and prosperity in the New Year!

Today, January 26, is an incredibly auspicious day....not only is today the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Ox but there was a New Moon Eclipse this morning, an event that happens only twice a year! We look forward to many exciting new beginnings.....

One of the exciting events this year is that Waechter's Silk Shop will be hosting Linda Lee and Louise Cutting's Sit & Sew Retreat on November 1-4. This is an amazing 3 days of sewing with two fabulous pattern designers and teachers who contribute regularly to Threads and who have collaborated on a new pattern line, SHAPES.

After arrival on Sunday evening, there will be a social gathering to meet your teachers and "classmates" you will be treated to a cocktail party at our shop while viewing the trunk shows from Linda's The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection and Louise's The Cutting Line Design Pattern Collection.

During the Retreat, you will be working on a pattern(s) of your choice from The Sewing Workshop and/or The Cutting Lines Design with pattern adjustments and fitting help from Linda and Louise as well as fabric consultation. They will be demonstrating easy and time-saving sewing techniques such as fine finishing skills, hemming techniques, mitered corner techniques, proper pinning and pressing skills and sew much more!

Not only is the Retreat a fun learning opportunity, but you will also make new friends who share your passion for sewing beautiful garments. Check the home page on our website for further details and registration information for this fun fall fashion event in Asheville, NC!

Sew long for now,

Joyce

P.S.

This is one of the latest Shapes patterns by Linda Lee and Louise Cutting: Crazy Eight Top, a slightly trapezoidal rectangle folds like origami to create a simple one-piece top. The overlapping back falls in soft folds, the front hangs nice and straight.