Welcome 2010!  All of us here at DC Threads are looking forward to another wildly successful  year – thanks to  the incredibly talented and creative sewists and volunteers who join us each month at the Sewing Lounge!!  Our vision for 2010 includes building on the success of the Lounge, focusing on our “Stitchin’ for Change” community service program, and expanding the Sewing Lounge to at least one other site in the city – stay tuned for details!!!

As the temperatures dip – what better time to stitch up some warm and cozy hats and scarves to keep the chill at bay???  At our January DC Threads Sewing Lounge we will have patterns, equipment,  and loads of expertise available to you to make some warm, toasty and trendy accessories to keep you warm!

A sampling of patterns for the hats and scarves can be found in the Patterns section of this site (http://www.dcthreads.org/patternsmain/clothing/).  As always, please try to bring the appropriate yardage of fleece that you will need for the project you have chosen as we have a limited amount of fleece in our fabric stash!   Both G-Street Fabrics and Joann Fabrics have great selections of solid and printed polar fleece.

A few tips for lounge-goers: as we’ve been growing, we’ve been lucky to receive many new donations of fabric, notions, and sewing machines. However, we still have limited supplies and equipment (especially sewing machines), so if you plan to come to the lounge and have your own machine, we strongly recommend that you bring it so that you do not have to wait for a machine to become available. And if you are new to sewing and want to be sure you get the most out of the lounge session, we also recommend that you arrive as close to 1pm as possible so that you have plenty of time to learn the basics and start on your first project.

As always, if you are interested in volunteering we welcome you to join us!

Hope to see you on Saturday to ring in the new year!

Best,

Allison and Laura