Vintage Refab @ DC Threads

DC Threads hosted DC’s czarinas of vintage fashion to a packed crowd at Bits of Threads Sewing Studio.  Lisa of Quarterlife 202, Erin and Nora from Ginger Root and Shannan of Junction Vintage shared their collective wisdom and tales with over 50 sewists and vintage fashionistas.

Shannan started the evening off with “ReFab 101″ [...]

DC THREADS HOSTS HUGE FABRIC SALE!!!!!!!

DC THREADS

is hosting a

HUGE FABRIC SALE

Saturday, May 14th  from 2:00pm – 5:00pm

at the Bits of Thread Sewing Studio (1794 Columbia Road, NW Suite 6, WDC 20009)

Yards and yards and yards and yards of cotton, silk, wool, [...]

DC Threads Presents “Sip and Stitch: Vintage Refab!”

Join DC Threads for an evening of VINTAGE FASHION, sewing chat and wine!

On Wednesday, May 4th from 6:30-8:30 (at the Bits of Threads Sewing Studio) DC Threads will host an insider’s look into the world of DC vintage fashion as well as offer tips about how [...]

Carbon Presents Mother Earth Inspirations: Earth Day Eco Fashion Show Benefits DC Threads

Here’s a little something from BisNow DC! Thanks much to Katherine Limon for her amazing vision and incredible generosity! What a great evening!

Eco Chic!

BisNow went to Woodley Park’s Carbon for Mother Earth Inspirations: Earth Day Eco Fashion Show for an exclusive look Friday at NY eco designer Auralis’ Spring [...]

DC Threads Presents the NESTLÉ RAISINETS Design Challenge

On May 1st from 3pm til 6pm, DC Threads will be channeling Project Runway! DC Threads is excited to present a new feature: a design contest! Thanks to special support from NESTLÉ® RAISINETS®, we are hosting the “NESTLÉ RAISINETS Design Challenge”, a contest to design and/or redesign one of the most popular projects at [...]

Mother Earth Inspirations: An Eco-Fashion Show

DC Threads is delighted to be part of  an eco-fashion experience on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2011 6:00-9:00pm at Carbon, an eco-friendly  boutique in Woodley Park.

The fashion show will feature  Auralis Herrera, of Auralis Studios, who uses organic, sustainable, natural or recycled fabrics to bring us chic and sexy spring pieces, along with other [...]

Incomparable Buttons = Incomparable Women!!

Incomparable Buttons was started as a small company in 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Working around a kitchen table, often late into the night, Jennifer Pascall was busy transforming small pieces of clay into buttons of all shapes and sizes. Many of the first designs, which are still popular today, were [...]

Stitch Beautifully, Tread Lightly

Betz White brought her whimsical style and environmentally-sensitive approach to design and crafting to “Sip and Stitch” at DC Threads last evening.  Betz is the author of two best-selling books, “Warm Fuzzies” and “Green Sewing”, a leader in the world of re-purposing, and a delight with which to spend an evening of [...]

Next Sip and Stitch: Sewing Green with Betz White

Join us on Friday, March 25 from 6-8pm for our next Sip and Stitch with designer, author, and green crafter Betz White. Betz will share a little from her experiences in the design and sewing world, plus the inspiration behind her two books, Sewing Green (2009) and Warm Fuzzies (2007).

Betz White combines her whimsical color [...]

Join us for Another “Stitching for Change – Little Dresses for Haiti”

Would love to have you join us for a modern day “sewing bee” to make amazingly beautiful dresses for amazingly beautiful little girls!!

Sunday – March 13th –  3:00-6:00pm.

Bits of Thread Sewing Studio