That Crafty Lady at StitchCraft

Well, I got up early, got my coffee and drove down the country road to Petaluma. I went to have a private sewing lesson with Nicloe Vasbinder, owner of StitchCraft http://www.stitchcraftonline.com I have been taking Nicoles classes for a few years now at StoneMountain and Daughter Fabrics in Berkeley. But, in February, Nicole opened her own studio with fabrics, notions, patterns and classes. It is SUCH an adorable, bright, sunny studio in down town, historic Petaluma, CA. Anyway, we worked on several different things: we talked about buisness--Nicole teaches a great ,"starting a small buisness class". The we went over some sewing techniques--we went over snaps and grommets. We also discussed the importance of a manual hole puncher and a manual button hole cutter. Man--it was an action packed lesson. What is SO wonderful about Nicole is the lessons are always so informative and super fun! After our lesson, we went next door to see her neighbor and owner of Maude http://maudeshop.com/about.php. It is an increadible childrens shop with rare finds of clothing made out of vintage and recycled fabrics--the clothes are amazing. The store itself is such an enchanting experience and I did not want to leave. But, alas...eventually I had to get back on that country road and head back to the bay area.