Deep Breath. This is a big one.

I'm going to start with immense gratitude to everyone in our community. We've done so many great things together this past year! We moved twice and set up two very special locations - in Parkdale and Sprucedale. Since we moved into our cute Parkdale Studio on Cowan last September, we have hosted over two hundred and twenty workshops, including Ron Collins guest teaching in the Fall and the Spring, our annual Heart Crafted Maker's Market, a community fabric swap, twenty long arm appointments, four Sewing Dates, eleven Member Stitch Nights, and a very special baby shower. My heart is full and proud looking back on that list knowing all the wonderful things and connections that were made in less than a year.

The difficult thing is that even with everything we have accomplished, class registrations have been down significantly for a while now. No matter what we do, class cancellations have gone way up. Unfortunately, the numbers don't add up to keep a physical space in Toronto anymore, even with all the changes we made in hopes to find a solution for this. I'm so heartbroken to say we will have to close our Parkdale location later this Fall.