News
New! Kona Colour Chart Panel
Not only is the new Kona Colour Chart Panel beautiful, but it's also a useful reference when trying to select your colours from our 'almost complete' range of 365. While this colour panel is not absolutely colour accurate to Kona standards, at a glance you can easily compare shades and make the perfect choices for your next project.
New! Ruby Star Mask Panel
The creative team at Ruby Star Society had the brilliant idea to put together the most adorable printed Mask Panel. The panel includes pieces for up to twenty different masks (if you use another fabric as your lining). If you're looking for a fun way to get more masks in your rotation, this is probably the cutest way to do it. Our first round sold out real quick, but we've got a big order due to arrive in October. Don't forget to set an email alert to be the first to know when we are restocked on this special mask panel.
Black Lives Matter
We welcome June with optimism and hope that we can all do better to acknowledge, amplify and support our black community. Everyone at the workroom strongly believes that Black Lives Matter. We know we can do more to be anti-racist and are committed to educating ourselves on how to be better allies. In addition to learning and signing petitions, we have donated $100 to each the following seven organizations or funds this week. We will also be setting up monthly contributions going forward to maintain our financial commitment for the long term. We encourage you to consider what you are able to contribute whether it is monetary, your voice or your energy. The work to be done here is overwhelming but essential.
Fat Quarter Quilt Kits
We are thrilled to bring in Fat Quarterly Quilt Kits - a collaboration between quilt designer Andrea Tsang Jackson of 3rd Story Workshop and textile designer Alissa Kloet of Keephouse Studio. We've got a limited supply of the first two editions. If you're looking for a beautiful project to work on right now, you just need to add a background fabric of your choice and get sewing!
New! Liberty of London Winterbourne
The new Liberty of London Winterbourne collection is a botanical explosion of classic floral prints in that Liberty style that we all love so much. There are thirty one prints in the whole collection with limited half metre & fat quarter bundles available. We've also done a few smaller sets based on the three colourways - Cloud, Berry and Spruce. This collection is printed on Lasenby quilting cotton weight.
New! New York Quilt Puzzle
Former team member Lindsay Stead recently launched a puzzle company called Four Point Puzzles. If you haven't seen them, they are really incredible. We are so thrilled to bring in her newest puzzle of Maura Grace Ambrose's hand dyed, hand pieced New York Quilt. This beautiful puzzle is the perfect stay at home activity.
Shipping Updates
We are working day and night (literally) catching up on your orders and we can't thank you enough for keeping us busy here in the shop. Shipping times are still MUCH slower than normal. We appreciate how excited you are to receive your order, please know it is in line with all the other orders and that you will receive a notification as soon as the package is heading out the door. There is nothing we can do to make this process go any quicker as much as we wish we could. We think we are doing pretty great considering the physical, staff and safety constraints we are under as a very small team.
New! Jetty Fabric
Jetty by Carolyn Friedlander is a welcome distraction right now. We love Carolyn's approach to fabric design and find it so easy to incorporate her fabric into all our projects. Her collections are always a welcome addition to our wall of fabric, as they stand apart from everything else, yet go with so much. Take a close look, there are a couple beautiful prints that change from selvedge to selvedge that will make for some fun pattern play on your garment, quilts and bag projects.
Thank You!
It's hard to believe that it's just been a month since we launched our new online shop. Thankfully, it was just in the nick of time, so that we could continue to serve you during these challenging changes. We've received almost 600 orders since the March 10th launch and we're doing our best to keep up at a good pace, while working solo in the shop. Thank you for your amazing support. It brings us a lot of joy to get these supplies to you so you can continue crafting, now more than ever.
Merchant & Mills Wobble Gauze
We've got brand new Merchant & Mills fabric to share with you. We are happy to report that this fabric safely arrived to the shop this week and is now available for ordering. If you love the Cotton Jacquards, there are four new colours available in a new square design. The new Wobble Gauze is also really special. This fabric is made up of two gauzey cotton fabrics – there is no batting in the middle of this cloth, the inside is made up of a series of thicker yarns which gives it the quilted feel. Please note this range is more gauzey than the jacquard cottons. If you're looking for cozy, these fabrics should do the trick.
the workroom loves you
There are just two things we know for sure right now. the workroom loves you and we love what we do. We are slowly establishing a new rhythm and routine that now includes single person shifts in the shop, so we can continue to social distance while keeping your orders moving. Shipping & Contactless Curbside Pick Ups will resume April 3rd. Please continue to check the website for our ever changing updates.
Orders are shipping out in sequence, so the sooner you place your order the sooner it will be ready to ship/for pick up. Timelines are considerably slower as we catch up, but we hope to get things moving more quickly very soon. Please plan ahead for your pick up orders as there may be 30+ orders in line ahead of you and there is just one person working.
New! Colour Matching
It's tricky to match colours online! If you're ordering thread or a Kona Solid to go with a project we now offer a colour match option. Currently we have 150m spools of Mettler Thread, Cosmo Embroidery Floss or Kona Solids that can be matched to anything in your order. Check out our Colour Match options here. Choose one of these items and leave us a detailed note on what to match to!