Take a Tour of our new Studio! | the workroom

Take a Tour of our new Studio!

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new studio, let us take you on a virtual tour! The space is nice, and big! We’ve kept our classes the same size, because we know that smaller classes work for our students and our teachers. But, the space will allow us to have bigger classes and events on special occasions.
September 04, 2015 — Karyn Valino
Row by Row Experience 2015 | the workroom

Row by Row Experience 2015

Did someone say quilt shop road trip? We are a week into the Ontario Row by Row Experience, and we are already seeing lots of new faces in the shop! If you participated last year, you know that the Row by Row shop hop is a great way to discover new quilt shops.
June 30, 2015 — Karyn Valino
Three New Classes! | the workroom

Three New Classes!

It’s new class season at the workroom! (Just kidding. Every season is new class season at the workroom.) And this time, we have three new ones on the roster! Be one of the first to tackle these cute projects!
New! Haptic Lab Quilt Kits | the workroom

New! Haptic Lab Quilt Kits

We were pretty excited to receive a shipment of Haptic Lab DIY quilt kits in the shop last week. We’ve been lusting after people’s Haptic projects for a long while, and now we can get cracking on our own map and constellation quilts! It would be so neat to customize these quilt projects with your favourite landmarks and places. The finished size of 36” x 42” would make a great baby or lap quilt, or even a wall hanging.
May 08, 2015 — Karyn Valino
Debbie & Erin's Duffle Bags | the workroom

Debbie & Erin's Duffle Bags

One of the fun things about taking a class at the workroom is seeing all the ways people realize a project, from different fabrics to different finishes. Such was definitely the case with Debbie and Erin’s duffle bags, which they both finished in Guy’s class last month.

May 07, 2015 — Karyn Valino
Erin's Castle Treasury Quilt | the workroom

Erin's Castle Treasury Quilt

Erin’s Castle Treasury is a pastel dream. The quilting pattern, Circle Play, brings a whole new shape into this quilt. And, Erin certainly lived up to her reputation of putting Kona solid Ice Peach in every quilt with this one! Best of all, this Castle Treasury screams spring, making it the perfect project to be wrapping up as we wait for the flowers to grace us.
April 29, 2015 — Karyn Valino
City of Craft Spring | the workroom

City of Craft Spring

City of Craft Spring is this weekend, and the workroom’s sweet city women will be there!

At the workroom table, you’ll find patterns, scrap bundles, back issues of Uppercase, fat quarter bundles, select vintage patterns, little notions, and whatever other little treats we can fit in the truck! And, the other vendors will have new handmade items and some vintage supplies and goodies. There will be lots of new vendors this year!

April 17, 2015 — Karyn Valino
Bernina Spring Forward Sale | the workroom

Bernina Spring Forward Sale

All sewing machines and sergers at the workroom are made by Bernina. We love the quality, reliability and ease-of-use with these machines. Every Bernina sewing machine or serger comes with a one year warranty and private lesson to learn all about your new machine.
April 09, 2015 — Karyn Valino
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The Craft Sessions | the workroom

The Craft Sessions

Do you see us turning blue? That’s because we’re proud as peacocks of our special handwork teacher, Carolanne Graham. Carolanne was just featured in Melbourne craft blog, The Craft Sessions
March 31, 2015 — Karyn Valino
2014 Row by Row Winner | the workroom

2014 Row by Row Winner

Congratulations to Kathy McCallum! Kathy was the first person to bring a completed quilt to the workroom during the shop hop. Kathy's quilt contained eight rows from different stores around Ontario, including our Sunburst pattern
September 14, 2014 — Karyn Valino
Ontario Row by Row Shop Hop | the workroom

Ontario Row by Row Shop Hop

the workroom is very excited to participate in this year's Ontario Row by Row Shop Hop! The concept is super fun and there are over 80 quilt shops in Ontario that are taking part. Each shop has designed a quilt row based on the theme 'Sew a Season'.
July 04, 2014 — Karyn Valino
Sixth Anniversary | the workroom

Sixth Anniversary

Every October we like to celebrate our anniversary with you! This year marks our sixth year. Today, October 8th from 6-9pm we'll be having our annual party - there will be lots of good cheese, drinks, and snacks. Plus, there will be prizes.
October 08, 2013 — Karyn Valino