Restore Along Part 31

Welcome back to the Restore Along with Julia and Tulip. Previously, Julia has applied one full set of practice coats of paint to Jill, the Featherweight donated to her for practice purposes. After assessing the results, she stripped all the paint off Jill and reset for another round. You can catc...

Shop Talk: From Scraps to Quilts!

Welcome back to Shop Talk with The Featherweight Shop! Shop Talk is our local chit chat with The Featherweight Shop staff, gathering around our dinette table so-to-speak (because that is what we have!) and sharing with one another. We love to share patterns, recipes, organizational ideas, history...

Brownie Stew with Lou

Welcome back to Shop Talk with The Featherweight Shop! Shop Talk is our local chit chat with The Featherweight Shop staff, gathering around our dinette table so-to-speak (because that is what we have!) and sharing with one another. We love to share patterns, recipes, organizational ideas, histo...

Featherweight Shop Talk: Vintage Easter Postcard

Welcome back to Shop Talk with The Featherweight Shop! Shop Talk is our local chit chat with The Featherweight Shop staff, gathering around our dinette table so-to-speak (because that is what we have!) and sharing with one another. We love to share patterns, recipes, organizational ideas, history...

Featherweight Fireside Chat 1 - March 26, 2020

The Featherweight Shop hosted our first ever Featherweight Fireside Chat hosted on our Featherweight Shop Facebook page in March, 2020! Thank you to all of our Featherweight Friends who took the opportunity to ask questions, say hi, and visit around our modern-day ways of communicating! In case ...

Featherweight Shop Talk: Staying Connected With Quilts

Welcome back to The Featherweight Shop Talk Blog! Everyday, we will be posting up a new idea, story, recipe or tutorial to keep the creative juices flowing! As we participate in sewcial distancing, it is just as important to find ways to keep connected, albeit virtually. Today, we are going to ta...

Stitch Along: Singer Featherweight in Cross Stitch - Part 1

Everyone knows it's fun to sew something quilty with a Singer Featherweight, but it is also enjoyable to use your needle in a different way and stitch a Singer Featherweight itself! I'm Kristen from Verity Vintage Studio, and in the coming weeks I'm excited to walk with you through stitching this...

Featherweight Shop Talk: Elderberry Syrup + Other Fun Ideas

Hi there, Featherweight Friends! First, we would like to thank you all for your kindness and beautiful attitudes during these trying times! As we navigate our days, we find the most creative ways to make the most of our #sewcialdistancing. Although we are not able to spend our time together in ou...

Restore Along Part 30

Welcome back to the Restore along with Julia and Tulip (and Jill)! Last week, Julia was on round two of her painting practice, giving a fresh coat of primer to Jill. Find out what issues came about in last week’s installment here: Restore Along Part 29 Today’s work begins with a gentle sanding of...

SEW-IN: Keep Calm & Quilt On - The Beginning

Quilting, throughout time, has brought calm and quiet to households, and this remains true in mine today. My two little children, Nathan (10) and Sayely (8), are home from school and a bit worried about all confusing times that we are facing at the moment (e.g. Coronavirus).  So, when times get t...