F is for FALL.

F is for FABRIC.

F is one of the 26 letters of the alphabet that would look just lovely monogrammed on those plain white hand towels you have tucked away in your linen closet.

The CityCraft crew will never tire of the Sew4Home website. And I hope you never get tired of listening to us gush about it because it is simply the answer to anyone and everyone that thought making your own interior decorations was something that you had to hire someone to do. Bah! Humbug!

Dust off that sewing machine, enroll in a "Get Sewing" class at CityCraft (when they are listed, of course, which will be soon!), and get to work, sister!

This week, Sew4Home.com is loaded with inspiration and instruction on the beautiful art of machine monogramming. If you have a machine that monograms - hopefully one you purchased from the amazing Jim and Diane of The Sewing Room in Frisco, TX - then get busy and check out the following fun links for machine monogramming inspiration:

Monogramming Ideas

Essential Monogramming Supplies

How to Monogram a Plush Towel

The ABCs of Machine Monogramming



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Everyone at CityCraft is obsessed with Amy Butler's Little Stitches book. The cutest projects for kids! We can't get enough. Check out the Empire Waist Dress, one of the patterns in the book, mocked up in Anna Maria Horner's Fanfare Blue from her delicious Garden Party collection and accented by Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton solid in Cerise. The book and both fabrics are available at CityCraft. Kudos to Erin and Kailynn for their efforts putting this piece together for us to show off in the store.







I love the detailing. We used a vintage fabric-covered button...




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Opening new shipments of fabric is like Christmas - over and over and over again. Needless to say, we love when the Fedex and UPS trucks arrive.

Today we received a box from Westminster Fibers filled with bolts of backordered color ways of our favorite prints from Amy Butler and Kaffe Fassett. Isn't the pink and olive color scheme delicious? If I had a little girl her room would be exploding with these fabrics in the form of quilts, pillows, curtains, laundry bags, towel trims...

And, naturally, everything from Kaffe is just magnificent. Look at the Mirage Stripe in yellow on the top of the second bolt stack. Very cool.



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CITYCRAFT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!




If yesterday - our first day in operation - is any indication of what's to come, we are in for some serious fun! There are so many people that made this possible that I wanted to thank before I say anything else... Mom, Dad, Vickie, Josh, Peter, Jessica: Never, ever could have happened without all of your incredible support, advice, LOVE, physical labor, creative ideas, biz experience, and humor. Thanks also to Chris L., Heather T., Randy S., Mark S., Steve M, Monte S., Cobi S., David S., Jane S., Bob A., Jene B.; and a MONSTER thank you to Ashley Yousling of Bella Cosa Design. Ashley, without your incredible vision, creativity, and technical experience, I wouldn't be posting to this beautifully designed blog!

Stay tuned for a lot more pics of the store and behind the scenes as we prepared for opening.

Callie



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How amazing is the CityCraft team?! Designed by Kailynn and constructed by Erin, this beautiful slipcover made out of fabrics from Amy Butler's new line "Love" (YES! WE HAVE THE ENTIRE LINE!) is the perfect pick-me-up for our cutting table, an antique Danish dining table that expands to an amazing 4 feet by 10 feet, modified for us to use as a cutting table for classes by my super handy father - an honorary CityCraft team member, of course. I am over the moon!

And...get excited folks... we're going to package this up as a tutorial to share with all of you... Eventually :)



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