Customs anyone?

 Thought I would post a couple of the custom orders that I did for 2012. 

This is the first bag that I have added stitch detailing to the shoulder strap.

I forgot to get a picture of the finished bag. Here it is just pieced together.

What have we been up to?

                    

  

Happy 1 year to Purdy

Hard to believe it, but we are already celebrating our 1 year Anniversary. Last February, Christina and I casually started talking about up cycling stuff. We had no idea we would go this far. It has been an exciting and challenging year. We would like to thank you all for your support.


Here’s what’s new..........

Drab, boring window treatments? Not anymore. We have added this new service in 2011. Our first order was for an entire house of window treatments! Yes, that was for every window in her house. She requested mostly roman shades, which is great because that is our specialty. This is a picture of a roman shade we made.

 
 
The window treatments do not have to be up cycled. We will use whatever material you choose. The process would include us coming out to your house and doing a window and material selection consultation. We also install the completed window treatment!


Workshops

Next up........Intermediate sewing workshop great for the individual that can sew fabric together but wants to do more. This class will be Sunday 3/13 from 11-2pm at Pleasant Ridge Montessori.

Click on the link for more details and to register http://purdeveryday.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html

We just finished a Beginner sewing workshop at the end of January. Thanks to *Lucy Voegele for supplying the beautiful fabrics and also helping out with the class. We hope to continue offering workshops monthly throughout the year. Let us know if you have any suggestions or special classes that you would like us to offer.

 

We want to start an “open sew session” for students to collaborate with fellow creators on individual projects. The open sew would be once a month for about 2 hours and students would need to bring whatever project they would like to work on. Christina and I would be available to answer any questions as well as fellow students. More info soon.

Custom orders

The holiday season was filled with lots of special orders. We made wine bags and bridesmaid dress bags and scarves etc. etc. etc. Here’s a sampling of some of the stuff we made.

 
*Lucy Voegele is the owner and artisan baker of Voegele Familiar. She offers delicious desserts made from scratch with high quality ingredients. To contact Lucy for information or to order email her at voegelefamiliar@gmail.com

So many bridesmaid dresses

I have a big custom order for the holidays using old bridesmaid dress. This sweet girl has been in many weddings, equaling an overload of dresses. You know how it goes, you buy a bridesmaid dress for your friend's wedding, hoping that it will be something you can wear again, but deep down you know you won't.  Her idea was to have me make purses out of the dresses to give as presents. I just love this idea! I will post pictures when I finish the bags.

Holiday Madness

Time is not on my side. I feel like I can not get caught up. I spent a couple days last month out of town and since I've been back, I have been working like crazy to get ready for all the upcoming events and sewing workshop on Saturday. I love being busy, but I have some new ideas that I would like to start working on, not to mention client requests. So........if you are thinking about giving a Purdy gift, get your orders in soon. I will be taking customer orders up to December 10th.

Upcoming Events

The Purdy schedule is filling up quickly. We have already been busy working on custom order for Christmas!! Yikes. So if you are planning on ordering a fab up cycled gift for the upcoming holidays let us know so we can add you on the list.

Upcoming events
August 8th Second Sunday in OTR 10-5PM
August 21st Covedale Theatres 9th Annual Arts and Crafts Fair 10-4PM
September 12th Second Sunday in OTR 10-5PM
November 6th Seasonably Chic Showcase at the Phoenix