Missing in action

The past couple of month, nine to be exact, have been filled with lots of new and exciting stuff. Purdy has been alive and strong but kind of on the back burner because a new addition that will be joining us in the next couple of weeks. I am expecting a baby boy to be born August 23rd, so the Purdy family has been busy prepping for the big day.

Christina and I have lots of fun stuff planned for this fall...so don't think we have bailed out. We are still here working diligently to plan a fabulous fall line of aprons and bags, as well as, personalized window treatments and more community classes. Hopefully, things will be back to normal in a couple of months.

Come visit us this Sunday at  Sunday at Second Sunday on Main. We will be featuring our window treatments and purses made out of fabric from St. Theresa's Trove. See you Sunday!

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

What's new for 2011



The past year has been a great first year. We started out with the concept of upcyling something used into something new and ended the year making purses, scarves and clutches. December was filled with lots of holiday orders. We had planned to get through the holidays and then focus on some new designs, but to our surprise, we are even busier now than ever!

What is keeping us so busy? We are making custom window treatments, specializing in roman blinds. Window treatments are very time consuming because all measurements have to be precise. If they are off by even a little bit the fabric could lay crocked. Yikes!

I love this material.



Roman shades I made for my dinning room.



Here we are working away..........



Cutting the muslin.








Pinning the edges



Sewing the curtains

Let us know if you would like to spruce up your windows. We are available to anyone in the Cincinnati or tri-state areas.

Don't forget to register for the sewing workshop on Saturday January 29th. We still have a couple of spaces left.