3/50 Project

We are proud supporters of the 3/50 project. This project raises awareness of the importance of local business and how your support for them filters back into the economy and benefits us all! If half the population spent $50 a month in independently owned businesses, their purchases would generate more than $42.6 Billion in revenue! For every $100 spent in an independent store, $68 goes back into the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures! Portlanders are well known supporters of their local shops and we can't express how much we appreciate you! Thank you!

PICK 3. SPEND 50. Save your local economy.

Craft/Fabric Stores in Portland

Portland has some great offerings to find the perfect fabric or button for your summer project. Some of our favorite places for supplies are:

Mill-End fabrics- for high quality fiber blends

Bolt - for great patterns and color ways

Fabric Depot - for a large selection of home decor and apparel fabrics

Scrap- sometimes you can score smaller cuts of great fabrics and notions there!

Knittn Kitten- for a nice selection of vintage buttons and fabrics

This is our short list. Feel free to make comments suggesting new places for us to check out! Any secret treasures?

Design patterns and print your own wallpaper!

For all of you who love patterns and design......Manager of Garnish, Kate Troyer will be teaching a course on how to design your own patterns and hand screenprint your own wallpaper! Students will learn about pattern networks, draw their own designs, and print yardage onto wallpaper. The class begins September 8th and meets every Tuesday evening for 6 weeks. For more details and registration go to http://www.ocac.edu/

Recent "Garnishings"

As you may know, Garnish embellishes or "garnishes" particular designs. Here are a couple recent customized wedding and bridesmaid pieces. We think they look pretty!

top to bottom: Odessa wedding dress (first three photos- front and back views), Jennifer wedding dress (back view), detail of Dorethy dress in sky blue.

We just added a great new blog to our Links. True up is a blog completely devoted to fabric! The entries are not only visually pleasing, but also are very informative for any fabric lover. Check it out!

http://www.trueup.net/