September 1st. Already! It's hard to believe where this year has gone. Fall is in the air though and change is coming. I have spent months having a mental conversation with myself or with whoever was willing to listen to me ... trying to make a decision about my business. Black Sheep Woolens will be turning 12 years old in January. I feel my life reinventing itself with an empty nest. Do you all go through phases like this?? There is just so much I want to do. I have decided to keep things going, but I feel I need to change things up a bit.
I won't be able to do an Open House this fall. We have just sent our youngest daughter off to college and we are coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the death of our son. It has been a challenging year to work through this grief and spend the time we need and want to with our children. My energy and focus has been 100% with family and not with the business. I am so grateful for all of the love and support so many have shared with us. You are all remarkable people and I love you all!
I do have wool though - lots of beautiful wool. I have started kitting up some holiday projects and would love to see everyone and what you have been working on!
I am going to have open studio hours f i n a l l y! I have a calendar up (See Calendar and Events above) that still needs some tweaking, but it gives you an idea of what I am thinking. Wednesdays and the second Saturday of each month. I am trying to schedule some classes in as well. I should have more details about those by the end of this week. {Comment or email me with any suggestions you have on those!}
For the open studio, I plan to be here to sell my wares and help put together custom kits for you. I have table space if you want to come for awhile and work on your projects. We can figure out new stitches together and get some projects completed! Somedays I just might have a pot of yummy soup on the stove!
I know I should probably charge a studio fee but I don't really work that way. I have decided to put out a kitty jar and if you want to make a little donation for instructions you received or studio space you used, die cut machine etc, you can do that. I don't want to price anyone out.
I am happy to put kits together for you and your group. I will need to charge a nominal kit fee for projects that are more involved with lots of pieces. You can send me the pattern ahead of time and I can have them ready for you when you come to the studio. Sometimes we can just get them done while you are here. I don't know how busy each day will be.
I am open for suggestions on classes or instruction. I know there is an interest in embroidery stitches, rug hooking, beginning wool work and some of my projects. I'll try to get a few of these scheduled for the fall. It is hard to please everyone with day and night schedules - but I will do my best to mix things up. I will be teaching the little Crazy Patch Sewing Kit at Village Dry Goods in Brigham City on October 8th from 1-4pm. You can get info about that
here. And I have been invited to teach at Winter Quiltfest in January. They are in the process of creating a new website but you should be able to link to it through
here very soon.
Please remember that I am happy to set up an appointment with you or your group on days other than open studio days. Just call or email so we can get a time that works with everyone! I have a few weeks that I will be out of town this fall, but I am usually here creating a happy little mess of some sort or another!
This was certainly very wordy! Thanks for your patience.
I need this week to get my empty nest in order before I am ready to open the door.
I sure enjoyed the past few weeks with my youngest daughter xo
See you all soon!!
Happy Stitching
