Flying Stitches

08/27/2026

Our dear Laurie Rittinger of Lake Huron Sewing is pivoting. She has been moved up to a part-time permanent position at the Post Office. So... benefits!
Laurie is finishing fittings she has promised and will still be planning kids sewing classes. I've adjusted our phone list accordingly.
I am still not taking anything until October. I am finishing up this summer's bridal intake, getting back to some regular InRack things that arrived in April after the memory quilt was started in March.
Ken and I are also taking a vacation this year. I know🤯! I wonder how many days it will take me to actually relax.🤭

08/23/2026

Truth.👇🏼
I get asked this and some people expect me to lower what I charge to suit the item they bought on sale, without considering that I have bills to pay too. I will sew for people that value my time and skill.
I freely encourage the ones looking for cheap sewing services to DIY.
🤭 Start with buying a sewing machine, ....and all the other equipment.

08/17/2026

From March to July this year my regular InRack front item was this memory quilt. Over the course of 18 years my customer had been saving her girls’ tops to be made into a quilts for them to take to university. From tiny baby shirts to sport team jerseys the personality of the wearer emerged. There are over 100 hours of labour in this quilt . A lot of thinking and shifting with colours, sizes, and events. Zippers, buttons, etc have to come off or come out, seams in funny places add complexity and different weights of fabric next to each other all add up. Caroline wanted to have this one long armed instead of Quilt-As-You-Go, like the one last year. Thanks to my friend Deb Mousseau, we spent a day in her basement doing just that in two big pieces. Then the big assembly happened back here.
A bittersweet day of giving for a life shared before the launch to university. ❤️ Thank you Caroline for trusting me with this project and working with me as we went.

08/03/2026

It's time to think about operating at half speed. The engineer is feeling the fire of stress heartburn rising more often.
The engineer's cab crew would like to get off the train a bit more in the good weather and see things the train has no tracks to.

Over the next few months, I will let you know what that looks like. At this point, the ticket office is thinking the basics can look like this:
1)Cutting back gowns to one at time only.
2) Regular InRack things can't have do-by dates in case we want to take off somewhere the tracks don't go.
3) The rest of the trains in the Roundhouse have phone numbers and are operating on their own tracks and schedules.
Passengers can choose the one going in their direction. Ticket office will post those phone numbers again. Until the third week in September, it is full speed ahead.🚂 October has a few things now that need to remain in the baggage car.

Currently, all gowns in the baggage car are being processed by date and the crossings are level and they will be delivered on time.

07/27/2026

I'm still booked up with Wedding gowns and Bridesmaids dresses until the end of September.
For all your immediate sewing needs, please see the list of seamsters below and feel free to call them to check their availability for your project and timeline.
One mention is that Surbhi has had
a baby and may not be taking anything for a while.

07/09/2026

A hint for those ladies looking at wedding dresses for 2027.

06/26/2026

A few of our active seamsters are taking a much deserved rest and a breath after prom and the start of bridal. You can still message or call to get on a list for work done, but there will be a wait.
Once again, all spots for bridal alterations for my needles and machines are booked through to the end of September. My regular line is crawling forward...very slowly... t-shirt quilt on the design wall has priority.

06/15/2026

06/02/2026

Time spins on. I have had enough booking for September dates to know I will be full. Others of our group still have capacity for bridal and other formal wear for dates in August and September.
October started to book a couple of months ago. I still have room there. The advice is not to wait until the last minute to book alterations when you know they are needed.

06/01/2026

My son! My son I say! Hath hearkened unto the voice of his mother at the beginning of his 39th year.
He did recall the state of his winter jacket's zipper and did bring it to the celebration of burnt wax sacrifices and chanting. It is thus upon the rod of processes to await humble magiks.
It shall abide until after the ceremonial robes of they who are to be wed, have had incantations pronounced over and needles worked upon them.
Thus, the jacket that withstands the cruel winds of winter shall be returned to him before the fall equinox be upon us. All who see this, should consider his wisdom and recall if similar spells are required of thine own garments.