Spool of Thread

Wow! February went by in a flash! We spent much of the month working on renovations. We managed to cross quite a few items off our to-do list and of course, added a few new projects to boot.

The weather is glorious right now in Vancouver. We’ve had our front windows papered over since we first leased our space and on Wednesday we decided, enough is enough, we must see light! We took the paper down and put up some curtains so we can keep the inside of our store a bit of surprise and let some of the natural light in.

I spent the afternoon cutting out paper letters and with a little tape and baker’s twine, we strung up our shop’s name and website.

The entire project was completed under the close supervision of our dog, Sugar.

It looks like it is time to get back to that to-do list! We hope you have a great weekend!

Thank you all for your comments on our introduction! I’m speaking for Henry here, but I think one of things that excites us is the opportunity to work with such great people, crafters!

If you saw Henry’s tweet this morning on Spool of Thread’s twitter account, you’ll know that the Spool of Thread team is doing lots and lots and lots of renovations to our space. We have been working on things since  the beginning of December when we first got our keys. Nearly 2 months now!

Here are some photos from the very first day we had the keys. The store is very long and skinny, only about 15 feet wide. I’ve learned a number of times that your cell phone needs to stay in your pocket. There is no way you can race from one end of the store to the other in time to answer it!

We have nice 13 foot tall ceilings throughout the entire space. This area will be the cash counter, window display and retail portion (patterns and fabric and bears, oh my!).

And the winter sun shines through our windows perfectly.

Sadly, we decided to get rid of the orange kitchen.

There are a few more pre-renovation photos over at our flickr account.

We have dropped a few hints along the way on our twitter accounts and talking to friends at craft shows, but now that we have our retail space we are ready to share the news! We are opening Vancouver, B.C’s first Sewing Lounge, Spool of Thread!

What is a Sewing Lounge, you ask?

Spool of Thread is a modern twist on making. Our retail store will provide the tools and the space you need to create your next sewing project. We will also have a wide selection of unique and hard to find fabrics.

Opening in Spring 2010, our store will have sewing machines available for pay-by-the-hour rental during our store hours. Along with the sewing machines, sewers will have access to large cutting tables, irons, dress forms and other sewing accessories.

The store’s Sewing Lounge will also be used for sewing workshops and classes with instruction from crafters and sewing experts.

Who are you guys?

Hello, we’re Lili and Henry. You’ve probably seen us around town before. On the weekends we can usually be found at the farmer’s market or at a local craft fair. When it’s nice out, we head to the seawall to take our little pooch Sugar for a walk. We enjoy finding hidden gems at thrift shops and find excuses to go thrifting throughout the Lower Mainland. Henry loves the color orange and Lili will be shocked if Spool of Thread ends up with a couch that isn’t orange.

We would love to meet you too. Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll send you an invitation to our grand opening party. We’d love it if you say hi.