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Happiness Blooms

Spring has sprung in Happiness Blooms, a floral collection from Moda Fabrics. By combining the simple pleasures of sweet sentiments, gingham, geometrics and dainty fern ditsy prints with blooming buds, floral sprays and tossed bouquets, Deb Strain perfectly captures our hearts and minds with an array of designs from deep forest green to blue, slate and cream. Pair these prints with the coordinating Bella Cottons Solids from Moda Fabrics for some joyful projects!

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Tilda’s Pie In The Sky

The Pie in the Sky collection is a fresh array of fabrics for spring and summer, with doodle-like flowers giving the designs a naive and effortless feel.

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In The Moonlight

Trees in green under a Starry Night. From the In the Moonlight collection that draws inspriation from the twilight colours of dark night in the forest. Focal prints feature landscape themes in deep greens, purples, teals, blues and purples. Silver and pearl accents embellish the print.

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Watermelon Party

Fabrics is an adorable summertime collection full of delicious fruits and picnic themes! Make something fun for those summertime get togethers with these fun fabrics.

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Wildwood Wander

Sure to be a crowd favorite, this collection from Katherine Lenius is a chic stroll through nature packed in an array of fabrics. Wildwood Wander overflows with beautiful foliage, owls, florals and patterns like topographic maps! Pair these prints with corresponding Confetti Cottons Solids from Riley Blake Designs for some elegant projects!

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Tamara Evans

Tamara Evans

Tamara has been sewing for as long as she can remember and loves every aspect of it – except handwork. Her “professional” sewing experience began in Jr. High sewing costumes, home décor and clothing for family and neighbors. Her sewing experience includes machine embroidery, digitizing, quilting, garment design, home decor, and crafts. After working in a variety of corporate and entrepreneurial ventures, she returned to her real passion – sewing.

Within a year of purchasing her first embroidery machine, Tamara had invested in a multi-needle machine, digitizing software and launched a successful embroidery and gift business. Back in her home state of Texas, she began coordinating the development of new products, educational tools, magazine articles and a video education series for embroidery and quilting. She then hit the road as a national educator teaching embroidery software and stabilizing techniques at national shows, in-store events and to dealers.  Behind the scenes, she also created new embroidery and quilting projects, collaborated on software development and created software education materials.

Tamara has long a fan of the designs, products and digitizing expertise that is exemplified by OESD since she began to embroider.  And so, she is very excited to put her enthusiasm, energy and expertise into bringing these exceptional products directly to the sewing public at the OESD Super SPREE events.

Upcoming Events With Tamara

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My Sewing Room Is Hiring!

Teachers This position is responsible for coming up with class ideas, creating samples, working alongside our team to create advertisements and, of course, teaching!

My Sewing Room INC is Canada’s largest independent sewing and quilting shop. We are looking for employees to bring their sewing experiences and knowledge into our business!

We look forward to meeting you!


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    Job Opportunities: Floorsales

    Floor Sales Associate
    My Sewing Room Inc. is looking for a charismatic sales person who is ready to work with all the latest Sewing Machines, fabric, and notions. Get your needle ready to sew a patchwork of possibilities when you work at Canada’s largest independent sewing and quilting shop.
    Description
    As a floor sales associate you will be working alongside floor staff to provide machine demos and close machine sales, cut fabric, be a cashier, and help customers. Part of your duties will be following up on leads, taking questions about machines or fabric, and participating in training for the products we sell.

    This position will have a focus on machines because they make up approximately 60% of our annual sales. This job does not provide commission or sales targets. This is a no sales pressure environment.

    Are you interested in a stable job, learning more about a hugely successful industry of creatives, and encouraging local business?

    This position is 37.5 to 40 hours a week, Tuesday through Saturday. Compensation is minimum wage to start. There is room to take on further duties and grow within the store.
    Skills and Abilities

    · Strong communication skills.

    · Project Management

    · Creativity

    · Customer service

    · Motivation

    · Organization

    Qualifications
    · A tenaciously flexible mindset, ready to work towards new ideas.

    · Experience with sewing machines not required.

    · Willingness to learn the ins and outs of multiple types of machines, accessories, and notions.

    · Able to lift up to 25kg.

    · Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time.

    Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

    Salary: From $15.00 per hour

    Flexible Language Requirement:

    • French not required

    Schedule:

    • 8 hour shift
    • Day shift
    • Every Weekend
    • Monday to Friday
    • Weekend availability

    Supplemental pay types:

    • Overtime pay

    Experience:

    • sales: 1 year (preferred)
    • customer service: 1 year (preferred)


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      Job Opportunities: Teachers

      My Sewing Room INC is Canada’s largest independent sewing and quilting shop. We are looking for new teachers to bring their sewing experiences and knowledge into our classroom!

      This position is responsible for coming up with class ideas, creating samples, working alongside our team to create advertisements and, of course, teaching! Classes are both in-person and online. We have a strong team in place to support a new teacher in everything they are doing. From our education team helping with set up, to our social media and IT team helping you film!

      Wage to be discussed. Please forward your resume and cover letter to Chelsea at education@mysewingroom.ca.

      We look forward to meeting you!


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