SEAM: Sewing Enthusiasts and Artists of Maine

SEAM Meeting March 24th in Belfast

2012-02-16T11:57:00.000-08:00

Following the wonderful meeting at Alewives Fabric this past January, Fiddlehead Artisan Supply is holding the next SEAM meeting on Saturday, March 24 at 2:00 pm.

We’ll celebrate the spring equinox by crafting flowers from fabric, felt, and paper. Feel free to bring another handwork project you're working on as well. Light refreshments will be provided and a good time is sure to be had. Grab a friend or two and head on over to the heart of beautiful downtown Belfast. Fiddlehead Artisan Supply is located at 159 High Street between the Colonial Theater and Darby’s Restaurant, with plenty of other shops and restaurants nearby.

Like all SEAM meetings, anyone interested in fabric or sewing is welcome to attend this free event.

Come craft with us!

2012-01-25T16:10:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

To those of you who were unable to attend due to the snowy weather, here's what the inaugural SEAM meeting looked like this past Saturday:

Amanda, who was our guest of honor, signed many, many books and met lots of her fans.

Thanks, Amanda for making the journey in the snow with your lovely little Annabel.

And of course, a big "thank you" goes out to everyone who came to the meeting, despite the snow, and to those of you who were there in spirit.

The next meeting is March 24th at Fiddlehead Artisan Supply in Belfast.

Anyone want to carpool with me?

Amanda Blake Soule to be guest of honor at inaugural SEAM meeting!

2012-01-01T11:51:00.000-08:00

We are certainly kicking things off with a bang here at SEAM: our very first guest of honor will be none other than Amanda Soule, author of the popular blog Soulemama! For anyone who has not yet heard of this amazing lady, here are some words from Amanda's publisher...

Amanda Blake Soule is a crafty mama of five. Her days are spent in her hometown of Poland, Maine plotting ways to avoid laundry, dishes and mopping in favor of knitting, sewing, baking, playing with her children, and visiting the beach.

Amanda created SouleMama.com in early 2005. Since then, she's shared her adventures in family, craft, thrifting and life nearly each day. She is now joined by her husband Steve, a.k.a. Soulepapa. Amanda is also the author of The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections and Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures. Her third book, The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder Through the Seasons was written with her husband, Stephen, and was published in the Summer of 2011.

The meeting will take place at 4:00 pm on Saturday, January 21st at Alewives Fabrics in Nobleboro (directions available here and phone number available here).

A small warning for anyone visiting Alewives for the first time: sometimes GPS systems do not work very well in the area, but we are very easy to find by following the written directions on the website. Also, we are very good at taking phone calls and "talking people in."

Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting and there is no charge for attendance.

The meeting's agenda includes:

• A casual meet & greet and book-signing with Amanda (copies of Handmade Home and Rhythm of the Family available for purchase at Alewives, or bring your personal copies and have them signed). We are keeping things decidedly low-key! Amanda will be around to mix and mingle with attendees and sign books as well. Feel free to ask her questions and share your inspirations with her!

• Show and tell. Bring a completed project you'd like to share so we can all "ooh" and "ahh" over it. It could be a garment, bag, quilt, tablerunner... anything you have stitched yourself! If you don't have a completed project you'd like to share, bring a project that's still in the works. Or, bring your favorite book, piece of fabric or even your favorite sewing gadget and tell us all about it!

• If you have a handwork project, please bring it with you to work on as we all chat. This can be knitting, embroidery, crochet, applique, paper-pieced hexagons, nearly anything you'd like. (To keep things simple, portable and at a dull roar for this first meeting, we won't be doing any work on sewing machines, but in the future we would love to hold special meetings where members can bring their machines and stitch the day away!)

• Please feel free to bring food and drink to share if you feel so inclined! Alewives will be providing some light refreshments for all to enjoy.

Remember, ANYONE is welcome to attend this meeting. There is no fee for attendance and we don't require that you be a "master" seamstress or an "amazing" quilter... just someone who likes fabric, sewing and/or the writings of Amanda Blake Soule!

This first meeting is sure to be a hoot: if you are able to come and visit, we would love to see you there!

Welcome to SEAM!

2011-12-22T12:36:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to the official website for SEAM: Sewing Enthusiasts and Artists of Maine.

SEAM began in 2011 as a collaboration between the owners of three of Maine's hippest, most fabulous fabric stores. Alewives Fabrics of Nobleboro, Fiddlehead Artisan Supply of Belfast and Z Fabrics of Portland are all SEAM headquarters, with meetings held bi-monthly at one of these three shops.

The purpose of SEAM is to provide a place where sewing enthusiasts and artists of Maine can gather and celebrate their passion as a community. We welcome sewists of all levels: you don't have to be a master seamstress or an accomplished quilter to join in the fun at SEAM, you just have to be someone who loves sewing and fabric!

At our meetings, we try to have a speaker, a special guest, a fun activity or a special demonstration planned. We love to do show and tell, so be sure to bring your latest projects. And if you've got some hand-work to do (embroidery, knitting, hexagons, applique, yo-yo's, etc.) please feel free to bring it with you to the meeting!