StitchLounge

Stitch Lounge, San Francisco, CA, US
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Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado and Hope Meng are self-taught seamsters, fearless remnant bin divers, and yard sale addicts with attitude. They co-own Stitch Lounge, a drop-in urban sewing studio in San Francisco, where you can rent time on a machine or take classes on everything from sewing machine basics to making a burning Man costume in the company of other like-minded seamsters.

craft interests: restyle, sewing

Member Since: 03/26/2008

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How to Create a Peasant Top from a Funky Thrift Store Muumuu

Mar 8, 2008
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How often has your eye been caught by a bold, funky pattern in a thrift shop only to find that the print belongs to, ugh!, a muumuu? Well, despair no more, fair bargain maiden! We show you how to salvage that lovely fabric by transforming it into a chic top.