If you are curious about Book Club and the direction we are heading in 2019 you should check out our official page. You'll learn about Jenna, the librarian and maker, leading Book Club as well as how we've selected this year's reads. In January we'll be reading and discussing Michelle Obama's biography, BECOMING. Sign up to join our discussion on Tuesday, January 29th. (Book Club meets regularly on the last Tuesday of the month.) For those that can't attend but are thinking about joining us in the future. February's book is Oyinkan Braithwaite's novel, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER. WHAT...

Supporting non-profits that continue doing the essential work needed in our communities is important to gather here and we think it's important to the people that shop, take classes, and spend time here. This January 2019 our We Care Wednesday recipient is: Food for Free. Food for Free was a recipient of our first year's WCW initiative. In 2018 we were a pick-up location for Red Fire Farm and at the end of each week's pick-up Food for Free would come and take the fruits and vegetables that CSA members hadn't been able to grab. We witnessed their produce rescue...

Supporting non-profits that continue doing the essential work needed in our communities is important to gather here and we think it's important to the people that shop, take classes, and spend time here. This December 2018 our We Care Wednesday recipient is: Monkeyhouse. On Small Business Saturday, someone responded to Ayanna Pressley's #smallbizsaturday love tweet with some area businesses that she felt were important to the community. We were one of them. But she also included a small business, JP Licks, because not only do they have great ice cream but they support a local nonprofit she loves, too. That...

Sunday, November 25, 2018, I went home after the store had closed. It had been a long day of the not-so-glamorous tasks of being a small business owner (opening the bills, scheduling payments, working on end of year tax paperwork, plugging in shipping costs, ordering office supplies, and editing photos of store samples) as well as interacting with members of the community who had come in to begin their holiday shopping and holiday crafting. Those interactions are why I don't mind the not-so-glamorous tasks. I was in the kitchen, the volume on the tv turned up and the screen reflected...

It's time for the 2018 Swissmas Holiday Sales Event! Give yourself or someone you think is awesome, an gift that will keep on giving for years to come. Upcoming machine promotions are all available for pre-order. Contact us (617-714-4880) to pay in advance and reserve your machine at its special holiday price. There are multiple limited time offers spread throughout the Holiday season. Get them while the offer is available. November 20 - 26, 2018 The B215 (a user-friendly introductory sewing machine that we teach young people to sew on) is only $599 or grab a B330 for $799 and...