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Meet Some of Our Friends!

We love our local sewing enthusiasts! Recently we were approached by Rose to test a pattern for a bag she designed, The Uptown Hobo Bag. So here is the one I made! I wanted it to look Springy/Summe...

Bags, Bags, Bags!

Thursday night we had our first official class ever here at Bolt & Spool! We all had so much fun, and we’re excited for our future classes! Our wonderful neighbor over at Juma Gallery, esteemed...

Classes have arrived!

You’ve been asking for them! So here they are! Of course we didn’t want to offer just any old class…so here are two phenomenal classes that you will just love, love love! Class sizes are small – fo...

Tote bag suggestions

Here are tons of suggestions for the Kelly Tote class! Call or e-mail me for pricing. If you place your order ahead of time I can send you a PayPal invoice and have your fabric ready when you come ...

Whale Shorts

I had really good timing, making shorts, because this morning I had to dig my car out of the snow. Anyway, I said I would make shorts out of our new birch whale print organic cotton, and I did! I t...

Funghi Capelet

These patterns have been tempting me ever since Nan brought them back from her trip to Barcelona last year. They are so elegant and simple, very European. I just love the way Paco Peralta creates t...

What’s new?

Hey there! We’ve been pretty busy here at the shop, which is great! Last week FOX8 stopped by to interview Nan about Bolt & Spool for a special about University Circle. She made an adorable ski...

FOX8 Skirt Tutorial

How fun! FOX8 TV came to Bolt & Spool this week to shoot a segment for their New Day Cleveland morning show! It’s part of a larger feature on University Circle that will air on Monday, March 4 ...

Playing with Penguins

We have some pretty crazy fabric here. I’ve been in love with this one Japanese line, Kokka by Heather Ross, which is printed on a canvas-y cotton. These are the circus prints and I LOVE THEM. If w...

Lampshades

Here’s something I never expected to be doing: covering lampshades.I don’t know if anyone’s planning on recovering lampshades any time soon, but, you know, it’s something to do. Every so often my m...