Join us at Bites, Beats and Brews today! #quilting #craftshow #alexandriava

2/ Come out and support local artists, eat good food, and shop pieces that are bold, handmade, and built to speak for themselves. See you there!

#ShutdownSewing #BeatsBitesBrew #ShopLocal #AlexandriaVA

Photo of Shutdown Sewing booth with goods available for sale including aprons and linens. Text reads "See You Saturday! Beats, Bites, & Brew Fest" Carlyle Square Park, Alexandria, Saturday July 27, 11 am-6 pm"

1/ Shutdown Sewing is hitting the road this Saturday for the Beats, Bites & Brews Fest in Alexandria! 🎉

🧵 Handmade goods
🎶 Live music
🍺 Cold drinks
🍔 Food trucks
📍 Carlyle Square Park | 🕚 11AM–6PM

Pair of purple handmade sneakers

And finished!

Finished quilted sneaker

Sneaker in progress. Hand sewing the upper to the sole.

Adding grommets for the shoe laces on to one of the uppers

Pieces for making personalized purple sneakers

Now that my political campaign is over…for now…back to making things I love. First up…snazzy shoes while we are on vacation. #quilting #makers #sewingismytherapy

A feminist inspired t-shirt quilt

A volunteer inspired t-shirt quilt

A sports themed t-shirt quilt, mostly with Washington Capitals shirts

A traveling souvenir t-shirt quilt

Working on some personal t-shirt quilts today!

Black and tan flannel infinity scarf with pocket

blue and grey flannel plaid infinity scarf with pocket

Still cold? ❄️ It's never too late to pickup a cozy flannel infinity scarf...and they have a zippered pocket that fits your keys, cards or other small necessary items! www.shutdownsewing.com/product/flan...

T-shirt quilt

One of my more recent finishes in December. I used a musical theme for the quilting on my embroidery machine. #quilting

three examples of folded flannel infinity scarves with pockets: black and tan plaid, blue and grey plaid, purple and black plaid

blue and grey plaid flannel infinity scarf with pocket unzipped to show interior.

Flannel infinity scarves with pockets all finished! Better pictures to come! #sewing

Cut t-shirts prepped for a quilt top

T-shirts are stabilized and cut…I’m now sitting with this layout to see if I like it before I piece the quilt. Most importantly I want my #spaceshuttle shirts next to one another. This is quilt 5 of 9. #quiltsky