Craft De Ville Blog

The shop will be closed from October 8th until the 26th!  Any orders placed during this period will be shipped on October 27. As the saying goes, "time flies when you're having fun." And boy, are we going to have a blast during our vacation! This vacation is long overdue and was orginally planned to happen back in 2020, but the world had other ideas! We'll be exploring new cultures, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. But don't worry, we'll be back on October 27th, ready to bring you some exciting changes in November! Stay tuned for the updates!

Make a Posh Pack This workshop will be held at Craft de Ville, 2065 rue Parthenais. A total of 6 hours (2 x 3 hours) over 2 Saturday mornings, from 9am to noon. Choose between September 9th & 16th or September 23rd & 30th! These will be small groups with a maximum of 3 students, almost like a private class! This is an intermediate* sewing workshop, where students will be making their very own Posh Pack (fanny bag), and learning techniques for sewing in a zipper, sewing curves, using fusible interfacing, lining a bag and installing bag hardware! * You must already...

We are excited to be sponsoring Libs Elliott's BLOEM sew along! During the whole month of September, if you purchase either the BLOEM pattern or the coordinating La Fin Du Monde Templates, we are offering you a 15% discount off all other Libs Elliott products in stock* (her other patterns, fabric, SewTites, etc). This discount will automatically be applied to your cart. Please note this discount can only be used once per customer! * excluding the BLOEM fabric kits! If you are looking for some inspiration, we have created a couple Bloem fabric kits! They include 13 Kona Cottons needed to complete the quilt top. (binding nor...

The Twist festival is happening very soon!   The textile market with over 90 vendors opens on Friday! The schedule is Friday from 10am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Throughout the festival there will be a vary of activities such as a food fair, kids activities, demonstrations, sheep dog herding demos, and much more! Here is a site plan: Our kiosk will be the Desjardin Hall (ie Arena) and we are in Booth #32, a bit past the middle on the righ hand side of the right side aisle! We will have a...

Inspired by the Modern Quilt Guild Community Outreach Challenge, the Montreal Modern Guild members are taking up the challenge to create a quilt using this palette and the theme of symmetry.   The suggested palette references Bella Solids. Seeing as that is not a fabric collection we stock, we have pulled together a palette from the Kona Cotton and Designer Essentials we do stock! We have choosen to include Kona Enchanted, Grellow, Jade Green, Midnight, Pond, Zucchini and Designer Essentials Moonflower & Slate Grey. You can find them all here! This charity project will be created by members of the Montreal Modern Quilt guild. Members will be assembling...