Beginner Sewing for Adults January 14th (Wednesday) 6pm Cost $20.00 cash or $25.00 credit card OR February 28th (Saturday) 1pm Cost $20.00 cash or $25.00 credit card In this class students will learn how to use their own sewing machine to make a pillow case. This class covers threading and using your own sewing machine, cutting fabric, and assembling fabric in order to produce the final product, and seam finishing

Starting January 2015 we will be offering Open Knitting every Sunday from 12-3pm along with our usual first Thursday of the month. The next Thursday session is New Years Day so we will be knitting from Noon to 4pm to accommodate our adjusted hours for the holiday. Sit and have some camaraderie with fellow knitters.  Make new friends, and learn some new things from others.  It will also be on

We were graced by the presence of Dr. Sharon Kipetz, Dean of Students from UW Oshkosh.  She made an umbrella twice!  This is her second one, and she plans on doing still more.  She is doing them for Christmas gifts.  She is an avid knitter, but doesn’t sew very often.  Can you believe it?  That’s just how easy it is to do these.  And, fun too!  A gift like this

Here’s a new umbrella that I made.  It would be great for someone who is a traveler.  It is made of a retro print with trains, cars, planes, and campers on it.  Tons of fun.  

We have so many talented people that come into the shop.   I always make certain to tell them to bring in finished projects.  I really love to see the projects that people have done using fabric from the Bungalow.  But, I like to see other things too.  Even if they didn’t buy their fabric from me, the quilts are still awesome.  Colleen Jansen is really talented.  She makes such

We have a very active Quilts of Valor group in Ripon.  We make quilts for veterans.  We have most if not all of the WWII Veterans covered, quite literally, with their quilts.  These well deserving vets from our area get a quilt on Memorial Day and at Christmas time at the Dicken’s of a Quilt Show.  This is always the first weekend of December. Bungalow has always been a very

We had our first knitting retreat at the Cedar Ridge Lodge.  The sparks were flying from the knitting needles.  There was lively conversation that was interrupted by moments of silence as retreaters concentrated deeply on their work. Dr. Christal Sakrison was the ultimate Goddess of Knitting, helping everyone through the rough spots. There were plenty of snacks and beverages to fortify everyone through long sessions of knitting and purling.  We

Thursday, November 20th at 1 pm and at 6:30 pm.  This class will teach you how to do free motion quilting on your little sewing machine.  You can learn to do this with confidence.  Taught by Cheryl Schenck from Madison Wisconsin.  Cost is $40 for cash and $45 if paying with credit card. You will need a sewing machine in excellent working condition that has the capability of putting the

We are always getting asked about the Row by Row for 2014.  Maybe it’s because the Bungalow had the only really modern one in the state of Wisconsin, or maybe because Row by Row was so much fun.  I will sell the row by row pattern to anyone who would like it.  Just contact me through the website.  It is paper pieced, so it makes it a little more of

Learn how to use a sewing machine by making a pillowcase.  This is a great class for kids and adults.  Learn how to thread your machine, use different types of stitches, and have fun.  We cannot emphasize enough that the machine must be newly cleaned and oiled.  The machine must be in working condition.  Please have it checked before you bring it to class.  If it doesn’t work when you