Author Archives: Sophia Van Der Harst
We were featured in This Is SF with Crystal Lee, on CBS channel 4 this summer. Here’s a beautiful video made by the pro’s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cFXdEfKOBg
We’re celebrating our 4th birthday on March 24th with a big party. Besides free Poekie making, we’re also doing some fun projects. Here are the instructions for the party hats we’ll be making, in case you can’t come to the party. Click here to see the instructions: partyhats
We designed some very easy to make stars and snowflakes for Ronnie’s Awesome List. It takes some cutting, but no more than SIX stitches to sew each of them. You can download the pdf file with patterns below. Here’s the link to the patterns and instructions: stars and snowflakes2_s
We are busy with several things to help the world: • All fire evacuees are welcome to drop in any time we’re open. No charge! • As October is the month for Breast Cancer Awareness, we’re using our antique sewing machine to make pillows for women who have breast cancer. Please come sew one, our […]
We have an article on Ronnie’s list with a special for new customers. It’s all about the benefits of sewing and crafting for child development. Check it out here: http://www.ronniesawesomelist.com/blog/low-tech-fun Six Ways Poekies Bring Low-Tech Fun To High-Tech Kids
We’re busy and in the middle of a very creative, imaginative and fun summer! Fifty-one kids have made Poekie houses. Here is a short video of how we do it and below are photos of all the houses and their makers. August camp:
We had great fun! It was a short walk this year, most of it just standing because the whole parade got stuck all around downtown. Thank you for all the girls and parents that came with us!