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-Upcoming Workshops
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This Sunday I’ll be teaching a Longstitch/Linkstitch Bookbinding workshop over at Graven Feather. It’s great for beginners and those looking to brush up their skills. Best part: everyone leaves with a finished journal unique to them!!!
When: Sunday June 26, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Graven Feather, 906 Queen St West, Toronto.
For details and to register, go here.
Tomorrow is the Toronto Etsy Street Team’s spring/summer arts and crafts show!
Join us at the historic Campbell house, 160 Queen St. W, Toronto for a day of handmade goodness! Besides the awesome artist/artisan vendors, there will also be food vendors! There will be folks selling inside and outside, and a selection of free workshops!! (I’m delighted to be teaching a quick Intro to bookbinding!)
And, as always, there will be swag bags for the early birds!
Show runs Saturday June 18, 10am – 6pm.
For more information, see the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/984334601616355/?ti=icl
This evening is the Paper Fair at Toronto’s First Post Office!! Only in it’s second year, this show is quickly growing to the top of my favourites!
There are serious goods to be had here, all related to paper; stationery, journals, letter writing, and more! If you’re into pen pals, finding the perfect greeting card and collecting paper ephemera, this is the show for you!
For more information, please visit the show’s website, here.
Please join me in welcoming the latest member to the Sprouts Press team – a Triumph Cutter 4700 series!!! It’s a stack cutter that can handle 2 and 3/8 inches of paper all at once, when serviced and in peak condition! Woot!! 
To be honest, I’ve dreamed of having one of these machines in my studio for a long time now. It’s still a little unreal that it’s actually standing behind me as I type this! It’s an older piece of equipment, worn in and well-used, but trustworthy nonetheless.
To bring this into reality, here’s a story about it.
We arrived late to pick up the cutter, damn rush hour traffic. But it was still there, it wasn’t going anywhere. It took 4 of us to lift it onto a dolly and just as many to navigate through doorways and narrow hallways out into the daylight. We loaded it into a taxi. That’s right, a taxi. Then, once at my home studio, we nearly couldn’t get it through the door. I almost had an additional studio space in the hallway of our building, ha! However, we strong-armed it through the door, over top of the banister and into the safety of our living room.
Next project: getting the Triumph into my upstairs studio. This required negotiating a turny, narrow staircase, while carrying a too-large 300lb piece of metal equipment. Attempt #1 failed, it was disappointing. However, a new day brings new perspective and I figured out how to take it apart, which made things a bit easier. It was still a heavy load. Eventually, we managed to finagle it up the staircase without any yelling or tears. Success!!
Next up, servicing and tune ups, blade sharpening and handle-fixing. I’ll keep you posted on the status as I journey into stack paper-cutter land!
Today in the studio, I’m finalizing details and such for a really exciting lineup of summer/fall workshops!!
For all those who’ve exhausted the options I offer and have taken ALL my classes (you know who you are!!) I’m happy to announce that there are some new classes coming soon! There will be some slightly more advanced/intermediate classes. So now’s the time to whip out your bookbinding tools and brush up!!
To keep an eye on my growing list of upcoming workshops, go here.
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