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Dayton at Work and Play: Jesy Anderson

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Stopped by Needle, Ink and Thread – A Modern Sewing Studio (2290 Patterson in Kettering) and met Jesy Anderson, the owner.
“I moved in here a few years ago” she told me. “I just live a few blocks away. When I was growing up there was an ice cream store here called The Dipper. There’s always been some store here serving this community and I’m glad to carry that on.”
“I sell fabric and other sewing items here, but my emphasis is teaching. I learned how to sew in school. But schools don’t teach sewing anymore, which is too bad. Sewing involves math, technology, engineering and more. It’s not just throwing fabric into a machine.”
“With teaching and running the store I don’t have much time to sew for others but I did take on a project for the Dayton Dragons recently. I made a new costume for Roofman.”
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Sewing Shop On The Move

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Needle, Ink and Thread, a local sewing studio, announced  they would be moving to a new Beavercreek location at the end of January. A portion of the recently closed Antiques Marketplace of Beavercreek at 3491 Dayton Xenia Rd, will be the studio’s new home.


Currently located at 4005 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Needle, Ink and Thread were founded just over a year ago by Jesy Anderson, previous co-owner of Sew Dayton. As part of the Activated Spaces program supported by the Downtown Dayton Partnership and UpDayton, Sew Dayton opened in Sept of 2012 and closed in August 2016.

 

“Beavercreek has been an amazing and welcoming community for Needle, Ink and Thread. We are busting at the seams with growth potential, and the new location will provide the space we need. It was perfect timing, and I had to jump on it!” says Anderson. “I have always loved teaching. It’s the biggest and most fulfilling part of the business. This move will enable me to host more clothing/garment workshops (where more space is needed to work).”

About Needle, Ink and Thread

Needle, Ink and Thread offer sewing lessons, group and private lessons, ranging from clothing construction, hand embroidery, home décor, accessories and quilting. Guest instructors teaching specialty classes are also featured. They are also open for alterations on Tuesdays 11-6PM and aslo offer an Open Studio with sewing machine rental available per hour.

Sew Dayton Closing After 4 Years; Owners Opening Two New Studios

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Local small business, Sew Dayton announced today that they would be closing their doors on August 16th, 2016.  After almost 4 years in business, owners Jesy Anderson and Tracy McElfresh have decided to open sewing studios of their own.  Focusing more on the education side and having very limited retail.

“We have been so successful as a sewing shop in Dayton, that we decided we should offer more classes! With the retail it is hard to focus on the learning and figured if we both opened a sewing studio, we could teach twice as many people and can offer more focused classes.” Says Anderson and McElfresh, “We have fallen in love with teaching and really wanted to focus on that aspect.”

About Sew Dayton

Sew Dayton opened in 2012; as part of the Activated Spaces program supported by the Downtown Dayton Partnership and UpDayton.

Originally opening at 16 E. Brown Street in the fall of 2012, in October 2013 they moved to a bigger location at 261 Wayne Ave to accommodate the growing need for classes, unique fabrics and high quality notions.

The classes have been the most popular offering from Sew Dayton, which sparked the owners to consider closing the one shop to open two sewing studios.

“It really was a hard decision to make.  We love downtown and the Oregon District. We love the community and we will miss everyone. It’s a decision that we made so that we can offer even more options the community.  We will both still offer light alterations, classes, fun events at our new studio’s and we will both expand into producing custom sewing projects for customers.”

For closing timeline and information please visit www.sewdayton.com.

Both ladies hope to have their new studios open by September 1, 2016.

Tracy is still looking for the perfect space to locate Tracy’s Sewing Studio, LLC.  Jesse will be opening Needle, Ink and Thread   at the corner of Dayton- Xenia Road  & Grange Hall is  Beavercreek, which is in the same plaza as Decoy Art Studio.

“We would like to thank everyone who has supported Sew Dayton for the last 4 years. We have learned a lot from running a business together and are now excited to take a new direction with our own shops.  It’s exciting and a positive addition for the community. We really hope to see familiar faces at the new shops!”

Sew Dayton Approaches First Anniversary Announcing New Location

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sewdayton_logoSEW DAYTON, another success of the Activated Spaces program, has announced it will be moving into a larger storefront in the Oregon District at  26 Wayne Avenue.  The new location resulted from a collaborative effort between Randy Handler, the previous lessee and Midtown Development Corp. The parties were brought together through the efforts of Mary Kathryn Burnside, owner of CLASH retail at 519 E. Fifth Street.

SEW DAYTON’s new location is only a few steps from PRESS COFFEE, which has been ranked in the top 10 independent coffee houses in the United States.

The location holds significant promise from a streetscape renovation of Wayne Avenue in 2014 and a strategic mixed-use development plan for the northeast corner of Fifth and Wayne in the near future. The storefront in the 100-year-old Schaefer building at the corner of Fifth Street and Wayne Avenue previously housed notable occupants including Otis Elevator Co., Fleishman Yeast Co., and Dayton Industrial Supply.

SEW DAYTON is a fun fabric shop, specializing in sewing instruction, fun fabrics and custom orders. Owners Tracy McElfresh and Jesy Anderson instruct sewing classes to all ages and skill levels.

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Owners Jesy Anderson (left) and Tracy McElfresh (right).

They will be celebrating their first anniversary at their current 15 E. Brown Street location on Sat, Sept 14th from 11am -8pm with giveaways and special discounts on patterns, fabrics and even a chance to pre-register for sewing classes for 10% off.  There will even be a visit from the Zombie Dogz food truck.

Sew Dayton carries fabric that cannot be found anywhere else in the Dayton area, focusing on small independent designers and companies. Sew Dayton also provides light alteration services. For more information visit; www.sewdayton.com or call 937-234-SEW8.

Two Dayton Seamstresses Need Your Help To Sew Their Dreams

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Sew Dayton is a fun new sewing shop located in downtown Dayton, Ohio with a modern style and a pinch of vintage inspirations. It’s not your grandma’s traditional sewing store but she would still love to shop here!

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Our Dayton, Ohio community has an amazing group of emerging crafters and artists. Dayton is thriving with creativity and it’s exciting to see the arts develop in our community. With all this talent you might be surprised to know that Dayton, Ohio is missing a place for people to learn how to sew! Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced level sewer, there is a need for a space in Dayton that offers private lessons, group classes, high quality fabrics & notions, modern & vintage patterns and knowledgeable staff.

Sew Dayton is dedicated to helping clients solve problems and answer questions about sewing projects of all levels at any step in the process. Our goal is not only to be a great resource for all sewers but to offer sewing materials you can’t find anywhere else. Sew Dayton will stock both modern and vintage fabrics which is lacking in our area. If you’re looking for materials that are on target with current trends, then Sew Dayton is your store!

Core Values at Sew Dayton:

·       Customers and clients should be treated like family.

·       Every customer is welcomed with a smile (and a hug)!

·       We gladly help all clients no matter the size of the project or the experience of the sewer.

·       Your projects are important to us.

·       Customer service is a top priority. We will take time to listen and understand your needs.

Tracy McElfresh of Dresses by Tracy McElfresh, LLC will be part of Sew Dayton!

Sew Dayton is passionate and energetic about the art of sewing. We are excited to share our knowledge with others and we are dedicated to our community and to the success of arts in Dayton.

One of the goals of the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan is to help launch entrepreneurs down the path of owning their own business while revitalizing Dayton’s downtown abandoned store fronts. Activated Spaces was developed as a partnership between the Downtown Dayton Partnership, UpDayton, and Generation Dayton to see this goal come to life. Sew Dayton has applied to be a part of this amazing project.

Working with Activated Spaces allows us to set up shop in an empty street level store front in Downtown Dayton. Sew Dayton will receive a reduced rate rent and a start up lease term that works for us.

Sadly, some storefronts in Dayton have been left vacant and neglected over the years. Activated Spaces requires that we give our space some TLC in order to get the doors open. With a donation from you, it will be possible for us to revitalize our storefront space and open the doors with Sew Dayton up and running within the 30 days. Sew Dayton needs your help!

Jesy Anderson of JKessel Design will be part of Sew Dayton!!

In order for Sew Dayton to flourish we will need to set up an account with a modern and trendy fabric distributor, purchase additional fabrics, notions, patterns, sewing machines for classes, and make over our storefront. This is where the initial start up cost exceeds our current savings.

Donations will help us achieve our goal of opening a new shop in Dayton! You can give now through their Kickstarter Campaign.

We want our dream to succeed and with your help it will blossom and become a reality. We want to keep our dollars local and help our community thrive while we fulfill our dream of opening Sew Dayton.

Thank You,

Tracy McElfresh and Jesy Anderson of Sew Dayton

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