The Sewing Room News from Columbia River Sewing

Learning from Kirsten Wolff

February 8, we brought our note-taking tools and our sergers along to the quarterly meeting. One of our talented and knowledgeable members, Kirsten Sidney Wolff, presented a morning overview called “Get Off on the...

Community Service Sewing

The last weeks and months have been among the strangest many of us have ever encountered—so very much of our daily lives have been up-ended and as we survey our neighborhoods, city, state, country...

Sewing Resources While Social Distancing

While COVID-19 has put a temporary hold on our local meetings, we still have our sewing machines at home. The local sewing community is here to help. Bolt Neighborhhood Fabric While Bolt has suspended...

CRS Response to COVID-19

Meetings To keep our members, guests and community safe, we have canceled all local meetings until further notice. We are investigating online meetings using Zoom. Check out a very brief tutorial on Zoom. When...

Special Event with Anne Whalley

Columbia River Sewing welcomes Anne Whalley back to Portland for a special two-day event. Join us for one, two, or all three presentations. SATURDAY, 10AM-Noon The Marriage of Fabrics and Patterns Create the clothes that...

At the 2019 Annual Meeting and Social

At Quilting Delights on Saturday, December 17, 2019 our Annual Meeting celebrated the biggest turnout to date. Besides sharing treats, an overloaded freecycle table, electing new officers and announcing the winners of the President’s...

February 2020 Quarterly with Kirsten Wolff

Did you ever wonder how to use those mysterious feet and attachments for your serger? Join us to find out! In a lecture and slide presentation Kirsten will show you step-by-step how to use...

Passage Quilt Project Sew-cial

This event has been canceled. Change your typical 5/8″ seam allowance to a quarter inch and forget about fit. Enjoy a fun day of stitch camaraderie at our annual community service event. Providence St....