Winter Holiday and New Year

Winter Holiday and New Year It's that time of the year again, time to be thankful for the friends and family in our lives.  Thank you for being a part of what we do and supporting us over these past twenty years.  We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful creative community and we could not do what we do without you. We want to send out special love and prayers to our friends in New York this morning.  Molly and I first opened French General on Crosby Street in the heart of Manhattan - we were welcomed with open arms and will always remember the strength and resilience of our New York friends. Merci. Holiday Cheer at French General Sunday, December 3rd 11-4pm  Join us for our first Holiday Pop-Up Shop!  We've invited a handful of our favorite crafty friends to show off their art, kits and more.  Pop by for some holiday cheer and pick up something special for everyone on your list. Atelier De France Fabric Arrives at the shop in November Our Fall 2017 collection, Atelier de France, celebrates the 20th Anniversary of French General. Twenty years ago, when we started French General, I began collecting the antique French fabrics that made my heart sing. The faded red florals, old tickings and small prints all seemed to blend together perfectly. It wasn’t until Cheryl, Lissa and Joanna from Moda Fabrics knocked on the front door of French General that I realized my treasures would make beautiful quilting fabrics. For Atelier de France, I chose some of my favorite prints and wovens and colored them in the classic French General palette of old reds, pinks, and neutrals. See the Full Collection of Atelier de France Here The Modern Quilt Guild Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA   Presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon is the largest modern quilting show of its kind. Each year, thousands of attendees come to see nearly 500 modern quilts on display, including 350 juried in from MQG members around the world. The conference features four days of workshops and lectures led by leading designers and quilters, and the show floor has dozens of vendors and exhibitors for days of shopping and fun. French General will, once again have a booth at QuiltCon featuring our hour-long workshops where you can stitch with our new French Embroidery Hoop, learn English Paper Piecing, crochet a necklace and more! ALSO....If you are coming for QuiltCon, join us for our weekend of workshops offered Saturday, February 17th through Tuesday, February 20th - our weekend workshops are listed below. W O R K S H O P S Embroidered US Wall Map with Robert Mahar Saturday, November 11th Celebrate your home state, commemorate a recent road trip or stitch connections between you and your loved ones.  We’ll explore all of the ways you can embroider your adventures in the “Lower 48” as we embellish a beautiful 1906 map of the contiguous United States custom printed on a half yard (27” x 36”) of cotton linen canvas.   Sign-Up Here Handwork Revisited: Piecing, Applique and Layering with Heidi Parkes Saturday, November 12th Fine art quilter, Heidi Parkes, visiting from Milwaukee, Wisconsin will offer a very special one day class at French General. Learn a new approach to piecing and applique.  Both techniques can be employed with visible stitches, rather than the invisible stitches that are most common here in the states.  Then, learn to experiment with the translucency of your fabrics, by layering and hand stitching.  All skill levels welcome. Read more about Heidi's work in the Huffuington Post Article here Sign-Up Here Los Angeles Downtown Dig Tuesday, December 5th (Sold Out) Tuesday, February 20th Tuesday, March 6th Join French General for a day of digging for treasures in downtown Los Angeles. We will go hunting for beads, baubles, buttons, fabric and inspiration!  Meet at French General for a petit dejeuner and then drive downtown (less than 10 minutes away) where we will spend the morning at some of our favorite fabric, bead, and old millinery shops. Lunch at the Ace Hotel, one of our favorite downtown restaurants, and then more digging for gold!  Sign-Up Here for Tuesday, February 20th Sign-Up Here for Tuesday, March 6th The Art of Shibori with Monica Medeiros Saturday, February 17th Spend a day learning how to use tiny stitches to create beautiful patterns on natural fibers. Join Monica Medeiros from Bricolage Press in Port Costa, California as she teaches you the ancient art of Japanese shibori.  Students will have the chance to make up a handful of pieces and then enjoy dying the fabric in our natural vats.  This is a great opportunity to make up swatches to use in the Jody Alexander Workshop on Sunday, February 18th. This workshop is part of French General's 4-day event leading up to Quilt Con which runs Thursday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 25th.  Consider joining us for one or more of our workshops! Sign-Up Here Boro Sampler Book with Jody Alexander Sunday, February 18th Jody Alexander, of Wishi Washi Studio will be visiting Los Angeles and teaching her well-loved Boro Sampler Book workshop at French General.  Jody's description of the workshop: What I try to do in this class is teach students the language of Japanese Boro but then encourage them to use their own fabrics, palette and style to bring the Boro aesthetic to their own work - that will be unique to them. Each student gets five fabric "pages" to practice the different mending styles seen in Boro that I guide them through. It is fun to see how personal styles develop as the day goes on. At the end of class we bind them into a book using the Japanese side sewn binding. This workshop is part of French General's 4-day event leading up to Quilt Con which runs Thursday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 25th.  Consider joining us for one or more of our workshops! Sign-Up Here English Paper Piecing with Lorraine Lovell Monday, February 19th Join is for an afternoon with Lorraine Lovell from Hetties Patch in Adelaide, Australia. Lorraine will be teaching an afternoon of English Paper Piecing, a technique developed in the 19th century in rural England.  Learning s simple technique to wrap fabric around paper patterns allows one to create magnificent shapes. This workshop is part of French General's 4-day event leading up to Quilt Con which runs Thursday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 25th.  Consider joining us for one or more of our workshops! Sign-Up Here Swaddled Baby with Mimi Kirchner Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd and 4th Mimi Kirchner returns for another creative workshop at French General.  After Mimi's popular class last Spring, we invited her back to teach her Swaddled Baby - a beautiful wool felt applique workshop. Students will learn basic needle-sculpting to add dimension to the baby’s face and raw-edge wool applique to decorate the baby “blanket”. This is a two-day class from 10-3pm each day. Sign-Up Here French General is open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-4pm We are located at 2009 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, California 90039 When shopping at frenchgeneral.com remember to use our free shipping discount code bonjour if you live in the United States.  If you live outside of the US, use discount code merci for $10 off of your shipping cost. We are sold out for our France Getaway 2018 - but please let us know if you would like to be put on the waiting list. Week One June 4th-11th Denyse Schmidt Week Two June 13th-20th  Ann Wood Week Three June 22nd-29th Jody Alexander Drop us a note at notions@frenchgeneral.com if you would like more information

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Winter Workshops

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Winter Workshops It's that time of year to start thinking about your creative endeavors - learn a new skill, take a class, create something for a friend! We've got a handful of workshops planned for you - in Los Angeles and Texas too! Spend a Fall weekend with artist and teacher Molly Meng Saturday & Sunday, October 7th & 8th Spend a day at French General with Molly and learn all about paper art and book making Petite Theatre with Molly Meng Saturday, October 7th Join us in the construction of your very own petite theatre. Learn the art of creating a small scene, framed within a vintage wood backdrop and your own special story to tell. Beginning with hand-crafted recycled-wood boxes, we will create our individual stories using vintage ephemera, photos and fabric. Sign-Up Here Concertina Book with Molly Meng Sunday, October 8th A fantastic way to display your keepsakes: have it standing up to show off your artwork, hanging on a wall, or lay it down and let the pages tell a story in themselves. In this class you'll be creating a hard-backed, accordion-style book. You'll learn how to construct the book and it's pages, as well as advanced elements of collage for an ongoing themed-book. You'll have all the juicy ephemera, vintage photos, and stamping materials you can fit and, as always, I suggest for your own personal touch bring something that is uniquely yours to incorporate! Sign-Up Here French General Visits McKinney October 23rd and 24th, 2017 Join Kaari for two days of workshops and creativity in McKinney, Texas! Hosted by Magda Dia of Jump into Art and Robin Cook of Soho McKinney. More details and Sign up Here French General will be in Houston at the International Quilt Market where we will be introducing our new collection, Jardin de Versaille, as well as teaching two workshops. Boro Patchwork and Linen Tote Workshop Monday October 30th 9am - noon Using French General's collection of antique fabric scraps from the 19th and 20th centuries, hand piece a patchwork square and learn the art of Sashiko - a Japanese hand stitching/quilting technique. Once the patchwork is completed, students will stitch their patchwork to a linen tote, perfect for a traveling sewing bag. All materials are provided for this workshop. Artistic Weaving Workshop Monday October 30th 2-5pm Using a modern tapestry loom, learn to warp the loom and then weave the weft. Instruction will include simple weaving techniques as well as rya, soumak and shape weaving. The yarns can be used to "paint" a picture across the supporting warp threads. Kaari will bring a selection of fibers to experiment with, as well as the traditional yarns. All materials, including looms, are provided for this workshop. To sign up visit www.quilts.com or call 713-781-6864 Antique Boro Textile Tote with Kaari Meng Saturday, November 4th Spend a day at French General in Los Angeles learning the beautiful art of Japanese Boro. We begin the day with coffee and a conversation about the design process, sewing with antique fabric and how to choose fabrics. You will choose your own fabric from French General's collection of 19th century antique scraps and stitch a patchwork sewing bag - complete with boro patching and sashiko stitching. This is a day of slowing down, putting needle to cloth, and storytelling. All materials supplied. Lunch included. Sign-Up Here Embroidered US Wall Map with Robert Mahar Saturday, November 11th Celebrate your home state, commemorate a recent road trip or stitch connections between you and your loved ones. We’ll explore all of the ways you can embroider your adventures in the “Lower 48” as we embellish a beautiful 1906 map of the contiguous United States custom printed on a half yard (27” x 36”) of cotton linen canvas. Sign-Up Here Los Angeles Downtown Dig Tuesday, December 5th Tuesday, February 20th Join French General for a day of digging for treasures in downtown Los Angeles! We will go hunting for beads, baubles, buttons, fabric and inspiration! Meet at French General for a petit dejeuner and then drive downtown (less than 10 minutes away) where we will spend the morning at some of our favorite fabric, bead, and old millinery shops. Lunch at the Ace Hotel, one of our favorite downtown restaurants, and then more digging for gold! Sign-Up Here for December 5th Sign-Up Here for February 20th Boro Sampler Book with Jody Alexander Sunday, February 18th Jody Alexander, of Wishi Washi Studio will be visiting Los Angeles and teaching her well-loved Boro Sampler Book workshop at French General. Limited seats available for this special class! Jody's description of the workshop: What I try to do in this class is teach students the language of Japanese Boro but then encourage them to use their own fabrics, palette and style to bring the Boro aesthetic to their own work - that will be unique to them. Each student gets five fabric "pages" to practice the different mending styles seen in Boro that I guide them through. It is fun to see how personal styles develop as the day goes on. At the end of class we bind them into a book using the Japanese side sewn binding. Sign-Up Here We are sold out for our France Getaway 2018 - but please let us know if you would like to be put on the waiting list. Week One June 4th-11th Denyse Schmidt Week Two June 13th-20th Ann Wood Week Three June 22nd-29th Jody Alexander Drop us a note at notions@frenchgeneral.com if you would like more information We are happy to announce that French General is now open Fridays and Saturdays from 11-4pm. We hope to see you soon! Merci- Kaari www.frenchgeneral.com 2009 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90039

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