Ready to take your sewing to the next level? Join Textile Tuesdays, a monthly hands-on creative club led by Michelle Matthews (Remnant Revival) with support from Lory MacDonald (The Artist’s House). You’ll learn sewing techniques from beginner to advanced, experiment with upcycling and pattern-making, and build confidence through guided projects.
Each evening includes a shared meal, project check-in, and 2.5 hours of dedicated sewing time. $40 a month or $199 for 6 months.
Textile Tuesdays- Monthly Sewing Club
Join us for the launch of Textile Tuesdays — a monthly sewing and creative club at The Artist’s House, hosted by Michelle Brooks (Remnant Revival) and Lory MacDonald.
Each session blends hands-on learning with a relaxed, social vibe. We’ll start the evening at 5:30pm with soup and conversation, followed by a project check-in and group sharing. Then it’s time to sew — 2.5 hours of creative making, whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned stitcher.
You can bring your own project, revive a loved garment, or start something new with our guided starter ideas. Learn sewing skills, explore upcycling, pattern-making, and creative expression through textiles.
What to bring:
Your sewing machine (a few extras available)
Fabric, thread, and ideas!
When: Every 3rd Tuesday, launches November 18th, Soup 5:30pm, 6:00–8:30 PM
Where: The Artist’s House, 2 Townley St, Nottawa, ON L0M 1P0
Contact Lory: 705-812-2914 or lory@theartistshouse.ca
Come for the sewing, stay for the camaraderie. Let’s make something wonderful together.
Lory MacDonald & Michelle Brooks
Lory MacDonald, OCAD, is an accomplished mixed media, collage, and watercolour artist with decades of creative experience. A recipient of the Collingwood Art & Culture Award, Lory is also a recognized community arts leader, festival organizer, and advocate for Canadian artists. She has founded and directed multiple successful arts initiatives, including Artfest Ontario and The Artist’s House, and has exhibited and sold her own work across Canada and internationally.
Known for her warm, encouraging teaching style, Lory brings both technical skill and a deep passion for helping others discover their unique creative voice. Her bright, well-equipped studio offers an inspiring space where students feel supported, motivated, and free to explore their artistic potential.
Michelle Matthews
Michelle hearkens to the young and old, "try new tricks!" Her love of colour, textures, form and utility brought her artistic proclivities to the world of textiles, and she invites you along in the exploration!
As once a landscape painter Michelle still finds inspiration from the natural world for her creations in thread and fabric. Her post secondary art classes led to a fascination with graphics and a brief stint with computer animation way back in the 1980's. Today she brings together her fascination with the graphic elements of fabric patterns into texture rich designs that are both beautiful and useful. "Yes, you can be both practical and imaginative!"
Michelle has been teaching tricks and tips in classes on mural-making, art fundamentals, sewing and mark-making to all levels and ages since 1993 and she has collaborated with Lory MacDonald on several creative ventures throughout the past 25 years. Bringing creativity to fashion and reviving the once discarded is the venture Lory and Michelle invite you into at the Artists' House!
There is something new to learn and experience everyday in this realm of remnants and castoffs and Michelle wants to share what she's learned along the way while encouraging others to share what they have learned, too!
Currently Michelle shepherds the remnants from retired garments, discarded decor and forgotten stashes, to new life with care and artistic flair from her Remnant Revival Studio in Creemore. Everything is made by hand with the help of a 50+ year old Bernina sewing instrument that sings morning, noon and night. You can visit her website at remnantrevival.ca for a glimpse of some of her creations.
