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Dec11

Looking for something to do with your kids?

Wow! Winter Break is right around the corner. Wondering how on earth to entertain your kids and their friends? How about a sewing lesson? Put that old sewing machine Grandma gave you to work! We offer sewing classes that are appropriate for all age groups and skill levels. You can even learn something new together […]

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Oct4

Communication breakdown!

All of us at Stitch Cleveland want to say SORRY! We are having some phone issues at the shop that seem to be preventing some of you from contacting us. We are working on solving the problem, but for those of you who have been trying to phone in, we are unable to receive your […]

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Sep23

Martha, Martha, Martha!

Thanks to all of our friends who came to Stitch Cleveland to help out with our quilt for Quilt Pink this weekend! We will be scheduling more days in the future to complete our project. We had to jet out of town late last night to arrive in New York. The reason for our quick […]

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Jul31

Cutting Room Fabrics… right here on the west side!

Hello to all of you sewers who are looking for quality fabrics right here in your hometown. Stitch Cleveland is now working with Cutting Room Fabrics, a fine fabrics store in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Cutting Room is a locally owned business… that’s one of the reasons we love it! The store’s owners, Sam and Lorraine Broida, […]

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Jun14

Calling all sock knitters!

Are you a sock knitter? Do you want to be? We’re expanding the curriculum and the yarn offerings here at the shop to celebrate our friends Lime and Violet’s new sock book (out next month), and because summer is the perfect time to knit smaller projects like socks!
Do you like 100% wool sock yarns, […]

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Stitch Cleveland is a workshop space in Cleveland, Ohio. We teach all things stitchy, including sewing, knitting, spinning, dyeing, felting and embroidery. Private lessons are available, and we also have special guest instructors, from nationally-known authors to local favorites.

We are located at 1387 Sloane Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio, next to the Rocky River-Lakewood bridge. Our phone number is 216-220-4808.

Join us in the sewing lounge and make yourself at home! Bring your sewing machine or use our sewing machine, blind stitch machine, or D-1 embroidery machine (for a small fee). You’ll also find cool handcrafted stuff for sale.

Stitch Cleveland is home to the studios of knitwear designer Shannon Okey and fashion designers Megan Engelmann and Heidi Massingill.

Shannon Okey

Shannon, sometimes better known as Knitgrrl, is the author or co-author of many crafty books for various publishers. She previously owned and operated anezka handmade, an online artists’ cooperative shop founded in 2004. Shannon is also editor of UK-based print magazine Yarn Forward, a columnist for knit.1 magazine, and she organizes the Cleveland editions of Bazaar Bizarre and Swap-O-Rama-Rama. She maintains a blog on the Stitch Cleveland site at shannon.stitchcleveland.com which syndicates content from Knitgrrl and from her blog for the book AlterNation.

Heidi Massingill

Heidi Massingill is an experienced dressmaker and fiber artist, her design studio specialized in special occasion wear and fine tailoring. Her resume includes The Phantom of the Opera, The Cleveland Ballet, Peter’s Store for Women in Chagrin Falls, Margaret’s Fine Tailoring for Women in Rocky River, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and more. She also designs and creates a line of children’s knitwear, Chikadee Handknits, and holds Knitting and Crochet Instructor certification with New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. She maintains a blog on the Stitch Cleveland site at heidi.stitchcleveland.com.

Megan Engelmann

Megan Engelmann is a Cleveland-based fashion designer and graduate of Kent State University’s Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. She has been sewing for nearly twenty years and specializes in women’s clothing design and illustration. As a working fashion and accessories designer for a large Ohio-based company, Megan keeps her skills as sharp as her scissors! She has been teaching sewing, illustration, and design for six years.

Megan is the Cleveland coordinator for Church of Craft. She is a talented fine artist as well, and designs most of our postcards and other visual material. She maintains a blog on the Stitch Cleveland site at megan.stitchcleveland.com.

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