Dayton Sewing Collaborative

05/26/2026

We'll be at the Miami Valley Quilters Guild show this weekend!
Stop by and say 'Hi!'

https://www.quiltshowmvqg.com/

05/06/2026

Sharing information about the Miami Valley Quilters Guild's upcoming quilt show. This is great show! The MVQG does good work for our community!

04/29/2026

We're having a special Sew It Forward Saturday, this week, Saturday. May 2.

Fidget Blanket Saturday!

Saturday. May 2
9 a.m. - Noon

Dayton Sewing Collaborative
660 S. Main St
Dayton

Our focus will be on making fidget blankets for adults that have dementia or are in hospice care. We're working closely with the Medical and Hospice at the VA.
You are welcome to attend to make a fidget blanket for a special person in your life. We would appreciate a $10 donation for any Make-and-take fidget blankets to offset the cost of supplies.

Please note these fidget blankets are for ADULTS; they are not fir children!

We hope to see you Saturday!

03/26/2026

Thank you to everyone that came to the Spring Fabric Sale last weekend! Getting ready for the sale is an immense amount of work for our wonderful volunteers, but all of that is forgotten as soon the doors open. It's great to meet so many new friends at the event.

One question that's often asked is about how the proceeds from the sale are used. All the proceeds from sale are used on DSC programming, such as a our workforce development training program for industrial sewing, Dayton Train to Sew. The workforce training program is offered to participants for FREE. The curriculum we use in the Dayton Train to Sew training program has been developed with input from local manufacturers and focuses on the skills manufacturers are looking for when they hire industrial sewist. In the past 9 years, close to 400 people have participated in this training program. Similar programs are offered in Cincinnati and Columbus with priced at $1200 - $1500.

If you're interested in more information about the Dayton Train to Sew program, please visit our website DaytonSewing.org Click on the Dayton Train to Sew tab.

If you're interested in making a donation, please click on the DONATE button on our website DaytonSewing.org or email us at [email protected]

03/21/2026

Day 2 of the Spring Fabric Sale is today! We'll be open from 9 a.m. until Noon today, Saturday, March 21.

We replenished the inventory overnight so there is a lot to chose from!

03/19/2026

For those that have attended previous sales, please take note that the sale is starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, NOT 3 p.m. as they have in the past.

Doors open at 4 p.m.

We made this decision to ease congestion in the parking lot. Please park in marked parking spots only.

03/10/2026

Here comes the Spring Fabric & Sewing Stuff Sale!
Friday, March 20 from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. and
Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. - Noon

We’re busy sorting, organizing, measuring and pricing items….there’s a lot and we’ll be adding stuff right up the sale!

The sale will feature:
Thousands of yards of quilting cotton
Hundreds of fat quarters
Over 1000 one-pound color-coordinated grab bags of quilting cotton.
Over 100 charm-packs of quilting cotton
Quilting books, patterns and project kits.
Embroidery and Cross-Stitch – lots of floss and kits.
Thread, Velcro, satin and velvet ribbons and zippers.
Suede leather hides
Outdoor fabrics on rolls
Buttons
Sewing notion grab bags
Lots of yarn
Polyurethane Laminate (PUL) – waterproof for diapers, bibs, wet bags

Please note: because we did a garment-weight fabric sale recently, there will be minimal garment-weight fabrics at this sale.

The sale is on Friday, March 20 from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. – noon! No early birds please. Doors will open promptly at 4 p.m. on Friday.

Freebies:
Used patterns – 5 free with a $10 purchase (while supplies last)
One Free 6000-yard cone of poly corespun thread (tex 40) with $10 purchase (while supplies last)

The address of the sale is 660 S. Main Street, Dayton, OH (Goodwill Easter Seals Building).
Please come to the outer doors marked with signs and yellow balloons (parking lot side of building). Please DO NOT block the Goodwill drive-thru donation area.

Cash or Cards only. Please help us by bringing your own bags!

We'll add pics in the comment section!

03/07/2026

Our volunteers are 'in surgery' at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Teddy Bear Clinic.
We'll be here until 2 p.m. fixing stuffies!

02/25/2026

Our volunteers never imagined they would become surgeons for stuffys, but here we are!

We're happy to be participating in the Teddy Bear Clinic at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery on March 7th.

We hope to see you there!

02/20/2026

We're 'sew' proud of the ten students that participated in the first session in 2026 of Dayton Train to Sew workforce development training. ALL 10 students successfully graduated from the program!

One if the graduation criteria is passing a timed sewing test to demonstrate the skills they've learned in the class. The test was developed with input from local manufacturers so that students have the skills local employers are looking for.

So proud of these graduates!

Close to 400 people have participated in this workforce development training over the past 9+ years at no cost to the students!