Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas Clothing and Textile Advisors

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A volunteer organization to teach interested persons about Sewing and Textile arts. This is one of the very few free activities for children attending the fair.

SEWING CAMPS (offered yearly) – 2015 we had three sewing camps (four skill levels) and two Creative Camps, and a quilt camp offered in two different locations in Kitsap County, and one beginning sewing camp in Port Angeles. A total of eighty-eight children, ages 8-16, participated, receiving approximately 15 hours of sewing instruction. Skills learned were: reading and following instructions, care for sewing projects and machines, pressing, and learning to work with and adapt to a variety of volunteer instructors. CTA’s volunteered directly at the sewing camps and prepared samples, educational aids, and kits throughout the year. CTA FAIR ANIMAL PROJECT – CTA’s worked throughout the year to sew, turn and press a variety of stuffed animals for children at the fair to stuff and sew shut. Tags are placed on the animals to denote the year they were made; many children come back year after year to add to their collection. Children as young as two learn to push the stuffing into the animals and then, with CTA volunteer assistance, sew their animals shut. In 2015 over 1400 animals were sewn and prepared for the fair. Volunteers worked all five days of the Kitsap Fair and over 500 hours were volunteered. CTA MEMBERS – To become a CTA member there is a six-week training course (30 hours) offered every other year.

10/27/2026

Did you know that Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas Clothing and Textile Advisors do more than just Sew Camps and our Sewing Room Sale?

Members volunteer their skills to help community agencies and groups that serve those in need. We enjoy making clothing, toys, hats, mittens, sensory quilts, and more. It is gratifying to be of service to our neighbors. Here are just a few of the organizations and projects our members have worked with over the last year.

KidVantage
Quilt Guilds
Retsil Veteran's Home
Common Threads
Gifts of Grace
Meals on Wheels
Easter Baskets for homeless kids
Operation Christmas gift boxes
Sewing for homebound seniors
Days for Girls
South Kitsap High School Band
Kitsap Regional Library
Project Linus
Quilts of Valor
Various Churches

10/25/2026

Quilters, are you ready?

10/25/2026

Check out this nifty idea for keeping your binding under control!

READER TIP: I installed a toilet paper dispenser vertically on the side of my sewing table to corral my binding. I wind the binding around an empty toilet paper roll as I press it in half. The binding unrolls nicely as l sew it to my quilt.

--BARBARA F.; Dora, Missouri

Have a tip you'd like to share? Email us at [email protected]

10/15/2026

KOP CTA's will be teaching a visible mending class at the Poulsbo branch of the Kitsap Regional Library. See the link below for registration

This class is open to ages sixteen and up and is in partnership the Clothing and Textile Advisors. Registration is required. Bring your own item to repair and learn techniques for visibly mending knit or woven items. Supplies provided by CTA.nbsp; Materials will include loosely woven fabrics, fusibl...

09/30/2026

Good news for the 2027 Kitsap Fair regarding the inclusion of 4-H.

09/29/2026

KOP CTA’s would like to congratulate our Kitsap County 4-H sewing members on winning 4 of the top 5 awards in the Stat 4-H Fashion Revue. These talented young sewers have worked hard creating these beautiful outfits over the course of the last year. Congratulations!

09/21/2026

A fun little history of the chatelaine!

09/19/2026

KOP CTA's would like to thank everyone for their support at our annual Sewing Room Sale on Wednesday!

The Sewing Room Sale is our only fundraiser for KOP-CTA, providing educational programs for youth and adults, scholarships for sewing-related activities, and cash awards at Kitsap and Clallam County Fairs.

Next year's sale will be on September 15, 2027, we hope to see you then.

If you missed the donation window this year and would like to make a donation for next year's sale, we will resume taking donations in October.

09/18/2026

To the a person at the sale who inquired about a Viking Foot pedal - Laurie Lamb Wilkey would like to hear from you. Please send her a private FB message. Thank you.

09/16/2026

Tomorrow is the big day! Here are the details.

Address

Silverdale, WA
98383

Telephone

+14159854655

Website

http://www.kop-cta.org/

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