{"id":4476,"date":"2016-11-16T16:38:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T23:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4476"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T23:38:40","slug":"tuffets-all-the-rage-is-coming-to-road-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/tuffets-all-the-rage-is-coming-to-road-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuffets: All The Rage Is Coming To Road 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t1201R\u00a0 Square Tuffet<\/strong>\u00a0 on Monday and Tuesday\"tuffet\"<\/a>\nExperiencing trying times in life sometimes end up being a great motivator in trying new things. <\/em>\nThat\u2019s exactly what happened with Pagen Lewis. Pagen\u2019s mom and sister had always sewed, but according to Pagen, she \u201cjust didn\u2019t get it.\u201d About 17 years ago, when Pagen found herself going through a rough patch and had some extra time on her hands, her sister suggested that Pagen should take a quilting class. At first, Pagen \u201claughed\u201d at the idea. After a lot of her sister\u2019s pushing, Pagen finally agreed to take that class and fell, \u201chook, line, (and) sunk.\u201d\u00a0 About six months after that, Pagen purchased her first long arm and started quilting for charity and customers.\nWhen Pagen learned that her job that she had for 18 years in the computer industry was being moved overseas, she had six months to figure out what she was going to do next for work. As a single mother with 3 young children, she began researching how to start a business<\/strong> and what quilt shops were in her area<\/strong>. Guess what? There weren\u2019t any!! \u00a0Within that six months, Pagen opened Quilter\u2019s Cocoon<\/em> in Riverside, California and started running her own business. That was 15 years ago and Quilter\u2019s Cocoon<\/em> is still going strong. \u00a0\"448x337_img_1527jpg\"<\/a>\nHow did Pagen get involved in making tuffets? She saw a round tuffet on-line made with Kaffe Fassett<\/a> prints. She searched everywhere to purchase one. She didn\u2019t end up finding one but she did find a place to take a class that also offered certification to teach.\u00a0 That was in July, 2015. Pagen actually made two tuffets before she even went to the class for training.\nPagen has taught hundreds of students how to make both round and square tuffets. She started teaching \u00a0her round tuffet classes in August, 2015. She wrote the pattern and had the fusible interfacing printed for the square tuffet and began teaching that class in June, 2016.\nWhat can you do with a tuffet? Pagen says they are perfect for \u201cspecial gifts.\u201d \u00a0She says that many tuffets have been taken over by students\u2019 family pets and that grandchildren like using them to play favorite board games.\"images\"<\/a>\nPagen\u2019s favorite tuffet was one she made out of red Kaffe Fassett Colletive fabrics. Once, she made a patriotic one for her father and on the bottom, put photos of him from the Korean War and his and her mother\u2019s wedding photo.\nWhile there is some sewing machine work involved, Pagen\u2019s tuffet class is part of Road 2017\u2019s non-quilting classes<\/strong> that include several\u00a0beadwork<\/a>\u00a0classes.\nPagen and Quilter’s Cocoon<\/em> will also have a vendor booth at Road 2017.\n \n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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