Ruthie's Uniform http://www.ruthiesuniform.com Costumes & custom clothing by Ruthie Nicklaus Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Come celebrate with me! http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/blog/come-celebrate-with-me/ http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/blog/come-celebrate-with-me/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:05:14 +0000 ruthie http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/?p=255 I am very excited to invite all of you to my 30th birthday party and holiday trunk show! Come one, come all!!!

Celebrate!

There will also be music and snacks and just a good time to be had by every one, cozily snuggled up in the Gossamer shop!

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Friends and family are excited and nervous about the new school year, or trying to get one last summer weekend in. My little family (Cam, Lando the cat and I) are cozy in our tiny cabin, and I am loving stopping in to sew whenever I can at my studio at Gossamer! We have now taken down the entire loft and painted the floors in the whole space, front and back, so things are looking better than ever!

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I am beginning to invite designers and make gift items for my upcoming holiday gift/trunk show on Saturday, November 28. I just updated my shop with help from Rosemary, who took the beautiful new photos, and Zach, who designs my website. Thank you so much, my talented friends!! You can now browse and easily purchase RU products on-line! If there is a piece of clothing you like, you can also visit us at Gossamer and try it on in person. We are open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am – 7pm, and by appointment on Sunday and Monday, and also, of course, for our special events.

Happy Indian Summer and have a beautiful beginning to your Autumn!

]]> http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/blog/indian-summer/feed/ 1 …Read all about it! http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/blog/read-all-about-it/ http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/blog/read-all-about-it/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:26:54 +0000 ruthie http://www.ruthiesuniform.com/?p=241 Thank you NWSource and the Seattle Times for the great write up!

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…and we’re open!!! Thank you very much to everyone who came and supported us, we are so grateful for all of the wonderful people who are sharing this exciting time with us and helping us see our dreams come true!! Saturday night’s party was, in our minds, a great success. Lots of people stopped by, all night. The music was so good! Pablo Trucker is sooo talented, and Cam and Gabe of the Pale Pacific sounded wonderful, and have some really great new songs. The DJ’s, Eli and Jacob, kept the dancing going long after dark. Our friends and family are owed many thanks for all of the many things they helped with, we are very, very blessed!!

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You’re invited!

Hope that you can make it!
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Last month has been very busy with construction, painting, cleaning and moving in to the new Gossamer studio. Here are a few long overdue photos of the progress that we have made so far!

And this is only the beginning…

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photo by A-drian.

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Here we are in our new space on the day of the lease signing, (l-r, Ruthie, Robin, Laurie, Tori, Rose). We couldn’t keep the grins off of our faces! Now a busy week lies ahead of us with cleaning and painting the front of the space, and deciding what building to do in the back. Laurie is hosting two art openings in the meantime, including artwork by my good friend Adriana Phillips. She is showing her “Loopholes” series at 108 Occidental Gallery with the opening reception on Thursday, from 6-9pm. I’ll be sure to be there. 

Thank you everyone who is supporting us and wishing us well right now, we are so very excited!!

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Also, I just gave Anna Banana my best batch of hats ever to sell at Pretty Parlor! Go get ‘em while they’re hot! Cute bill caps for gents’ and adorable cloche styled hats with ribbons and buttons for gals.

I spent some time working on the patterns, and I really love the shapes that I discovered. If you do make it to the Parlor to try them on, send me an e-mail and let me know what you think. Also, I made a small assortment of sizes and colors, so if you don’t see something that you love or that fits you quite right, (or you live to far away to go to Pretty Parlor) but you’d really like an RU hat, send me an e-mail. Collaboration with friends and family is what helps to create what I love the most! 

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