There’s a crazy cool craft gathering tonight in New York City:
Museum of Arts & Design plays host to its own knitting circle. Draw inspiration from “Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting,” its exhibit of fabric art, or from your fellow stitchers. Among the scheduled crafty activities is “the Unraveling Gathering,” taking apart old sweaters […]

I have most of the supplies I need to put on my LED throwies class at the Bizarre Market on May 26th. I’m just waiting for my last shipment of LEDs. I’ve ordered most of my supplies online and had to get the LEDs from China. I’ll be scouring the city looking for local places […]

Etsy Labs
http://labs.etsy.com

Etsy is a place to buy and sell handmade goods. It is quite possibly the largest online marketplace for buying and selling handmade goods. Etsy Labs is the brick-and-mortar component to the website. Etsy Labs has one simple goal:
provide a space where Etsy members can be creative together, learn from each other and share […]

Saturday Mackenzie and I met with two potential instructors, James Green and Amanda Mahan. We talked with them for about an hour out on the patio at the Main Library. James and Amanda have planty of great ideas and Mackenzie and I both think they will be great teachers. James is planning on teaching screen […]

I talked with Josh Jubinsky, part owner of Inertia Records and Books in Five Points, about two new events that will be happening at the store. For people who aren’t familiar with Inertia you can check out the post interview with Josh Jubinsky on Urban Jacksonville to read all about it.
In this interview Josh and […]

Classes will play a vital role at Assemble. Last week they demanded a lot of thought and planning. Here is a sampling of the classes we’re in the process of confirming. What do you think?

How to open an online shop I (basics of setting up a website)
How to open an online shop II (customize your […]

Over the coming weeks we’ll be taking a look at other craft and sewing studios around the country. We’re doing this for research purposes so we figured, “throw it up for all to see”. We hope to pick and choose some of the best ideas from other successful studios to make Assemble kick ass.
Make Workshop
http://www.makeworkshop.com
To […]

Mackenzie and I plan on posting weekly progress reports to let you know what’s going on with Assemble. There are two reasons for doing this.

To keep us motivated.
To keep you in the loop. If you are reading this it’s because you’re interested and excited about Assemble and we want you to know what’s going on.

We […]

CREATEjacksonville has a write up on Assemble:
Okay everybody. I know I get excited a lot, but honestly, this takes the cake. Mackenzie and Joey Marchy will soon be opening a studio/ lounge/ boutique called Assemble. Assemble will serve as a spot for the craft and DIY community to assemble, take classes, rent sewing workspace, pick […]

Mackenzie and Joey talk about forming Assemble, looking for teachers and where they are in the process of starting the business.
We also talk about the blog and it’s role in Assemble. For now we plan on updating the blog about once a week with any news or updates on where we are with getting […]