Images From The Tour…

Office and Recording Studio

As promised, here are photos from the tour Lisa gave the Sewcial Sisters. I have many more, but am limiting it to these. 

We began above the shop space, in the main office for Primitive Gatherings. The large window area is where Lisa, Jess, or other employees film their live videos. We also got sneak peeks of upcoming designs, fabrics, and promos, but we’re sworn to secrecy. 

Where Kits Are Created

Once back downstairs, we continued our tour in the kitting room. The elves were busy putting together kits for the warehouse and shop. The room has large windows which flood the space with light. 

Print Shop

Next door, we saw the print shop. All Primitive Gatherings patterns and other media are printed in-house. You’ll notice the high ceilings, which will accommodate future expansion.

Tyler, Dying Wools

Tyler has a large space in the warehouse dedicated to wool dying. There are sinks, stoves to heat the dye pots, shelves of dyes, and washers & dryers for the final steps of the process. There’s also A LOT of wool fabric! 

Wall of Wool

Once complete, the wools end up on one side or the other of the wall of wools. All the colors are stored alphabetically. 

Partial Valdani Inventory

This area is warehousing threads and more. There are many shelves, and they’re ALL full. 

Longarm Area 

This is where the guys finish client quilts with their longarm skills. There are four machines here, with another one coming in soon. We got to see a few quilts under the machines, as well as one of the quilts they completed with a custom pattern.

Shipping Department 

Place an online order or become a member of one of their subscription clubs, and this is where it will be packaged and shipped. It’s the hub of activity every day. They also ship purchases guests buy when staying at The Gatherings (retreat house).

Some of the gals had been on this tour before, but we all were impressed with the entire facility. I hope you enjoyed a peek into the operations aspect of Lisa and Nick Bongean’s business as much as we did.

We’ve reserved our accommodations for the week before Easter next year. We’re also reserved for one day a month for our Sewcial Sisters. We shared brunch before saying our goodbyes and loading our vehicles. 

I got home late morning to my happy husband, excited dogs, and grateful cats. While it was great fun to spend a few days with the ladies, as always, there’s no place like home.