gather here
About
gather here is a stitch lounge in Inman Square, Cambridge, selling fabric, yarn, notions and sewing machines, and offering well-equipped studio space and classes for people who make things by hand. The shop specializes in natural fibers and sustainably produced tools and notions. Workshops cover sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting and more, and the store also offers longarm quilting services, pattern printing and craft kits.
Owner Virginia B. Johnson inherited a BERNINA 930 sewing machine from her grandmother in the 1980s, and since then she has been inspired by the belief that everyone has the power to make something. The store is Filipina-woman-owned and woman-operated, and it sells BERNINA and bernette machines, with free meet-your-machine workshops for buyers and full-time technicians who handle repairs and maintenance.
What to Know
- Each Wednesday, the shop donates 5 percent of sales to an organization it highlights.
- Customers can have fabric scissors sharpened in the store.
- The shop calls itself Cambridge’s first stitch lounge.
- The shop also sells fabric and supplies online.
- A shop cat named Theodore occasionally appears on the store’s blog.
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