A Big Quilt Shop in a Small Town

Why Studio Y

WHY? BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR IT

We heard you when you said:

“I wish I could have you in my sewing room!”
“Can you show me how to . . .”
“Don’t you have Saturday or evening classes?”
“My machine is too heavy to bring to a class.”
“What if the weather is bad?”
“Why don’t you move the store closer to my house?” (Really?)

Who are the “WYseGuYs” . . .

Sheryl & Elayne at The Sewing Basket in Plymouth, WI

Why the name WYseGuYs?

We are wise to needs of quilters – techniques, products, machines and yes, even quilt math!

Sheryl started our shop 23 years ago and Elayne joined her over 15 years ago. We have been teaching and answering your questions for a long time. (We have over 60 years of combined quilting, sewing & embroidery experience.)

Oh, and sometimes we are accused of being wise guys. A little humor can go a long way. Finally, we each have a “Y” in our names and many of our staff do too.

Create an Account for Studio Y

Create an account today to access and expand your creative toolbox with anytime support and resources and you too will soon be a WYse GuY.

Access includes FREE content and previews.

Additional resources, self paced learning and support available for purchase.

If you need help signing up, watch the following "How to create a Studio Y account" video.

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What will you see in studio y

Real life sewing. No pretty backdrop, unpolished nails, messy sewing rooms, different clothes including stocking feet and sometimes sweatpants. You’ll be watching us as we create and sew in real life at home and in the shop. It will be recorded as we do it on different days, with different fabrics, on different machines as we finish projects or change our mind mid-stream. Join us to see the whole creative process.

We are quilt shop owners - we sew and embroider every day. This is what we do. Let’s have some fun together!

We aren’t professional photographers or videographers, copy writers, editors or proof readers, web designers, social media specialists or many other things. So please enjoy the videos and laugh along with us! We’re doing our best. Just like you and your sewing skills - always do the best you can with the skills you have at the time :)

What does that mean to you? It may not look “fancy” but, you’ll learn stuff . . .when we make a mistake, we’ll show what we did wrong and how to fix it. You’ll see the tools and processes we use every day.

You’ll learn the “why & how” of projects - not just be told what to do.

Learning should be fun. We’ll do our best.

Anytime support with just a click

Video Patterns

Bring the WYse Guys home to sew along with you in your sewing studio. With the purchase of a Sewing Basket Original printed pattern receive a coupon for video pattern access for just $1.99. Patterns available at the Sewing Basket and the online shop.

$9.99 online resource w/o printed pattern. $1.99 with pattern purchase.

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