Call with questions or phone orders, or visit us soon for the best selection. Sale valid through May 31, 2022, or while supplies last, and limited to stock on hand.
We’re Open
We would love to see you at our beautifully refreshed store. Curbside pickup is available.
When you visit our store, you’ll see a one-of-a-kind banner celebrating the materials and craft that is the heart of the Woolen Mill Store.
Measuring 8′ x 12′, the banner was designed and created by Pendleton’s Marketing team. The design is based on the Mt Hood graphic on a vintage shirt box, which is also used in our current Born in Oregon logo.
How We Did It – and there’s a video!
The pattern was enlarged onto a full-sized paper pattern using a slide projector.
This pattern was cut apart and used to trace the shape of the mountain and the shoreline.
The sky and lake shape are made from the same fabric – the face and reverse of a wool denim. The 150+ stylized trees were cut from a wide range of plaids, stripes, jacquards, and solid fabric, including our Sunbrella outdoor fabrics.
The richly colored fabrics, all in shades of blue, were appliqued together with a fusible bonding, and then machine quilted with a layer of wool batting and a solid cotton backing fabric. This secured all the fabric layers and created a diamond patterned stitch design over the entire surface. The quilting was done by Nancy at Just Quilting in Portland. You can find her at @justquilting on Instagram.
Once quilted, the layers of needle felted trees and the logo were added on top, and the banner was bound on all sides in felt by store staff. The logo was created using 3-D logo letters wrapped in wool yarn and sewn to the sky area of the banner. Shading on the lake is created with airbrushed fabric paint, the only element not sold at the Woolen Mill Store. The larger trees at the bottom, are created by freehand needle felting.
As Promised…the Video
Here’s a behind-the-scenes movie of the process.
This is a celebration of hand crafting, and a fitting salute to our quality materials and the work that our customers create. Here’s a closer view, and we hope you’ll visit us to see it in person soon.
We’re offering amix and match sale on some of your favorite crafting goods. Buy three, get one free on on yarn, felted wool, kits, and knitting tools!
But that’s not all!
We’ve extended the 20% off sale on Melton fabrics and our Pendleton Eco-Wise Wool fabrics. This special group is 20% off, limited to stock on hand and while supplies last. These are beautiful fabrics and customer favorites for apparel, crafts, and upholstery projects.
We have all kinds of ideas for these fabrics for all skill levels; come into the store and check them out!
We’re Open
We would love to see you at our beautifully refreshed store.
As many of you know, we have finally completed (most of) our store refresh. It started with our exterior, with a bold new paint color scheme, and beautiful lit signs, and some landscaping.
Inside, there are always finishing touches. We’re preparing the classroom area for the resumption of classes, and adding shelves and bins to accommodate all the wonderful new supplies we have for you here at the Woolen Mill Store.
Here is a peek at the process of setting up the new floorplan:
Hard Work and Beautiful Results
We hope to see you soon to share the fruits of our labors. Come see us at:
The weather has changed and the days are shorter. It’s a perfect month to settle in with your favorite crafts, to while away the evenings and get ready for the holidays.
Buy three, get the 4th FREE on:
All yarn
Knitting tools
Craft books
Craft patterns
(free item is of equal or lesser value)
Join us in person!
We are excited to offer this new IN-STORE class on Sunday, Nov. 14th from noon to 2pm.
Create a yarn macramé wall hanging. No experience needed to craft your own beautiful 3′ to 6′ long décor piece. All supplies are included in the class cost of $30.
Class space is limited, so email us today at woolenmillstore@penwool.com to register.
Pendleton was excited to help with a recent feature in Oregon Home Magazine, working with Miller Paint to showcase the power of earthy neutrals. According to Apartment Therapy, “A neutral is a color without much intensity or saturation—a color that’s lacking in color, if you will, which generally goes with everything. Think tans, beiges, ivories, creams, whites, blacks, and grays.” Oregon Home included more soothing earth tones, while keeping the palette gentle.
Our Home Store staff was part this project (thanks, team!), bringing their Pendleton design expertise to play in choosing blankets that show the softer side of Pendleton patterns.
According to the feature:
This season’s color palettes draw inspiration from the ground up. Earthy is in. “Whites are shifting from bright and stark to earthy tones touched with raw umber,” says Puji Sherer, director of color marketing for Portland-based Miller Paint. “Grays are giving way to gentle browns and beiges. Even though Pendleton designs are typically very angular and dynamic, the subdued color palette in this one makes it easy to live with in any interior environment.” Oregon Home collaborated with Miller Paint and Pendleton Home on this design for a cozy, on-trend gathering space.
We agree. The power of this palette is soothing and understated, but still strong. Our geometric patterns allow for all kinds of subtle colorplay.
Some of our favorite patterns tie in with this palette.
The article featured three beautiful Pendleton blankets; Sandhills, White Sands, and Wyeth Trail. But we have some gorgeous fabrics in-stock in this palette.
Spirit of the Peoples Small RepeatBasket Maker TonalPacific CrestHarding Tonal Falcon Cove Accessory-weight