Omaha Fashion Week is proud to present a new partner to our community, Millard Sewing Center. We take pride in the integrity of our partnerships with locally owned businesses that uplift the fashion industry in Omaha. Millard Sewing Center is our newest addition to our OFW family, with their generous contribution to our Golden Sheers Awards packages given to one lucky winner from the Emerging and Featured designer categories each season.
Learn more about Millard Sewing Center, and their contributions to the Golden Sheers Awards packages below. As a thank you to our community for your continued support, Millard Sewing Center and OFW would like to share a special offer at the end of this blog.
The Story of Millard Sewing Center:
The history of the store goes back to the 1950's when Howard Most started working for the Singer company owned stores. Jerome, Howard's son, started working with him at the Singer store in Westroads mall in 1969. By the end of the 1970's Singer began closing the company owned stores, in favor of "Authorized Dealerships," which gave Jerome the opportunity to open Fremont Sewing Center in 1980. Howard stayed on with the Singer Company a while longer and opened Millard Sewing Center in 1981. In 1994, Jerome and his wife Cheri bought Millard Sewing Center from Howard and his wife Dolores, and in 1996 the two stores were merged under the Millard Sewing name. The store is still family owned by Brandon Most, Jerome and Cheri's son, who took ownership in 2019. The store has grown exponentially since Brandon took over in 2019, now offering a wide variety of Elna sewing machines, thread, sewing notions, parts and more.
What are the current product and service offerings?
Millard Sewing is a full-service sewing center that offers thread, notions, accessories, and machines for all types of sewing, and we stock thousands of parts for repair. We offer classes ranging from learning how to use your sewing machine, to completing your first project, to learning basic quilting and apparel sewing techniques.
Who does Millard Sewing serve?
Our demographics represent a wide range of sewists of all ages. We've taught sewing classes to everyone from kids to adults, at all skill levels, and we service all makes and models from all years. We ship globally and to every corner of the U.S.
How can local designers use Millard Sewing as a resource?
We're here to support local designers, whether that means servicing their machines, special ordering thread or supplies, or even renting out our classroom for fittings. Our classroom is equipped with all of the basic items you would need for a fitting, like scissors, pins, marking pens and measuring tools, an iron, as well as a place to set up your sewing machine for alterations.
What machines have been donated to the OFW Golden Sheers Awards packages?
The machines donated for the OFW Golden Shears Awards are the Elna eXperience 560 and the Elna eXcellence 680+ Fashion & Decor edition, going to the winning Emerging and Featured designers, respectfully.
Use code: OmahaFashionWeek for 10% off of anything except a machine or cabinet at Millard Sewing Center.
Huge thank you to the Millard Sewing Center team! We can’t wait to award our Golden Sheers Award winners your machines and we look forward to seeing you all at our showcases during August 22-24th.