Love is in the Making w/ Catherine Clark of Brooklyn General Store & Jen Joyce, Ep. 160

Brooklyn General Store has been the go-to place for crafty supplies of all kinds for NYC makers since 2002. We sat down with the Queen of Union Street, BGS owner, designer, maker, event planner extraordinaire-Catherine Clark. Get to know her maker journey, the story of how Brooklyn General moved from the waiting room of Catherine’s midwifery office to the current location, how her and Aimée of La Bien Aimée became besties and more!
Brooklyn General Store
brooklyngeneral.com
128 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Brooklyn General Store is tucked away on a sweet block West of the Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill neighborhoods and North of Red Hook. This commercial block on Union Street used to be a thriving shopping block for all types of foods and goods. Brooklyn General’s home within the Old Frank’s Department Store is a throw back to that era, with its preserved floor to ceiling shelves, rolling ladders and classic old wooden floors. The vintage interior is not reproduced, just uncovered, cleaned and painted.
Brooklyn General Store was created in an effort to provide the highest quality materials to a community of devoted artists and craftspeople and to promote making things by hand through inspiration and education. Not only is it a place to feast your eyes and hands on glorious colors and patterns and textures but it is a place that respects and honors a time when a trip to the country store was a way of life. It is a place where a quick trip for a yard of fabric or a skein of yarn turns into an hour of sharing, teaching, inspiring and encouraging all the amazing and creative makers that are also out for that quick trip to the General Store...
Following its mission to promote all things handmade, Brooklyn General offers a wide variety of classes in knitting, sewing, quilting, felting, spinning, rug hooking and embroidery. Classes are limited in size in order for students to have ample individual attention. Studio time with our fantastic BERNINA classroom machines is also available. BrooklynGeneral.com was created to share our carefully picked goods with all the creative souls outside of Brooklyn, NY.
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[@horsecrazysheila]

I love her! What a fascinating woman with her midwifery office across from her amazing yarn store! So glad we got tours and stories of it all! 😊

[@making_co]

She's so special! Glad you enjoyed this one too!

[@jaynecroghan1573]

Hilarious! Looking forward to my third visit to Brooklyn General Store when i come to NYC the week after next!

[@francineh.7825]

I love the moth and bee sweaters!

[@fiddleandfiber]

Great interview! LOVE Catherine. She has wonderful energy. I’d love to know which Western Swing band she hears every week when she goes dancing with her girlfriends!?

[@miriammiller5671]

Love the podcast! Your sweaters are beyond extraordinary ❤

[@making_co]

So glad you are enjoying it! And thank youuuuuu :)

[@karenginsberg4381]

I visited for the first time in February and love the store and this story. I can't wait to visit again when I have more time to shop!

[@making_co]

it's such a good shopping experience!

[@MarthaB-li7bk]

Business brilliance …thank you for the interview.

[@making_co]

Indeed! :)

[@mongrain8934]

Beautiful stories! Thanks for sharing! ❤❤❤

[@making_co]

Thanks for watching!

[@Meredith36]

This is so fun. Thank you for such a fun episode. I've liked and subscribed. Happy knitting & crochet 💚🧶💚

[@making_co]

So glad you liked it and that you've stuck around for more! :)

[@holliegiampietro7030]

TU for a beautiful interview ❤❤❤😊

[@making_co]

Thanks for watching!! :)

[@waffelsmellgood]

I love those sweaters! ❤❤❤

[@making_co]

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