Welcome to Joyce Hancock's Teaching & Sewing Studio - your sewing sanctuary!   We invite you to come and experience the ultimate sewing sensation at Joyce Hancock’s Teaching & Sewing Studio.  Located in a beautiful and picturesque country setting in North Oshawa, Ontario, our Studio is Canada’s largest authorized Husqvarna Viking dealer.  We have been  awarded the Top Dealer award's for Ontario and Canada since 1999.

We have been recognized and awarded internationally by Husqvarna Viking for excellence in education and customer service.

When you purchase a sewing machine, serger or embroidery software from our Studio, you’ll receive FREE one-on-one lessons and FREE owner’s class from our knowledgeable, professionally trained staff and instructors.  You’ll be amazed at how your sewing ability and knowledge will improve after an experience at our Studio.

Visit our Studio and enjoy taking part in the many events and classes that we offer.  Relax with sewing friends in our indoor lounge area or on our beautiful outdoor deck. 
 

We carry the complete line of Husqvarna Viking sewing machines, sergers, embroidery designs, and accessories.  We also feature the complete line of Horn of America sewing and crafting furniture, Ott-Lights, specialty sewing and embroidery threads, notions, books, patterns, sewing and embroidery computer software, and so much more.

We offer a wide range of sewing and quilting classes year round in our fully equipped teaching and sewing studio.  We offer the finest education and service when you purchase a Husqvarna Viking sewing, embroidery machine or serger from our studio.  Free machine instruction and owner classes for our machine owners keeps you in touch with all of the new techniques in sewing.  Our specially-designed, brightly lit sewing classroom is equipped with large work tables and with comfortable steno-type chairs.  Design walls, individual ironing stations, large industrial cutting table equipped with Olfa rulers and mats, make our sewing classroom special.  We have sewing machines available to use if you would prefer to leave yours at home.  Please call ahead to reserve one.  Our fabric selection offers excellent quality quilting fabrics and classic fashion fabrics.  You'll find great savings at up to 50% OFF everyday;  you don’t need to wait for a special day!  Lots to choose from!

Joyce Hancock's Teaching & Sewing Studio was named the 2004 Husqvarna Viking International Dealer of the Year.

A word about the International Dealer of the Year award - To qualify for the International Dealer of the Year Award, the dealer must meet several levels of qualification, including proven customer satisfaction, support Husqvarna Viking business values, actively work within their community to support and promote brand development and introduce new retailing, marketing, and business development ideas. 

Each award presented to Joyce Hancock’s Teaching & Sewing Studio is an original study created in full lead crystal designed exclusively for Husqvarna Viking by Mats Jonasson.  Each piece is handmade at the Malaras Glassworks, in southern Sweden, which is recognized around the world for the clarity and quality of their crystal.  Each beautiful piece features an etching of the Husqvarna Viking logo and the very first Husqvarna Viking sewing machine, the Northern Star or Nordstjernan (circa 1872). 

Prior Awards:
International Dealer of the Year 2004               International Rising Star Award Winner 2001
International Dealer of the Year Finalist 2003     International Rising Star Award Finalist 2001
International Dealer of the Year Finalist 2002     International Rising Star Award Finalist 2000
 

There's always something special happening at Joyce Hancock's Teaching & Sewing Studio.  Everything from bus trips, to tent sales, to International guest instructors, BBQ's, to exclusive events. 

Husqvarna Viking honored Joyce Hancock's Teaching & Sewing Studio, recipient of the International Dealer of the Year Award 2004, with a private reception with Kaffe Fassett at the Textile Museum of Canada.