While on our road trip from Sonoma, CA to Seattle, WA I had the great privilege to make two “sewing nerd” stops. I know you understand my enthusiasm because if you are reading this you are probably a sewing nerd too. ASG is full of people like us! Yea!
My first stop was in downtown Ashland, OR at Diane Ericson’s studio. … Read the rest
It’s a Wrap Challenge Rules 2014:
For all categories:
You must be a member in good standing of the National American Sewing Guild at the time of the Judging.
All judging will take place at the ASG Plano Annual Luncheon. October 25, 2014, Blue Mesa Grill in Plano. No entries will be accepted at any other time.… Read the rest
Growing and evolving –
Our neighborhood groups change in response to our members interests. The Hoopla Sisters (machine embroidery neighborhood group) has grown to 35 ladies. The new morning meeting time is 10:30am and no lunch. We also have a new evening meeting at 7:00pm and no dinner. Both these meetings take place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.… Read the rest
The one habit that can make or break the success of your creations is the proper pressing technique.
To begin with there is a difference in ironing and pressing. When you iron a garment, you are smoothing out wrinkles with a gliding motion. Pressing, on the other hand is lifting the iron up and down with the goal to meld the thread into the fabric, open the seams or shape the seam or other portions of the item into a curved shape. … Read the rest
Do you ever go to an all you can eat buffet and fill your plate because everything looks so good? Well I am guilty of that with fiber of all types. The almost unlimited selections of such beautiful fabrics, yarns, and ideas on how to use them finds my sewing space bulging with half formed projects and ideas for projects. … Read the rest
This post collects some advise from our members on how they manage both patterns. Projects will be the topic of the next organizational post.
Patterns/Designs/Paper/Electronic
Even if you only started sewing, I am sure you have collected many paper patterns, pattern pdfs, patterns for your quilting and/or embroidery software. And if you haven’t – you soon will!… Read the rest
Doesn’t everybody love a good fair?
Right here in North Texas we have the Renaissance Fair, the State Fair of Texas, the North Texas Fair and Rodeo, and I’m sure there are various other fairs I don’t even know about. Usually fairs bring midways, corny dogs, cotton candy and lots of contests and displays. … Read the rest
New Project for the Quiltin’ Bs Neighborhood Group
The Quiltin’ Bs newest project is a “Storm at Sea” Quilt. The Storm at Sea block gives the illusion of curved pieces, but without having to stitch curved lines. This block is very versatile and leaves lots of room for the creativity of the quilter. … Read the rest
*****NO STASH WAS HARMED IN THE CREATION OF THIS BLOG*****
For a while now, I have been asking my fellow sewists how they organize, categorize, and otherwise find and use their fabric treasures. There are as many methods as there are types of sewists, but maybe you can take away a hint or two on this old notion of fabric organization. … Read the rest
We are proud to have the very talented Lu Peters as one of our members. She is a frequent attendee of the Toujour Couture neighborhood group, that meets the first Thursday of the month at Fabrique! fabrics. AND Lu will be teaching one of our workshop seminars at the upcoming “share fair” on September 27th.… Read the rest
Winter fashion – with jackets and a cloth doll.
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