All the fun stuff we do at our monthly chapter meetings in Cedar Rapids.
One of ASG’s national objectives is to use our sewing skills to create items that help others – community service. At this Zoom meeting, scheduled to keep us home in case of bad weather, we were educated by Julie S, who is the North East Iowa ambassador for the Dress A Girl Around the World…
Every January, we gather online in a Zoom call to share our love of sewing from the warmth of our homes. We started this year with a tour led by Tamra L of our ASG national website. She highlighted how to find online classes, videos for learning new techniques and topics, and where to find…
We woke up to light snow and cold temps. Text messages flew between board members…should we hold the meeting or cancel? Decisions were made…it was a go. 18 of us braved the weather and joined together for a Christmas brunch. The meal was lovely. Egg casserole, sausage, pastries, fruit, warm coffee and juices made for…
November is time to create gifts for our loved ones and this meeting gave us lots of ideas.
We learned how to make handbags from one of our own, Deb Cannon.
Making clothes using ready to wear as the pattern was the program topic.
Sarah loves to do hand sewing. She was laid up for an extended time and found hand stitching was a way to be creative when she could not get to her machine. Her use of large stitches are very reminiscent of Sashiko stitching. The projects were amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing them up close…
All about taking inspiration from RTW and using it to create unique tops from your tried and true patterns.
Grounded by a storm, we met on Zoom to talk about all things holiday sewing.
Under Kay’s guidance, we paired up and took all the measurements one might need to make or alter patterns for perfect fit.
