FOR SALE by Donna. Email Donna, if you’re interested in one of the items below:
– Underwires for bra-making (from Needle Nook Fabrics) 8 pairs Size 16 and one much smaller set — $1 a pair
– Stitch Era Universal Software CD (4 CDs) and Quick Start Lesson. Donna paid $32+; yours for $25
– Pattern Master Boutique Software; started with V3 but have kept up with updates to X5 (I have put $135 just in upgrades), plus I have printed out the User’s Guide.… Read the rest
We have a new Retail Store (‘sponsor‘) that provides ASG members with a discount: Top Nail Supply in Garland.
Top Nail Supply sells great rolls of paper for patternmaking. The table paper/spa paper rolls can be used to make copies of all your pattern. The uses are endless since it is so inexpensive.… Read the rest
In April of this year BBC2 aired the show Great British Sewing Bee. This show features eight amateur sewers who are tested on their sewing and dressmaking skills as they compete to be crowned Britain’s best home sewer.
The judges, May Martin from the Women’s Institute and Savile Row’s Patrick Grant, scrutinise every stitch as they look out for puckering seam lines and perfect top stitching.… Read the rest
Some of the CAB Profiles have been updated! Read more about our versatile group of Chapter Advisory Board members, how long they’ve been with ASG and what they (would) like to sew!
Craftsy is having a Spring Sale! Starting today through April 8th, a different set of Craftsy classes will be on sale each day, up to 75% off their normal price. Don’t see the class you want on sale? Check back tomorrow – a fresh pick of courses will be on sale!… Read the rest
Below you’ll find an article from NASA about Astronaut Artist Karen Nyberg and her crafting adventures in space.
Mention the words “NASA Astronaut” and you’ll usually conjure up the image of a brilliant, number-crunching engineer or a super-smart scientist. Yet, rarely are we given the chance to consider the other dimensions to this elite group of explorers or that they may share some common hobbies many of us more Earth-bound citizens enjoy.… Read the rest
From now till February 17, Craftsy is running a Valentine’s Day Sale and classes are up to 75% off!
Check out the large variety of classes that are on sale! Make sure to click on one of the price points at the top of the page.
… Read the rest“As a self-taught seamstress, I never quite acquired the sort of professional vocabulary that allows me to talk about garments.”
This inspired Meg from Meg Made This to gather infographics on various garment styles, like sleeves, collars and necklines, dresses, hats, shoes etc. Check out this wonderful collection of garment vocabulary!… Read the rest
Check out this wonderful music video by the band Black Books. The video explores the world of sewing. “The aim was to create an energetic, fun and at the same time warm and intimate music video to illustrate the track. Cloth is very symbolic, warm, personal, and of course colorful, so, I chose to explore the world of sewing and play with material and tools.”… Read the rest
The Dallas Museum of Art has just announced that beginning January 21, 2013 the museum will do away with general admission fees and become free to the public. They will also launch an innovative new membership model available to public for free.
The new program, DMA Friends & Partners, approaches membership as a program of engagement that is intended to build long-term relationships with visitors and to emphasize participation over the transaction-based membership model that has become common practice among museums.… Read the rest
The documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel is an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing and culture forever.
During her fifty year reign as the “Empress of Fashion,” she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O and coined some of fashion’s most eloquent proverbs such as “the bikini is the biggest thing since the atom bomb.”… Read the rest
