Community Sew is making baby bibs for Hope’s Door, a non-profit who offers intervention and prevention services to families affected by family violence. In2025, Community Sew is donating baby bibs. Three of us worked on them at the retreat. Although we will switch to another project in March, providing bibs to Hope’s Door is a year-long project. … Read the rest
Relax & Restart In Town Retreat
Friday, January 17; Saturday, January 18; Sunday, January 19, 2025
Best Little Retreat Center in Texas
7089 Belt Line Road, Dallas, Texas
Retreat Center is open from 9-9 each day.
469-708-2378
Come join your sewing/embroidery friends – bring your machines and sewing or embroidery projects. Spend 1, 2 or all 3 days working on your projects.… Read the rest
Designing Divas visit Arlington Museum of Art
Walt Disney Archives: Heroes & Villains and All That Glitters – Arlington Museum of Art
Submitted by Debby Bowles
Designing Divas Amazing Trip to the Arlington Museum of Art to see Walt Disney Archives: Heroes & Villains and All That Glitters on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. What an amazing visit. Original costumes and accessories on display from Disney movies of past and present.… Read the rest
How T.A.G. Helped My Daughter Learn to Sew
by Susan Clot de Broissia
When my daughter was nine years old, she announced she wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine to make clothes and accessories. We had been crafting together for several years, but I was unable to teach her, never having used a sewing machine before.… Read the rest
Registration is Open: Annual Fall Meeting and Fashion Show
by Davie Marie Hurlbert
Plano ASG will be hosting our “Annual Meeting” on Saturday, October 12th at the Heard Craig House in McKinney. Since the fashion show was so popular 2 years ago, we thought it was time to do it again.
We’d love to see what you have been working on in the last year or two and give you an opportunity to inspire your fellow members. … Read the rest
Our Texas State Fair Winners!
Several ribbons were won by members of our chapter. Here are the pictures and stories they provided.
Jami Roux
Creative Arts Department: Dolls
Category: Handcrafted Dolls
Class: Cloth
Ribbon: 1st Place
My doll is named Abby and she is showing her lamb at the state fair of Texas. She was inspired by a picture in the Livestock Exhibitors handbook from the fair. … Read the rest
The World of Sewing Literature: Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Contributed by Davie-Marie Hurlbert
A magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth—how we make it, use it, and what it means to us.
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
How is a handmade fabric helping save an ancient forest?
Why is a famous fabric pattern from India best known by the name of a Scottish town?… Read the rest
Does Anyone Need Kitty Beds?
by Jane Dempsey
by Jane Dempsey
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The Last Runaway
by Tracy Chevalier
Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker, moves to Ohio in 1850–only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape. … Read the rest
Ice Dyeing – Way too Cool!
by Debby Bowles
We arrived at Fiber Frolics Art Studio in our grubbiest paint clothes, with our prewashed fabric, ready to learn a whole new way of dyeing – Using ice. Martha, the studio owner, walked us through the process step – by – step.
First, we presoaked our fabric (about two yards worth, except for one – she brought her hoodie to dye!)… Read the rest
Sewing Podcasts
Welcome to the Clothes Making Mavens podcast. Helena and Lori are two women who love to talk sewing but have exhausted the good humor of their non-sewing friends and family, so they now talk to each other! From across the continent they Skype to discuss their obsession with garment sewing. They also interview other like-minded sewists and delight in the wonderful international sewing community.
These Spring Dresses Won’t Last Long!
Check out these floral dresses at Northpark. Fleurs de Villes Exhibition
Dallas welcomes the exquisite Fleurs de Villes ARTISTE exhibition, a floral spectacle making its Texas debut at NorthPark Center through March 24. This world-renowned show presents 15 unique fresh floral mannequins, each crafted to celebrate the rich arts and cultural scene of Dallas-Fort Worth.… Read the rest