Plano ASG – Page 23 – American Sewing Guild

Week 5: Table Runner / Table Topper Sew Along

Making the Quilt Sandwich and Quilting

How many times have you made a quilt top from a magazine or a commercial pattern and, after guiding you step by step thru completion of the quilt top, the next instruction is “quilt as desired”? Frustrating, isn’t it.

I will be the first one to tell you that I am not a great “quilter”.… Read the rest

Week 5: Vogue 8897 Sew Along

How is your dress/tunic coming along? Are you happy with it so far? I can’t wait to see all of them at our event.

1. I want to address the subject of “grading” a seam. When a seam is enclosed by a facing, collar, or cuff (just to name a few instances), it will lay flatter if the seam allowances are graded.… Read the rest

T.A.G. pictures

(please note that the Sew Along blogs will go online later today or tomorrow)

Here are some pictures of our past T.A.G. meetings! T.A.G. will not be meeting in March due to conflicts with the ETA Dallas Expo, the Dallas Quilt Show, and Plano ISD Spring Break. You can register for the April T.A.G.… Read the rest

Week 4: Vogue 8897 Sew Along

Have you missed our Sew Along post this week? I know I have been eagerly awaiting them.

Since this is our very first attempt to host a sew along we are learning quite a lot! Preparing and posting these blog tutorials is a significant amount of work, especially for Maggie and Louise! … Read the rest

Week 4: Table Runner / Table Topper Sew Along

Have you missed our Sew Along post this week? I know I have been eagerly awaiting them.

Week 3: Table Runner / Table Topper Sew Along

Block 2

Prior to making the following cuts, trim your selvage from the ends of your fabric strips as shown in the previous posts.

TIP: A handy tool to have before starting this block is the Marti Michelle Perfect Patchwork Corner Trimmer ($5.00). It can be purchased at almost any quilt shop.… Read the rest

Week 3: Vogue 8897 Sew Along

Cutting the garment

1. Once all of the corrections are made to the pattern, you are almost ready to cut out your garment from your beautiful fabric. Your fabric should be prewashed and pressed already. Hopefully you have straightened the grain using the information from Sewing.org (opens PDF file). I will mention that some fabrics have a finish on them that prevent you from straightening the grain.… Read the rest

Week 2: Vogue 8897 Sew Along

Welcome back! This is week 2 of our Sew Along, and I hope you are excited and ready to get started. By now you have bought a pattern, read the back of the envelope and all of the instruction sheets. Hopefully you have found some fabric that you love and gathered all of the necessary notions and tools.… Read the rest

Week 2: Table Runner / Table Topper Sew Along

Block 1

Prior to making the following cuts, trim your selvage from the ends of your fabric strips following instructions in lesson 1.

Table Topper: make 1

From one 4 1⁄2” strip of Fabric 1 (background) cut four 4 1⁄2” squares.
From 4 1⁄2” strip of Fabric 2 (accent) cut one 4 1⁄2” square.

… Read the rest

For Sale: Cynthia Guffey patterns & Husqvarna Viking Diamond Deluxe

For Sale by Becky

Becky has duplicates of the following Cynthia Guffey patterns.

These patterns have not even been opened.
She would like to sell them for $15 each or both for $25.
Or she is willing to trade one for pattern J-5040 (see below)

Interest? Contact Becky