Make plans now to come to Oklahoma City, OK on January 9 – 11, 2014 and spend the whole weekend sewing, quilting, crafting, shopping and spending quality time with your friends at Sew Original Quilt & Creative Expo!
A large variety of Workshops and Lectures to choose from, including Longarm Quilting, Machine Quilting, Machine Embroidery, and so much more.… Read the rest
…simply by clicking below links or the banners on the right before you shop at the respective sites. Amazon, Craftsy and Fabric.com have some great Black Friday deals going on or about to happen. These vendors will pay us for the referrals, Amazon up to 10%, Fabric.com 8% and Craftsy up to 30% of the sales price.… Read the rest
We’re very interested to see everyone’s Holiday crafts, hand-made gifts, projects etc.! We don’t get to see each other often enough to catch a glimpse of it all!
Send in pictures and a short description of your Holiday projects and I’ll post them here! An email can be send to the website manager address listed in the newsletter, or by contacting me through this form.… Read the rest
Have a safe weekend.
Show some love for handmade this weekend: Etsy Dallas is organizing its yearly Jingle Bash.
Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash
The Shops at Park Lane
8060 Park Lane. (East side of North Park & Central, take the Park Lane exit. Map here)
Please note that 8080 isn’t the right number, the location of the Jingle Bash is 8060 contrary to what is posted on Etsy Dallas’ website.… Read the rest
Thank you Lu and Jami for sending in this article!
Like me, you probably have a box of scrap materials lying around somewhere – patches of lace, a nice length of grosgrain ribbon, buttons and any other bits and bobs that in true “Mum” fashion, might become useful one day – she thinks wistfully.… Read the rest
CityCraft, the modern fabric boutique on Lovers Lane in Dallas is having a Moving Sale.
In December they will close their Inwood Village location and take some time to work on a new location (announced early 2014). In the meantime, they will continue to offer fabric and patterns through their online shop.… Read the rest
A follow-up on Karen Nyberg’s story, the NASA Astronaut who quilts in space.
With her long blond ponytail floating above her inside the International Space Station, astronaut Karen Nyberg calmly explains the challenges of quilting in weightlessness.
“Now that I’ve tried my hand sewing in space,” she said in a video released Thursday by NASA, “I can say one thing with certainty: It’s tricky.”… Read the rest
On Nov. 1st. and 2nd, 2013, the Plano ASG chapter sponsored Marla Kazell’s Koos Van Den Akker trunk show and workshop. Marla became well-acquainted with Koos and his fabulous collage designs while guiding National ASG-sponsored New York City tours including his atelier.
Marla has been sewing professionally for 30 years and currently creates beautiful couture garments in her custom clothing studio located in Tigard, Oregon, just outside Portland.… Read the rest
Last weekend was our annual luncheon and election of Officers for the Chapter Advisory Board.
The new CAB officers for 2014 are:
President — Markita Gumble
1st Vice President — Debby Bowles
2nd Vice President — Sheryl Belson
Secretary — Marlene Dreyer
Treasurer — Carol Hamilton
We had a great time.… Read the rest
Last month, archaeologists announced a stunning find: a completely sealed [2,600-year-old] tomb cut into the rock in Tuscany, Italy.
The untouched tomb held what looked like the body of […] an aristocratic woman (not a prince, as earlier reported) buried alongside a spear and her sewing needles.
Analysis revealed that a small bronze box found beside the skeleton in Tarquinia contain the needles — and some thread.… Read the rest
Join us this coming Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd, for this exciting Marla Kazell workshop and learn how to create a fabric collage a la Koos van den Akker that can be used to embellish your next jacket, tote or anything else!
Using fabric as your medium, discover how to combine all types of fabric – silk, rayon, cotton, wool and synthetics into a work of art.… Read the rest
