Plano ASG – Page 31 – American Sewing Guild

Free: Dress Design Draping and Flat Pattern Making Book

Jami sent a link to The Perfect Nose blog which regularly offers free downloadable books. These books were published in the 40’s and 50’s and their copyrights weren’t renewed, therefore making them public domain. She’s generous enough to scan them, crop and edit them so we can all enjoy those books.… Read the rest

June Group Schedule Online

The new Neighborhood Group Schedule for June is online and can be downloaded from this page.

A few changes this month:

The McKinney Group will meet this month at the home of Markita Gumble and will be called Sew Inspired McKinney Group going forward.
From now on the Machine Embroidery Group will be named the Hoopla Sisters.

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Martha’s Sewing Market

Stitch Craft Create Live is combining the Great American Scrapbook Convention with Martha’s Sewing Market for the first time, this year. The event will take place June 6-8, 2013 in the Arlington Convention Center, 1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX 76011.

View Larger MapAt Stitch Craft Create Live you can shop for scrapbook and sewing supplies, explore your creativity and get inspired to try a new technique or pick up a new hobby!… Read the rest

Using Photoshop or Gimp to visualize fabric and patterns

Markita sent me this cool tutorial on how to use Photoshop or Gimp (free alternative to Photoshop) to visualize fabric and patterns. It involves a bit of technology but it gives you a good idea of what your outfit will look like. You can even use your personal croquis to really dress yourself virtually!… Read the rest

Dressing down a culture for refusing to dress up

Markita sent me this article by Nancy Giles about the dressing down culture. Make sure to watch the video as well!

(CBS News) Dressing elegantly for the most routine matters is a tradition from a distant past — and our Nancy Giles thinks that’s a shame (see the orginal CBS article here)

“There’s got to be a happy medium between wearing a burka and running around half-naked,” said Przybyszewski.… Read the rest

New Neighborhood Group Pictures

Debby Bowles sent me these pictures of Louise Schubert’s Wet Felting Demo in Crowley Park, on Saturday May 4th. During the next two meetings, the Needle Nuts will be making wet felted shawls. For more Needle Nuts pictures, check the Gallery.

Pam Walker sent me pictures of the Material Girls making Creative Zippers in the May class lead by Debby Bowles.… Read the rest

Weave Across Texas 4-Day Conference

The Contemporary Handweavers of Texas will be celebrating weaving and spinning during their four-day conference in Addison, TX.

CHT 2013 Conference – Weave Across Texas
Date:May 30 – June 2, 2013
Location: Addison Conference Center, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX
Cost: $5 per day (admission to the vendor hall and members’ exhibit)
Register: go to www.weavetexas.org… Read the rest

Saturday Stitchers Meeting May 25th

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder, the Saturday Stitchers meeting on Saturday May 25th at 10:00 will be at Christ United Methodist Church Room N154 located on the SW corner of Parker Road and Coit. Please remember to bring your Show and Tell.

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There is a change in the program, our scheduled speaker will be unable to do the trunk show we had planned, it will be rescheduled. … Read the rest

Needle Nuts: Wedding Stole

Good Morning Needle Nuts!

The May meeting (May 20th) will the first meeting to begin the process of making the ‘Wedding Stole’. Of course, this beautiful wet felted shawl can be worn other than to a wedding.

Saturday the 4th, Louise Schubert, gave us a wonderful demonstration on the basic process of needle felting.… Read the rest

New Machine Embroidery Group

A new Neighborhood Group is starting soon: the Machine Embroidery Group called the Hoopla Sisters. This Plano ASG Group will have its initial/organizational meeting on Tuesday, May 21 at 11:00am, at the home of Ginny Stein. Subsequent meetings would be on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the same location, time to be determined.… Read the rest