V&A Museum Patchwork Pattern Maker

patchworkmaker1Try the Victoria & Albert Museum online Patchwork Pattern Maker to convert personal images into quilt patterns. The tool lets you choose how many colors you’d like your pattern to have (up to 20) and the level of difficulty. After choosing between all options, you can download the complete pattern.

Check the gallery to see what other people have made.… Read the rest

Anyone Can Sew Fashion Show!

fashionftCome be a part of our Anyone Can Sew Fashion Show and Pot Luck Brunch!

Date: Saturday, June 22
Time: 10 AM-12 PM
Cost: no cost, but please contribute to the pot luck
Location: Bent Tree Bible Fellowship
4141 International Parkway
Carrollton, TX
Room J108 (northeast corner of building. See Google Map below)

Our first real fashion show.… Read the rest

ASG Contest 2013

Anyone can win!

Last year’s “Anyone Can Win” event was so well received that we’re doing it again. “Anyone Can Win” is open only to ASG members and anyone age 18 and under who is a Junior Member of sponsored by an ASG member (Open to U.S. residents only).

To enter, make all or part of any of the ASG patterns shown on this page.… Read the rest

Plano ASG Rewards Program

planoasgrewards 252x300 Plano ASG Rewards ProgramIn appreciation for and to encourage ASG member participation in Plano ASG Chapter activities, Plano ASG members will be rewarded with the gift card of their choice for the following:

• $5 – Written articles of 500 – 700 words for the chapter newsletter. Topic must be submitted to and approved by the newsletter editor for submission.… Read the rest

DFW Fiber Fest

DFW Fiber Fest is taking place this weekend in Grapevine! This would be the perfect place to look for roving for needlefelting projects.

DFW Fiber Fest is the premier annual fiber event in the Dallas-Fort Worth community.  2013 will be our eighth event.  Held in early April each year, DFW Fiber Fest is a locally focused non-profit organization that offers both vendors and classes. Read the rest

Child’s Own Studio

A few years back Wendy Tsao began her business in making softies based on children’s drawings: Child’s Own Studio. Since then, she has custom made around 400 soft toys based on children’s drawings, each one as unique as the child who drew it.

Below are some images of her work, but her own website and Flickr Photostream are truly inspirational and worth looking at.… Read the rest