Here is a sampling of the creative ideas we saw at the Tuesday and Thursday Club meetings.
Saturday’s were posted previously.
Garment photos and Club sheets from Debbie, Katie and Kristin can be seen here.
June Fashion Sewing Club Photos
Author: Kristin
Saturday’s Show & Tell-See You Tomorrow?
The Saturday Fashion Sewing Club meeting at Treadle was over the top for a second month in a row! We were joined by five women from South Dakota who were in search of wool for making garments for the Make It With Wool contest. They strongly encourage anyone to enter.
Check out all the indie pattern companies featured below-
We’ll be at Treadle Tuesday morning and evening-will you??
June Club Meetings Coming Up
As seen at Sew Social:
Tomorrow morning we’ll be at Treadle! In case you didn’t see the sneak peek video, take a look at the previous blogpost for the link to Facebook.
Here’s the schedule for June:
June Fashion Sewing Club:
Saturday, June 9, 10:30 at Treadle
Tuesday, June 12, 10:30 and 6:30 at Treadle
Thursday, June 14, 10:30 at SR Harris, Burnsville
Classes at JoAnn Fabrics Yorktown/Edina:
Sew Social, Thursdays, June 14, 21, 1:00-4:00
Serger Bells and Whistles, Monday, June 11, 1:00-4:00
Reversible Pillowcase, Monday, June 11, 5:30-8:30
Sew Summer Shorts, Monday, June 18, 5:30-9
Kids’ Summer Sewing, Thursdays, June 14, and 21, 4:30-6:00
Kids’ Design Camp, Monday – Thursday, June 18-21,1:00-3:30,
Classes at Treadle Yard Goods, St. Paul
Kids’ Beginning Sewing:
Monday-Friday, 10:00-12:00
Session 1, June 25-June 29
Session 2, July 23-27
Session 3, August 6-10
Kids’ Advanced Beginning Sewing and More
Monday-Friday, 1:00-3:00
Session 1, June 25-June 29
Session 2, July 23-27
Session 3, August 6-10
Kids’ Summer Sewing Club
Tuesdays, 4:15-5:45
Session 1-June 19, 26, and July 10 and 17
Session 2-July 24, 31, August 7 and 14
Sneak Peek of June Fashion Sewing Club
Here’s a peek at what we’re sewing-what’s on your cutting table?
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Well, call me technologically challenged but it’s a video sneak peek and Facebook is the only venue (?) that will let me upload it. So you’ll have to go to this link to see the video-and don’t worry, it’s only 2 minutes long 🙂
Must be super hi definition, huh?
Maybe I should stick to sewing…
Inspirational Sewing from May Meetings
So many great garments to see in May (thanks to April snow?!?) You keep amazing us with new and different ideas-rock on and thanks for sharing!
Enjoy the heat and the long weekend-just in case your idea of a perfect 95 degree day is sewing in your cool lower level studio :)….
Bare Legs? Bare Shoulders? Today in Burnsville
That’s right-final Fashion Sewing Club for April at SR Harris in Burnsville. Today, Thursday at 10:30 am.
Like most normal people expecting spring weather, we sewed for spring! Who knew we’d be cancelling a meeting on Saturday because of a super snowstorm? But the weather man said sixty next week so we keep hoping.
We also hope you can join us this morning if you haven’t yet this month. Bring your spring dream clothes to show and we’ll have ours.
April Fashion Sewing Club Begins Tomorrow
We’re back!!
You are looking at the new and improved Katie and Kristin. Standing between us is Elaine Stoltz who was our teacher and makeup artist for four days. We learned so much but have to wait for our color swatches before we can start practicing our friends and families 🙂 You’ll know when we are ready!
So we are scrambling to get ready for Fashion Sewing Club tomorrow at Treadle. We hope to see lots of you Tuesday or Saturday and because of the great turnout, we will return to SR Harris in Burnsville on Thursday, April 19 at 10:30.
Here is the calendar for April. Hope I won’t be late Tuesday as putting on more makeup than I’m used to takes time! The pressure….
April 2018 Fashion Sewing Club:
Tuesday, April 10, 10:30 and 6:30 at Treadle
Saturday, April 14, 10:30 at Treadle
Thursday, April 19, 10:30 at SR Harris, Burnsville
Classes at Treadle Yard Goods, St. Paul
Sewing Kids Clothes, Tuesday, April 17, 1:00-4:00
Unlined Outerwear, Tuesdays, April 17, 24 and May 1, 6:00-8:00
Serger-Basic and Beyond: Tuesdays, April 24, May 1, 1:00-4:00
Classes For Kids at Treadle
Kids After School Sewing: Tuesdays, April 10, 17, 24 and May 1, 4:15-5:45
Classes at Edina Yorktown JoAnn
Sew Social, Thursday, April 12 and 19,1:00-4:00
Learn To Sew, Monday, April 16, 5:30-8:30
Serger Down and Dirty, Monday, April 16, 1:00-4:00
Serger Bells and Whistles, Monday, April 23, 1:00-4:00
Three Seam Pillowcase, Monday, April 23, 5:30-8:30
Learn To Sew With Interfacings, Monday, April 23, 6:00-8:00
Comfy Pant, Monday, April 30, 5:30-9 pm
Classes For Kids at Edina Yorktown JoAnn
Kids After School Sewing, Thursday, April 12 and 19, 4:30-6:00
Notes from March Fashion Sewing Club
Our trial event at SR Harris had 27 attendees!! Talk about not enough chairs and thanks to our regulars that also showed up to support us. It was so overwhelming, I couldn’t figure out how to get photos of show and tell. We’ll be ready for next month-we’ll be at SR Harris/Burnsville on Thursday, April 19 at 10:30 along with our regularly scheduled Treadle times-Tuesday, April 10 at 10:30 and 6:30 and Saturday, April 14 at 10:30.
Two things to pass on from SR Harris show and tell: a link for hemming napkins-almost guaranteed simple and fun?
And check out the Genevieve Jacket from StyleArc-
Three asked-about topics from Treadle meetings were:
1. The style guidelines we are featuring every month from Triumph of Individual Style. It’s hard to buy the book but this link will get you an e-copy for $19.95 along with the instructor’s guide.
2. “Design Your Own Wardrobe” 4 week course from Seamwork. Looks like they’ll offer it twice yearly. Check it out here.
3. Printing PDF patterns-here’s an online source that will ship to you (even says “pattern printing” on the main menu). And Pattern Review now offers to print any PDF pattern you order from them for $4.50 (or $4.05 for members). Great deal!!
SR Harris Here We Come!
Spring trends and the final version of March’s Fashion Sewing Club will make an appearance at SR Harris’s Burnsville store tomorrow-Thursday, March 22 at 10:30 am.
This event is free to all. We hope to meet and inspire new sewists (and a few of our loyal fans-thanks!!!).
We’ll focus on making the spring fashion trends wearable for our personal styles and then show our garments from March Club, which were also presented at Treadle Yard Goods last week. Our goal is to continue Fashion Sewing Club both at Treadle and SR Harris.
“Sew and Tell” is encouraged as your name will be added to the drawing for the door prize which will be a cut of fabric supplied by SR Harris. Show us what you like to sew!
Come check it out-we’ll be in plain sight from the front door! Sylvia and the staff at SR Harris have been great to work with and want to be more than just a place to buy fabric. Let them know if this format is something you’d like to see more of.
How to Wear Necklaces With a Cowl
Inspired by a new-to-me blogger, Brenda Kinsel, and her post from yesterday, I put on several necklaces grouped to make a statement.
This is my new wool knit tunic-fabric from SR Harris, Vogue 9022 but modified to copy the Stylearc Cher Knit Dress.
Brenda talks about “nothing earrings” or support earrings for a statement necklace. These small squarish hoops are may favorite “nothing earring”. The necklaces together are OK. I’ve met my balance point criteria as far as where the necklaces rest.
My frustration is how to keep the necklaces from sliding forward and rumpling the cowl. Those of us that live in colder climates have these issues. Maybe we should start sewing a hang tag on the outside back neck to keep necklaces in place.
So for now, I changed necklaces and added a safety pin from the inside to hold the necklace in place. Can’t be rearranging all day 🙂
Any ideas? Other than wearing pins or scarves for a splash of color and focal point?
