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Sew Savvy meeting on June 9, 2011

Creativity was definitely a theme for our meeting on June 9th at Piece by Piece. The garments and garments-to-be provided many ideas for future project.

Maria’s photography shows each garment so well!

Paula combined single sided zipper loops with fabric of matching colors to make a yo-yo. Then she topped the puffy yo-yo with buttons coordinated in color. Notice the colors and button sizes . Beautiful combinations! After she used similar construction techniques and placed each "flower" on a hand dyed scarf whose colors coordinated with the zippers, fabric, and buttons, the results were sensational!







Barbara’s jacket was constructed using a light weight, imported, striped fabric and had a free flowing look as she modeled it for us. She used “Zona’s Jacket” by Sewing Workshop for the starting point of her jacket.


Barbara has plans for another jacket, perhaps using the same pattern, are she assembles a collection of batik strips in an array more beautiful than a rainbow.

Pat created an appliqued collage using red poinsettias, Santa images, and other predominantly red floral fabrics on the front and back of a vest constructed using red, green and cream stripped cotton fabric.





Both of Maria’s jackets demonstrated her expertise with detailed embellishment and fine workmanship.. Using two different styles of jackets, mandarin collar and lapel collar, she precisely and artfully applied studs, beads and stitchery. Buyer-appeal was terrific and each jacket was sold.


Winnie’s handbag fooled us with its suede appearance, but it was constructed of cotton fabric dyed in a single color’s variations from dark to light. Next time you see Winnie, notice her handbag and it will surprise you too.

Next meeting at Piece by Piece: August 11th at 6:30 PM
Topics for discussion:
Sewing and/or quilting magazines to which you subscribe. Bring an issue or two.
Ways to store your collection of spools of thread

Important dates:
Quilt Expo, Sept 8 – 10 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison
Pot luck supper and presentation by Virginia Lienhard, Gayfeather Fabrics, at Pat Hammeke’s house, 5:00 PM

Sew Savvy Meeting on October 14, 2010 at Piece by Piece

The following is a summary of our meeting.

Welcome back to returning travelers!

Barbara brought her find of a beautiful print fabric from a fabric store in London. To her surprise, she won a fat quarter at the Darting Needles Quilt Show which was a perfect match to it.

Kris returned from her adventure West and saw more trains than she expected to see. She was delighted. She recently celebrated her birthday but she didn’t tell us that she had train decorations on her cake.

Maria returned from Hungary where she purchased the most interesting buttons.

Her recent finds at Hobby Lobby were basket making kits, stencils and a “jeweled” neckline decoration for a shirt.

The purse organizer she made during a class at Nancy’s Notions had lots of pockets of various sizes and would help keep purse things orderly. Maria is getting ready for craft shows in Brown Deer and in Milwaukee. We wish her good luck! The green military style jacket she made is embellished with such precision. She is making them in three sizes.

The next meetings are scheduled for November 11^th and December 9^th.

I will be in Athens, Greece during the next meeting. Please let me know before Tuesday, Nov. 2^nd if you plan to attend the meeting so I can confirm it with Piece by Piece.

Sandy

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Sew Savvy Meeting on August 12, 2010

Paula returned from her month in the wild west, North Dakota, with an amazing kimono made from a beautiful collection of fabrics with a definite Asian influence. Fabric in the Mind’s Eye by Sharon Baker was the stimulus for the project and the result definitely eye-catching. She used fabrics “left over” from the project to make an attractive, small wall hanging. Paula plans to display the kimono and the wall hanging on a wall in her office at Highlands School in Appleton.

Paula and her daughter participated in the Studio Tour in her area. A brochure advertised all the locations for the tour and gave a brief description of items available for sale along with the location of each participant. Paula’s daughter displayed jewelry and bracelets. The bracelets, called “cuffs”, are made of leather and decorated with metal recycled from old Ford cars. Of course, the metal is called “Fordite”. You will be able to see and purchase bracelets, made by her daughter at ArtStreet in Green Bay on the weekend before Labor Day.

Maria attended a class in fitting clothing at Hancock Fabrics. She bought a set of French curve rulers made by designtofit.com. The patterns shown by the instructor were Trufit patterns. A CD with instructions was also available. At the EAA quilt show sponsored by the Lakeside Quilt Guild, she saw a demonstration using a Double Diamond Ruler. She will be able to make interesting embellishments for her jackets using this ruler. The dark blue, military style, denim jacket Maria showed us had many embellishments: metallic rivets, embroidered motifs, unusual buttons as well as a variety of stitches using her embroidery sewing machine. We suggested that the selling price should be in the $85 to $155 range. We wish her good luck with sales at her next craft show.

Kris will be on her way to Montana next week with a stop in North Platte, Nebraska to see the biggest train yard in the US. She is planning to take along the Quilters’ Traveling Companion in order to make many stops in her search for railroad themed fabrics.

Sandy showed a black silk scarf decorated using Paintsticks and a few stencils.

At the EAA Quilt Show in the Oshkosh Senior Center, she purchased several fusible preprinted interfacings to make a tote bag, a grocery tote, and a neck wallet. Although the items could be constructed relatively quickly, the directions were not easy to follow. She didn’t recommend further purchases of the interfacing for herself.

Using the silk tie fabrics she purchased at XMI in Chippewa Falls, she made a pocket style wallet and a neck wallet. Sandy used a duck tape pattern to make another pocket style wallet. Her husband, who uses a paper clip to fasten his paper money together, wasn’t impressed with either of the wallets.

Up coming events:

Art Street in Green Bay on the last weekend of this month

Appleton Craft Show once a month in downtown Appleton

Website of interest:

OGosh Buttons and Beads www.ohgosh-buttons.com

Address:

Brubaker’s Fabrics and Furniture in Witthee, WI: Highway 29 and Cty Rd. O

Next meeting: Sept. 9

Sandy and Maria