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Pauline Cramer
Sharyn Schulze
Renewing Members
Anne Bellinger
Barbara Bentley
Betty Ann Watts Linda Miller
Marilyn Gore
Nadeerah Newby
Table of Contents
1 Presidents Note
2 January Meeting
2 Hobby Lobby Classroom
Update
2 ASG Annual Conference
3 February Meeting
4 Making Silk Lotus Flower
5 Meeting Schedule
6 Meeting Schedule Cont.
6 CAB Information
8 Advertising Rates
8 Changing Contact Info.
8 Online Membership Info
8 Membership Renewal
This newsletter is
published quarterly in
February, May, August, and
November. All newsletters
are on the National ASG
web site at www.asg.org.
Volume 20 Number 1
1st Quarter
2012
www.asgcharlotte.com charlotte [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
President’s Note
will be the first
of several sale
dates to generate
cash flow for
our chapter. The
Fibre Studio is
also the setting
for our Thursday
evening group.
The address and
phone are on our
We have some fun activities event calendar
planned for this year. Check out pages.
our calendar in this issue. The
The Original
Saturday group is our largest and
has the most planned activities. Sewing and Quilt Expo will be
The Thursday night group is small in Raleigh NC for the first time
and only has a couple of meetings June 21-23. Info is not available
planned. The Garment group is on regarding classes and registration,
hiatus right now. Please contact but you can sign up for notification
me or another member if you have at their website, www.sewingexpo.
something interesting you would com. Would anyone care to go and
like to learn, or even better, if you share expenses?
would like to share it with any of
The ASG annual conference is in
our neighborhood groups. We love
Houston,
TX this year. The dates
new ideas.
are August 16-20 at the Hilton
A fabric sale is going to be held Americas. I have already booked my
Sunday March 11 at the Fibre flight and made hotel arrangements.
Studio. The fabrics were donated It is so much fun and inspirational.
to our guild. It is a variety of I always come home with a new
fabrics, mostly themed cottons, but fervor and excitement just waiting
also polys, linings, some home dec to be poured onto fabric.
pieces, tapestries. There will also be
Okay, that’s enough rambling.
books and threads. Also available
will be the cottons that Wendy has See you at the machine,
Diane Burleson
been storing in her home. This
That old saying is so true: as one
gets older, the faster the time flies.
It’s March already, spring will be
here soon. Time for shorts and tee
shirts and flip-flops, and—oh, wait,
we have had that kind of weather
most of this winter. So maybe we
need to make NEW shorts and tee
shirts because we’ve worn out the
others.
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January Meeting
January’s meeting is dedicated to
planning the activities and projects
for the upcoming year. Our usual
activities are returning again this
year:
• Saturday- creative stitchers
sewing at Hobby Lobby
• Thursday- night sewing/
demos at the Fibre Studio
• Sunday- Garment
• Annual Retreat
of this years Saturday activities can
be found on page 5 of this newletter.
In order to rase money for our
chapter we, we will begin selling
fabric and other sewing items
donated to the chapter. Our first
fabric sale date is coming up Suday
March 11 at the Fibre Studio in
South Park, with more dates to be
anounced.
Thre is also there are few surprise
In addition to our usual events,
we are adding a fabric and sewing special events that are currently in
notions sale and possible speakers. the exploritory phase that would
include guest speakers. For updates
You will notice a few minor check future issues of the newsletter
adjustments to times and locations and Yahoo groups
of some of our “Creative Stitchers”
Reita Fisher
Saturday meetings. A detailed listing
Hobby Lobby Classroom Update
Our Saturday afternoon sewing
• September- Room is not
group that meets the 3rd Saturday
available- will go on a “road
of every month will resume our
trip” to be determined
customary meeting location in
• October- Room is not
available- will likely go to
Hobby Lobby’s classroom, as
opposed to the employee break room
Reita Fisher’s house for a
that we were using for most of last
fabric dyeing activity.
year. For the most part we will meet
Some of the other meetings
at 12:30 every month as scheduled
may require a delay in start times
with the following exceptions:
like March due to Wilton Cake
• March- Start at 1:30pm (not decorating classes being held in the
12:30)
classroom before our meeting.
Reita Fisher
Long Arm Quilting
Marcia Kephart
9224 Newfield Street
Charlotte, NC 28216
704-615-0797
[email protected]
http://www.designsbydigi.com
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ASG Conference offers workshops,
seminars and lectures in two-day, allday, half-day, two-hour and 90-minute
formats. Classes are tailored to every
sewing interest and every level of
sewing skill.
2012 Schedule of Events
Aug 15 -17 (8am-5pm)
Trained Sewing Instructor Workshop
Aug 15 (7pm-9pm)
Leadership Reception
Aug 16 (8am-12pm)
Coprorate Annual Meeting
Aug 16 (1-4:30pm)
Leadership Track Session for Chapter
Presidents and CAB members
Aug 16
Optional Workshops
Aug 17-19
Core Conference
Aug 16
Exhibit Hall Preview Night
Aug 16 (5:30pm)
Fashion Show rehearsal
Aug 17
“Extravaganza of Fashion” Fashion
Show
Entry deadline July 28, 2012
Aug 18
Baseball Game, Houston Astros v.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Aug 18
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1600 Lamar
Houston, TX 77010
713-739-8000
1st Quarter 2012
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them you saw their ad here. It will encourage them to
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February Meeting
It’s a Cinch! To help Autism
Society.
February’s
meeting
was
dedicated to creating travel jewelry
cinch sacks for donation to the
Autism Society of North Carolina
(ASNC). Each sack will then be
sold for $10 each with proceeds
going to assisting individuals and
families affected with by autism here
in North Carolina. During our meeting, we completed
13 bags for donation to the ASNC.
I will be so bold as to say, any reason an ASG
member can sew on something makes it a good day.
I will continue my boldness, and say we love helping
others in general, and any time we can help others while
sewing nothing makes us even happier. So why did we
choose this particular charity to contribute our efforts
to? As some of you may know already, Wendy
Arend (Past President) accepted a donation
of 400lbs of fabric from a neighbor
whose mother passed away a few years
ago. This neighbor has kids afflicted
with Autism and Wendy suggested
using the that fabric donated by the
grandmother of autistic children to
help the cause.
If you would like to learn more
about the cinch bag project or how
to make your own contributions
please go to: www.autisimsocietyNC.org or email jewelrybags@
autismsociety-NC.org.
Reita Fisher
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Making a Silk Lotus Flower
pillows,
use as a
For our 1st Thursday evening
meeting of the year on Feb.
9, Diane Burleson taught
us how to make Silk Lotus
flowers from silk duponi.
Kenneth King gave instructions
for making these with Martha
Stewart on her Sept. 2010 show.
When finished, the flowers may
be used to embellish clothing, hats,
or attach a pin backing to it to
corsage.
All who attended were able to complete the flower by
the end of the meeting. They were all beautiful, even the
ones that had begun to ravel a little, the fringe just added
character. Another option would be to singe the edges
with a flame.
Of course, Diane gave us suggestions to further
embellish the flowers with beads, heat set crystals,
fun fashion yarns, etc. Diane shared her plan to hand
dye some silk to use for making flowers. Wouldn’t
that make realistic looking roses! We all enjoyed
learning this simple, yet elegant technique for
making silk flowers.
Linda Student
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“Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill” ASG M ission S tatement
CREATIVE STITCHERS’ DAY
Meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of
each month from 12:30 – 3 pm* (note
some time and location changes)
Location: Hobby Lobby, 2310 Matthews
Township Parkway, –, NC
Group Leader: Margaret Johnson
When:
January 15
Project: Planning Meeting
February 18
Project: Community Service- It’s a Cinch!
Leader: Wendy Arend
March 17
Project: UFO- UnFinished Object
Leader: ???
Supplies: Any Unfinished project you would like
to work on or get help with. BSS
April 21
Project: Community Service- Ugly Quilt
Leader: Ann McPharland 803-431-4108
Supplies: Very heavy muslin - I will provide
Fabric scraps - at least 12" square (ideal
fabrics are warm and light - old t-shirts, fleece,
pieces of quilt batting, etc)
Old blankets, bedding, pillows,
cushions (these can be ripped open and the
stuffing spread out over the quilt)
LONG heavy needle (at least 6") to tie
the quilts
Scissors (to cut off sleeves, zippers, buttons, etc)
Strong cord or yarn to tie quilt top
Thimbles or sailmaker's palm (it can be
tricky to get through all those layers)
please! All supplies should be freshly laundered
May 19
Project: Grommet Purse (11”H x13”Wx5”D)
Leader: Reita Fisher
Supplies: 9- 2½”x22” Fabric Strips (Purse Body)
¼yd- Top Band 1/3yd- Straps
2 yd- Nylon webbing (for strap foundation)
1yd Fabric- Lining 1yd Interfacing
4- 1" inside grommets (Like Dritz)
6"x14" Peltex for base
BSS
Optional 4 purse feet
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Leader: Diane Burleson
Supplies: 3 fat quarters of fabric
1 yard Heat n Bond 1 zipper 18”
1/3 yard clear vinyl Iron or Press
Pressing cloth
BSS
1 yard ribbon/ webbing (for carrying strap)
July 21
Project: Paper Pieced Gift Bag
Leader: Diane Burleson
Supplies: 1/2 yard (aprox) fabric for bag fabrics
for piecing
pencil foundation/thin paper eraser
straight edge (for drawing/tracing)
Pressing cloth
Iron
BSS
August 18
Project: Cape Sit-n-Sew/ Workshop
Leader: Linda Student 704-366-8320
Supplies: Pattern and Supplies TBA
September 15 Road Trip
Project: TBA
October 20 Road Trip- Reita’s House
Project: Possible fabric dyeing
Leader: To be Announced
Supplies: To be Announced
Location: 5220 Quail Ride Dr. Mint Hill, 28227
November 17
Project: UFO Smack down
Leader: Wendy Arend
December 11 (Sunday)
Project: Holiday Party
Location: Reita Fisher’s house
5220 Quail Ride Dr. Mint Hill, 28227
1 Zipper 18" or Magnetic closure
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BSS= Basic Sewing Supplies
Thread
Needles Scissors
rotary cutter mat if desired
Sewing Machine
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Chapter Advisory Board
PRESIDENT
Diane Burleson
704-332-0578
[email protected]
TREASURER
Wendy Arend
704-321-1583
[email protected]
1st Vice President
NEWSLETTER
Reita Fisher
704-573-4738
[email protected]
2nd VICE PRESIDENT &
MEMBERSHIP
Judy Harkey
803-547-6794
[email protected]
SECRETARY
Mary Ann Evanoff
704-888-0977
[email protected]
PUBLICITY/WEB
Marcia Kephart
704-615-0797
[email protected]
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Phyllis Yandle
704-458-2742
[email protected]
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
COORDINATOR
Margaret Johnson
704-537-4191
[email protected]
CHAR/MECK EVENING
Diane Burleson
704-332-0578
[email protected]
CHAR/MECK “CREATIVE
STITCHERS”
Margaret Johnson
704-537-4191
[email protected]
SUNDAY GARMENT GROUP
Diane Burleson
704-332-0578
[email protected]
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CHARLOTTE/METRO EVENING
Location: Fibre Studio, 4724 Sharon Rd Suite
K, Charlotte NC 28210
Group Leader:
Diane Burleson 704-332-0578
April 12 Paper piecing demonstration
May 10
Copy RTW
Bring materials and supplies to trace
and alter a pattern made from a readyto-wear garment. Linda Student has
a lovely cape-like jacket that can be
used as a free alternative for the cape
project this year.
CHARLOTTE/METRO GARMENT
When:
TBD
Location: Diane Burleson’s home
Group Leader:
Diane Burleson 704-332-0578
Project: Currently on Hold
Searching for Location
Check for Updates in Yahoo Groups
Newsletter dates: 1ST Qtr
Articles Due:
1/15
Delivered:
2/1
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4/15
5/1
3rd Qtr
7/15
8/1
4Th Qtr
10/15
11/1
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Stabilizers
Threads
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Managers
Charlie Rector
Owner
Monday - Saturday 9:00 -5:00
108 Webb Street, Gastonia, NC 28052
longcreekmills.com
Phone 704-864-6651
Toll Free 1-866-869-6651
Fax 704-865-8242
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Renew Your Membership Online
You can now renew your membership online:
1. Go to the ASG web site at www.asg.org
2. Click on Membership at the top left
3. Scroll down to renewal Member
4. Under Choose a Chapter
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