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• Are You Ready for the Sew Spring Fling 2013?

  

  It’s that time of year again. Time for Spring Fling 2013! This year’s fling takes place April 27th at St. Isaac Jogues Church, 8149 Golf Road, Niles, IL 60714,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• ASG Chicago Member Wins Sew It All Casting Call

  Congrats to ASG Chicago Chapter Member Rhonda Buss! Rhonda is the winner of the Sew it All Casting Contest. Rhonda will demonstrate a dress on an episode of... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• ASG Chicago Member Wins IPCA Ticket to Paradise Contest

  

  The 2013 Ticket to Paradise Grand Prize went to Eve Kovacs of Woodridge, Illinois, who used patterns from Saf-T-Pockets to create a skirt and jacket ensemble. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• ASG Chicago Presents: Traditional Bargello Jacket Workshop with Joan Derylak

  

  The Chicago Chapter of The American Sewing Guild presents A Traditional Bargello Jacket Workshop with Joan Derylak of Figure Flattering Quiltwear. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Call for Fibre Artists!!!

  

  The Third Annual Driftless Area Fibre Arts Faire, sponsored by Arlene Byrne/de la Pear, will be held June1-2, 2013 at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• J. Stern’s Tee to Dress Tutorial

  

  Photo courtesy of Jennifer Stern Check out Jennifer Stern’s How to make a Tee into a Knit Dress! tutorial. To view the entire tutorial click here for... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Workshop Alert: Don’t Miss Piecing with Silks, Satins & Other Fun Fabrics

  

  Hope Quilt by Judy ZoelerWorkshop alert!!! Are you a quilter who feels your repertoire is limited to only cotton? Then we have just the workshop for you. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Jennifer Stern Workshop Weekend

  

  Jennifer showing students how to raise the rise of their jeans. To see more photos click on the pics.The ASG Chicago Chapter hosted Jean & Tee Fit... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Break Free! Go Bold! Rethink Quilting with Jacquie Gering.

  

  “Break free! Go bold!” That’s what Jacquie Gering wrote in my copy of the book she co-authored with Katie Pedersen, Quilting Modern: Techniques and projects... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Mac Berg Directs the Drama of Serging

  

  You have a serger and aren’t sure what to do next. Do you remain afraid to plug it in or do you fearlessly embrace all it can do? Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• ASG Chicago Welcomes Jay Watts as New Membership Chair!

  

  Jay Watts, ASG Chicago Chapter Membership ChairASG Chicago welcomes Jay Watts as the new Membership Chair to the Chapter Advisory Board (CAB). Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• New and Improved: The ASG Chicago Web Site!

  The ASG Chicago Chapter web site has undergone a facelift. Everything from Susan’s fabulous banner photo to ease of navigation is new and, if we must say so... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Fit: The Final Frontier

  

  Sometimes, it feels as if fit is the Final Frontier; just beyond our reach; an ever-elusive goal; the missing link. You get the idea. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Ready for Expo

  

  The ASG Chicago booth is ready for Expo 2012. This year we have three fabulous prize baskets for our new member drawing, one for each day of Expo. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Details Take Center Stage

  

  ASG Chicago’s talented fashion show coordinator Jeanette Bussard’s “Larger Than Life” raincoat is featured in the Reader’s Closet section of Threads Magazine... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Sewing Up Suits for Fat Tuesday

  

  Mardi Gras beading for the Spirit of FiYiYi Photo credit: John McCusker, The Times-Picayune For the past several months, two men have sat side-by-side in New... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Running in Stitches

  

  The most northerly reaches of the ASG Chicago Chapter is home to the aptly-named Neighborhood Group Running in Stitches. They get together in Lindenhurst on... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Controlling Impressions

  

  We want our sewing projects to create an impression, but we don’t want our seam allowances to make an impression on the right side of our fabric. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Enjoying Hand-Sewing

  In today’s world of computerized sewing machines that you can plug a USB drive, here are two videos that watch the hands with needle and thread. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• The Unsung Hero of the Sewing Room

  

  The seam ripper. We don’t talk about it much, except to crack jokes about how much time we spend with it. But if you think about it, the seam ripper really... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS