Community Service Sewing Day @ Walnut Creek ASG Chapter Meeting
Free lunch No fee
Walnut Creek / East Bay Chapter of the American Sewing Guild Invites you to attend.
When: Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 9:30 am – 4:00 PM
Where: Odd Fellows Hall, 4349 Cowell Ranch Road, Concord
What: Community Service Sewing Day
Cost: Free & you [...]

Cause I know that just fascinates everyone.
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) A scifi mystery about a wizard; a good page turner.
Create Your Own Artists Journal This is a beautiful book; very inspiring.
The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers and Other Mortals [...]

So many things get in the way. Mom’s in the hospital with pneumonia. We built Chunguita’s heron fountain this morning. It’s her science fair project, and it was my suggestion. There’s laundry to fold, bathrooms to clean, yard work, dishes. The kids are playing and fighting. DH is watching [...]

Latest creation
I haven’t had time or energy for much sewing. The shirt to the left is from last fall.
Currently, I’m working on a new bra. So far I’ve got the cups cutout and pinned together.

The new New Look patterns for Spring 2010 are out. I’ve always liked New Look. Their styles appeal to me, and they are drafted for an erect upper back (that would be me) and have more room in the upper arm (me, again). They used to have a centerback seam in many [...]

32 Square Tote
This bag is a sample from Rami King’s presentation at the 2009 ASG Conference. I thought it was a good size and would be a good project for Chunguita & Pulguito. It is just squares. How hard could it be? Well, it isn’t easy to construct the pattern.

Bag Pattern
On [...]

These are class samples from another class that I took last August at the ASG Conference. Rami Kim taught the class. The samples were very cool, and the book, Folded Fabric Elegance, is excellent. Unfortunately, the class, an overview presentation, was very, very disappointing. However, I think taking a class with [...]

Decades of Style Trunk Show @ Walnut Creek ASG Chapter Meeting
Walnut Creek / East Bay Chapter of the American Sewing Guild Invites you to attend.
When: Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 9:30 am – 2:00 PM
Where: Odd Fellows Hall, 4349 Cowell Ranch Road, Concord
What: Decades of Style Trunk Show
Cost: $10 members/$20 non-members
Contact: Julianne Bramson
Phone: [...]

These pix are from a class I took with Marla last August at the ASG conference. I really liked learning how to do the bound buttonholes.

Marla showing us what’s what.

Dorothy was in the class with me.

Can I remember her name?
No, but she’s in our chapter.

Marla’s samples, which proudly
show her mistakes.

My samples.

Close-up [...]