April Meeting: Movie Night + Annual Swap!

 

Movie Night! Fabric & Pattern Swap Party! April's meeting is going to be a lot of fun. Join us for a viewing of Advanced Style, a film about women of a certain age who have maintained their unique and showstopping style as they aged. Enjoy some popcorn and drinks while we watch together.

After the film, we will be having our fabric, pattern and notion swap. We'll lay it all out prior to the film and then do our swapping afterward. Bring items in good condition -- if you can mark the fabric with approximate size and substrate, that is always appreciated too. Remember to take anything that you brought home with you again if it doesn't find a new home.

Tues April 14, 7 pm

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St N.

All Welcome! Non-members $5 at the door.

March meeting: Jonathan Walford of the Fashion History Museum

 

Looking forward to our March meeting, where we will hear from Jonathan Walford all about the Fashion History Museum! From their history, to key pieces in the collection, to the future of the Fashion History Museum, we will learn so much about this exciting organization. Please join us for a fascinating evening together. 

All Welcome, non-members $5 at the door. 

Tues March 10, 7 pm.

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St N., Stratford ON

February Meeting: Sewing Lingerie, with Emerald Erin

 

Our February meeting is nigh! Join us next Tuesday Feb 10 at 7 pm at River Gardens for a hybrid meeting! (If the weather turns awful again we will move to Zoom only but will let you know early).

Longing to learn about sewing lingerie? Join Canadian expert Emerald Erin as she joins us on Zoom from Trenton, Ontario to talk to us about running a lingerie business, shares tips & tricks for creating personalized lingerie, and discusses fabrics and notions that will make your projects a success!

All welcome - please let Connie know at membershipsgg@gmail.com if you will want to attend via Zoom.

January Meeting: Jason Baerg, Cree-Metis Fashion Designer & Fine Artist

 

Join us on Zoom for a very special meeting! 

This month only, our date has been changed to a Thursday so that we can partner up with the Ottawa Garment Guild to bring you an exciting speaker. 

On Thursday January 8, 7 pm, we will welcome Jason Baerg to a joint Zoom meeting. Jason Baerg is a Cree-Metis artist and fashion designer originally from Saskatchewan. He is currently based in Toronto, where he teaches at OCAD, creates work for exhibitions in his art studio, and runs Ayimach Horizons, his fashion house. His multidisciplinary career is fed by both his Metis heritage and his queer identity. His fashion has been highlighted at many Indigenous Fashion Weeks over the past few years, most recently during NYFW, and at Santa Fe Indian Market. We are thrilled to have him joining us to speak on his fashion house, his collections and what drives his creative expression in textiles. You really don't want to miss this! 

Members will receive an email with the Zoom link prior to the meeting. If you are not a member and would like to join us, please send an email transfer to membershipsgg[at]gmail.com with the $5 drop in fee and your name so that we can send you the link. 

December Meeting: Holiday Social

 

It is holiday time again & our December meeting is coming quickly! On Tuesday Dec. 9, 7 pm, we have our holiday get together, with Potluck and Penny Auction 🙂 We are also planning on dressing up a bit for a "Holiday Frocktails" evening, so wear your holiday gear if you can

Please bring some finger food with you (we do not have places to heat things up so make it buffet style).

Bring along a small gift (unwrapped) of something nice that you might like to receive (not expensive). It doesn't have to be sewing related - wine is always a hit 😉 We will be putting all the gifts out on a table and you can buy 10 tickets for $5 and put a ticket in each bag for the gift you would like to win. You can buy as many tickets as you like!

We will have a short business meeting (and maybe a little holiday fun), our regular Sew & Tell, and our 50-50, and then enjoy some socializing, snacking, and auctioning. Everyone welcome, guests too, $5 at the door.

November Meeting: Member's Corner

 

Join us Tuesday Nov 11 at 7 pm for a lightning round of member presentations! Up your sewing game with tips and tricks from your experienced fellow members. We'll be learning about: 

• Hong Kong seam binding/lining combo
• Magical Mitred Corners 
• Perfect Waistband Elastic Insertion
• Sewing onto Solubles 

Get inspired, learn something new, have fun with fellow sewists! What more can you ask? 

All Welcome, non-members $5 at the door 

Tues Nov 11, 7 pm
River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room
10 Romeo St N., Stratford ON 

(parking at the corner of Romeo and Delamere, across from the Country Club)

October #POM

 

Inspired by our October speaker, Caitlin, this month's #SGGPOM challenge is Frankenpatterns!

Make something using 2 or more patterns that you have taken parts from to make a new whole. Bring it to the November meeting to share at Sew & Tell -- and be sure to let us all know which patterns you started with. If you have frankenpatterned something in the past, you could show that off too. Have fun!