Thursday, November 24, 2022
December 2022: Holiday Party & Annual Fabric/Pattern Swap
Monday, October 17, 2022
November 2022 Meeting: Meg Healy!
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
October POM Challenge!
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What's our member's challenge this month? Since Fall is settling in, get stuck into your fall sewing by choosing to make something with an autumnal fabric -- corduroy, fleece, wool, flannel, sweater knit -- it's up to you. Make something that you can wear (or carry) to our November meeting!
Thursday, September 29, 2022
October 2022 Meeting: Drag Costuming with Edie Violet
October's meeting should be high-energy fun as Kyle Sherwin, aka Edie Violet, reveals his process for designing and creating drag outfits for himself and for his clients. Kyle will give us a quick background on drag performance, and will share his steps to create showstopper costuming. The presentation will be illustrated with a trunk show of gowns and headpieces he has created over the years.
Join us for some fun and learning on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, 7 pm. at the Upper Hall, St. James Anglican Church, 41 Mornington St.
Guests are welcome, $5 at the door. Masks are not mandatory but are appreciated indoors.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Friday, September 9, 2022
Sept 2022 Meeting!
Monday, August 29, 2022
2022/2023 Season is almost here!
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The new season of the Stratford Garment Guild is almost here!
Friday, June 17, 2022
SGG Summer Challenge!
Friday, May 13, 2022
June Meeting: In Person Gathering!
The grounds of the church make for good photo ops so if you want to arrive early to get some garment photos you might find a good backdrop :) Come ready to share your sewing news and thoughts about next season too.
Everyone welcome to this meeting - you do NOT have to be a paid member of the Garment Guild to come to this get-together. It's the perfect time to check us out, and see if you'd like to join us for next season.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
May Meeting: Half-Scale Design with Threadora
May's meeting is coming up! Join us on Zoom Tuesday May 10 at 7 pm to hear from Britney King aka Threadora Gowns. Britney has a bridal sewing business and also runs Threadora Gowns, an online shop and blog where she teaches classes on half-scale design and shares lots of inspiration for this technique.

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
April Meeting: Couture with Susan Khalje
Thursday, February 17, 2022
March Meeting: Movement for Sewists with Emily Anderson
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
March Challenge: Zero Waste Patterns!
What's our challenge to our members this month? To try out a zero waste pattern to share next month!
Liz's presentation gave us lots of great leads on zero waste patterns, from her own to a wide range of other options. Let's see what you come up with.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
February Meeting: Zero Waste Sewing with Liz Haywood
For our February meeting (Tues Feb 8, 7 pm on Zoom) we are delighted to welcome Liz Haywood directly from Australia!
Liz is an expert in Zero Waste sewing, a technique that, not surprisingly, results in no scraps or fabric waste. She can be found on her blog, lizhaywood.com.au, or on IG at @lizhaywood3754 if you want to investigate her cool patterns ahead of time -- she also has a 2020 book called Zero Waste Sewing.
Liz will be sharing her philosophy and best practices for zero waste sewing and why we might be interested in this form of sewing. Looking forward to lots of learning!
Don't forget, there is no membership fee while we are online, so invite any sewing friends you think may be interested to check us out.
Monday, January 17, 2022
February Challenge: Menswear
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
January Meeting: Menswear With Julian Collins
Julian Collins is a force of nature in the sewing world, reviewing menswear patterns, serving as a Bernina and Laurastar brand ambassador, running his own FB group "Sew Manly", writing for Sew News, & being featured on numerous podcasts, among many other activities.
He will be sharing his experiences as a male sewist as well as his take on the current state of men's or masculine presenting clothing in the sewing world. He'll also be sharing a little on his extensive machine collection. We'll even get a bit of a trunk show from him, sharing some of his notable pieces! You can check him out on IG at @juliancreates or at his website juliancreates.com
Remember that SGG meetings this year are open to all, no paid membership required, so if you know someone who is interested in menswear, bright colours, or creativity and joy be sure to invite them to join in on Tuesday Jan 11 at 7 pm.
Zoom link will be shared closer to the meeting date. Hope to see you all then.
Topic: Stratford Garment Guild
Time: Jan 11, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 820 6777 6030