September 2025: Sandra Thomas' Quilted Garment Trunk Show!

 

And the new season begins! 

Join us Tuesday September 9th, 7 pm for a dazzling trunk show of quilted jackets and vests, made by Sandra Thomas, quilter and couture trained sewist... modelled by our members! 

Enjoy the start of our season with some relaxed and inspirational makes -- maybe you'll want to dig into your scraps after this one! 

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

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St N.

Stratford ON

Membership is $40/year for ten meetings, if you'd like to join us for full benefits. 

May Meeting: WonderFil Threads

 

Join us on Tuesday May 13 at 7 pm as we welcome WonderFil educator Kate Marra, sharing tips on the many threads and notions available from WonderFil -- a 100% Canadian company based in Calgary! We will learn more about their products that are relevant to garment/fashion sewing and hopefully be inspired to Shop Canadian 🙂

This presentation will be held over Zoom, but our regular meeting and Sew & Tell will follow. Hope to see you all there!

Tuesday Mar 13, 7 pm

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St. N., Stratford ON

ALL WELCOME! Non-members $5 at the door

April Meeting: Claire Upcycled & Annual Swap!

 

Join us next week, Tuesday April 8 at 7 pm for our Earth Month Celebration meeting! (River Gardens Celebration Room, 10 Romeo St N.) Visitors welcome, $5 at the door, as always!

We will hear from Claire Upcycled, a Stratford based company with international reach. Claire will share some info about her process and her eco fashion, gender-neutral, streetwear upcycles. She will also share a bit about running her business.

After Claire's presentation, we will be holding our annual Fabric and Pattern swap. Same rules as always: bring things in good condition, label the type of fabric and amount when possible, take home anything you brought that isn't claimed by end of night. We will be swapping following our talk, no grazing beforehand please, to keep it fair for everyone.

See you all there!

March Meeting CANCELLED

 

We are sorry to announce that our March meeting has been cancelled due to illness.

 We will move our swap to the second half of our April meeting, following our guest speaker. We are sorry for the inconvenience but want all our members staying healthy! 

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February 2025: Deb Cooke: Sewing for Fashion Dolls

 

Barbies and Beyond! Are you ready for some tiny delights at our February meeting? 

SGG member Deborah Cooke will be regaling us with her expertise on sewing for Fashion Dolls of all kinds. Did you know that there are many varieties of fashion dolls all with their own quirks? Deb will be taking us through the variations and all the gorgeous miniature couture she's made for her dolls over the years.

Tuesday Feb. 11, 2025, at 7 pm

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St N., Stratford ON

ALL WELCOME! Non-members $5 at the door.

January 2025: Anne Whalley, the Pattern Whisperer

We are thrilled to welcome Anne Whalley to the Guild in January for a talk on Personal Style, Pattern Choices, and Sewing Plans. This will be a hybrid meeting, with Anne zooming in to us from Australia -- but we will meet in person and have our regular meeting and Sew & Tell afterward. 

Anne is an expert on personal style and wardrobe planning, especially from the perspective of the home sewist. She will provide guidance on ways to identify our own style, and how to match this up with sewing patterns and fabric to maximize our efforts in the sewing room. Don't waste time and effort -- learn what will suit you before you sew! 

Tuesday January 14, 2025, 7 pm

River Gardens Retirement Residence, Celebration Room

10 Romeo St N., Stratford ON

ALL WELCOME! Non-members $5 at the door

 

December Meeting: Holiday Social!

Our December meeting is coming quickly! On Tuesday Dec. 10, 7 pm, we have our holiday get together, with Potluck and Penny Auction 🙂 

This means, 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, our regular Sew & Tell, and our 50-50, and then enjoy some socializing, snacking, and auctioning. Everyone welcome, guests too, $5 at the door.