July 2013 Meeting!

From our President:

Welcome to Summer!  And to think July is almost half over already.

Remember our new schedule for Sewing Guild. The next meeting:  July 22^nd at 6:30 at Sew Creative 5143 South St. 48^th St. 

       Program will be presented by Jackie Giest owner of The Black Market.  This is a store in the Gold’s Galleria downtown.  This a very interesting store and you will enjoy her story.

       Don’t forget to bring and share your summer projects for Show and Tell.

Last month we got a lot of mittens cut out.  A big thanks to those of you who were able to come and help.  We still have a lot of fleece left.  So, when you run out of mittens to make, let me know and I can supply more.  : )

Lois

Lois Ullman

loisu44@gmail.com

Changes In Our Meeting Schedule

We've changed our meeting time and schedule!  We begin at 6:30pm, still on the 4th Monday (except Memorial Day week.)  We are going to avoid all the rotten weather in the winter (we hope!) by meeting during the summer months and not in the winter months.  We decided that since about as many of our members travel in the winter as the summer, the school calendar should not rule our group.  We have had to cancel meetings because of bad weather more than once, so we are going to try this for a while and see how we like it.  Come join us this summer if you can, and in the fall and spring as well, of course. 

I'm sure you've all been to the NEW, larger and much nicer premises of Sew Creative by now.  If not, they are in the building directly north of their previous location in Sutter Place Mall.  Their new classroom is where our meetings are held.  Join us!!

Our next meeting will be June 24th at 6:30pm.  We will be cutting our mittens for our regular charity sewing project, Mittens for HeadStart/Excite! preschool classes.  We will be taking mitten kits home to sew over the summer so we can get them to the classrooms next fall.  This is a fun project, and you can be very creative with it.

Felting Program Tonight (1-24-11)

Sounds like a good program tonight. It's going to be on felting by some of our experienced felters. There will be supplies and tools available so that we can try it too!

See you there!

Monday, November 22nd 7pm

The Lincoln Sewing Guild's next meeting is this coming Monday, November 22nd at 7pm. Our program is:

Making Bags and Accessories

Sounds interesting and timely with the holiday giving season almost upon us.

As always, we'll meet at the Sew Creative classroom in Sutter Place Mall.

See you there!

September 27, 2010

The first meeting of our new year is this Monday, Sept. 27th, at 7pm at the Sew Creative Classroom at Sutter Place Mall. Please see the map on the right-hand sidebar of this blog for complete directions.

As we have for the last several years, the first meeting will include some time for members and guests to enjoy some desserts, and catch up on our activities over the summer. We will also have a short program.

Once again, we have NOT raised our dues. They remain an unbelievable bargain at only $15/year. Our Treasurer will be accepting dues at this meeting, or you may mail them. It's important that we know what our budget is as soon as possible, so the committee can plan activities for the year.

May 24, 2010

Our last regular meeting of the year is this Monday at 7pm at Sew Creative's classroom, as usual. Our program should be very interesting. It will be

Inside Your Purse

Elizabeth Meyer will show us how to customize and organize our existing purses with an insert which holds your essentials, and moves easily from purse to purse.

A bonus project will be making a makeup bag/coin purse with a steel tape measure. I think this sounds like great fun, and something we can all use. Who doesn't need a more organized bag?

See you Monday!

There is an exciting program on tap next Monday for our November Sewing Guild meeting.

Fabric Painting, with Mary Dittenber

I know you'll all want to attend, so be sure to mark your calendars. As always, we will meet at Sew Creative's New Classroom at 7pm. Don't forget to sign in at the front desk.

In other Textile News:

Today:

There's a traveling Smocking Trunk Show from the American Smocking Guild that's been on display at Sew Creative for a time. Carla Fiedler will be doing a showing of the items TONIGHT (Tuesday), so you might want to attend that. There is a wide variety of smocking styles represented. It will go to California after tonight.

Saturday:

The State Make It Yourself With Wool contest is at the Home Economics building on East Campus. State Winners will be announced at the Style Show at 1:30pm.

Omaha's Sewing Guild will have a program on holiday gifts to make, at 1:30 at Presbyterian Church of the Master 10710 Corby Circle, Omaha NE

Ongoing:

Hillestad Textile Gallery: 11/16/2009 -- 12/04/2009
Celebration of Youth XVI - Highlights of the creative work in textiles, apparel, and home environment by 4-H youth selected from entries at the Nebraska State Fair. Ages of participants range from 9 to 18 years and mark achievements in skill and design exploration.

Hope to see you all on Monday!

Make & Take October 26, 7pm

Our next meeting is coming up, with an exciting program.

Make&Take Gift,
with Darlene Miller and Lois Ullman

Please remember to bring your scrap fabric to use. Woven, 6" or 8" squares. If you have any questions, call Darlene or Lois. This should be fun, and it will give us a chance to learn a quick method to make some nice gifts for the upcoming holidays.

As always, we're meeting at Sew Creative at Sutter Place Mall, 48th & Hwy 2. 7pm until about 9. Sign in at the front desk, please, then come on back to the classroom.

Meeting Sept. 28, 2009

Our first meeting is coming up soon, so mark your calendars!

Sept. 28th, 7pm at Sew Creative

Our program will be:

FELTING
by Mona Jenkins
of the Hillestad Textile Gallery

As usual for our first meeting of the season, there will be dessert and coffee for a social time. This is provided by Norma and Elizabeth.

Please bring finished mittens for the Headstart classrooms.

Hope to see you all there!

Programs 2009-2010

• Sept. 28 - Felting, with Mona Jenkins of the Hillestad Textile Gallery



• Oct. 26 - Make&Take Gift, with Darlene Miller and Lois Ullman (details of supplies needed provided at Sept. meeting)



• Nov. 23 - Fabric Painting, with Mary Dittenber



• Jan. 25 - Alternative Pattern Companies, with Liana Sandin & Elizabeth Meyer



• Feb. 22 - Sewing "Green", with Elizabeth Meyer



• Mar. 22 - What's New, with Paul Sorenson of Sew Creative



• Apr. 26 - To Be Announced



• May 24 - To Be Announced