Desi went fabric shopping at Britex!!!!

Desi had a GREAT time in Britex's four floors of fabrics, trims, buttons, and more fabric. She came home with lots of great fabric, and took pictures of bolts and bolts of fabric. (Only people who sew understand this.)

She also went to Japan Town in San Francisco and bought a bunch of sewing and crocheting books in Japanese, and in her excitement she forgot she couldn't read Japanese.

Look how HAPPY Desi looks with all her purchases!

Show and Tell at Oct 9th Meeting

This is Jan Martin's double layered reversible fleece vest bound in stretch velvet.

The little girl's dress is by Martha Meyers.

And here's Rena holding two crocheted spiral scarves that Desi makes while driving with her knees (Desi!!!).

Martha's demo Oct 9

Martha Meyers showed us various techniqes to use in both garments and quilts. Here she shows us the "Groovin' Piping" tool useful in trimming your piping to 1/4" and 5/8" available from www.piecesbewithyou.com/patterns.htm.

She also showed us her whole cloth facing, pouncing tool, bias binding joining of the ends, and more.

Here she is wearing the Sewing Workshop's ZigZag top in a beautiful blue crossdyed "linen (http://www.sewingworkshop.com/).

Crocheted Curly Scarf

The pattern for the crocheted curly scarf can be found here:

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70603AD.html

It is a free pattern from Lion Brand, but you may  have to register with their site to gain access to the page. The scarf is made from 1 skein of homespun yarn. It works up quickly and also makes a great gift :)

Desi

Sling made from Men's Ties

Here is the link to the blog post that outlines how to make a sling pouch from two men's ties. This is a quick project and it would make a quick gift as well!

http://blog.betzwhite.com/2008/09/two-tie-sling-tutorial.html

Desi

Sew Incredibles!: free glasses case pattern

Sew Incredibles!: free glasses case pattern

free glasses case pattern

Hi, all,
Here is the link & picture for that free pattern for a glasses case:
http://www.contemporarysashiko.com/projects/contemporary-sashiko%E2%84%A2-project-series%C2%A9---2.aspx