Technology to rev up your creativity

Desi guided us through devices, operating systems, the best software for easy picture editing, flexible picture management, as well as a demo of a free downloadable pattern. Thanks, Desi! So much cool stuff out there; so little time!

And short but very sweet show n tell.

Barb copied a RTW dress to create this pretty vacation dress.

I love this little box bag Desi made. Perfect fabric from Sew Main Street in Woodstock

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June has achieved near perfection in the fit of her pants.

Sandie's new jacket stemmed from an accidental pairing of two stash fabrics.

Jan made an adorable pink and white sherling coat for her sweet daughter.

And she made a tiny gray bankers suit for little Sean. He loves the lining featuring Lightning McQueen.

Of course, the tiny gray pants had pleats and pockets.

Shibori - Part I

True to the name "Sew Incredibles", we had a great program on Shibori tonight presented by Martha & Sandie.

Happy Martha works on her shibori project

Many gorgeous samples were shown by both Sandie & Martha and then we got to stitching on our mini shibori projects, which we will dye next month at our meeting.

Barbara admires Sandie's work of art 

Martha's dyed piece - using cranberries!

Some more of Sandie's beautiful shibori

At show & tell, we had a few lovely surprises. A beautiful skirt made by June (sorry I didn't get a photo!) and Sandie presented Lucretia with this adorable stuffed hippo for her new granddaughter.

Lucretia with the stuffed hippo for her granddaughter, made with love from Sandie

 Lucretia shared a beautiful photo and story of a "Quilt of Valor" made for her son by Sandie and women from her synagogue that was presented to him after he returned from a tour in Afghanistan. Here a photo of Sandie and Lucretia's son with the Quilt that was made for him.

Sandie & Lucretia's son with his Quilt of Valor

Truly touching - this group of women are true friends. We are not just friends who sew - we are a support system for one another. I am so glad to find this group of loving, supportive and generous women. Thank you for being Sew Incredible, ladies!

More pictures from the July meeting

the detail on Mary's skirt - modified V1291

Barbara's two skirts - one from the Kenneth King class

Desi's cute black skirt and Jalie top

Jan's adorable skirt with cool trim

Rita's Koos skirt

Lisa makes jewelry - gorgeous silver bracelet!

Summer Party & Skirt Challenge

Last night, we had a wonderful summer party at Cecilia's home. She has been our gracious host of our summer party for many years. The food was delicious as were the desserts. Too bad I didn't get photos of those - darn!


This year's challenge/theme was a skirt challenge. Many of us made skirts that we proudly displayed during the "Show & Tell" portion of the evening. Here are some photos.

These two were cutting up, as usual!

Mary won the skirt challenge with her beautifully detailed skirt!

She used Vogue 1291 for the skirt pattern, and added the yoke at the top from New Look 6345. And she added the buttons to sort-of control the origami pleats.

Rena's Alabama Chanin skirt

Sandie came with skirt-a-palooza, but I loved her Siamese cat top from fabric purchased at Sew Main St 

Rita's precious skirt!

Barbara's cute outfit, including a tee and fitted skirt with fly front zipper and pockets!

Ginny made an appearance with a fabulous outfit made from Louise Cutting's "Relax a Little" pattern and a batik she bought from Thai Silks. Great stuff!

Next month's meeting is back at the church and we'll be discussing Shibori with a presentation led by Martha. Desi will be ordering blank silk hankies for many to use. Please let her know by 7/31 if you'll need a silk hankie so we'll be sure to order enough.

(hand) sewing circle

Sashiko by Hellenne

Hand-dyed pearl cotton from Sew Main Street in Woodstock

Rita, Desi, Rena

Terry and Janimal

Last night we looked further into the subject of embroidery, starting with one of the simplest - sashiko. We finished with more complex stitches including bullion stitch. And we sat in a circle. A sewing circle.

boro cloth by Martha

Sew Main Street

SING was well represented at Sew Main St, new fabric store in Woodstock thanks to Desi's research and invitation.

We did lunch at firehouse and then invaded this cute new non-quilting store.

Lots of cute cottons including jersey and canvas. Oh and the voile prints were gorgeous and yummy feeling.

There was also Radiance, a cotton-silk blend. Her silks and linens haven't come in yet.

Cute patterns for bags and simple garments.

Here is some cotton jersey I bought.

Pillowcase dresses for Kenya

A few weekends ago, many of our Sew Incredibles ladies met at Lucretia's beautiful home to sew up some pillowcase dresses for children in Kenya. The church where we meet is taking them on an upcoming mission trip and will deliver them in person. As usual, Lucretia was a gracious hostess. As we sat and stitched for three hour intervals, many of us agreed that while we were doing work for charity, we were getting so much benefit from our time together. Sewing friends are such a blessing. It was great to get to visit with each of you who attended. I treasure your friendships, ladies. We are TRULY Sew Incredible!

Our final tally for the total dresses and shorts (for the boys) completed:

• 103 dresses
• 16 pairs of shorts

Here are some photos from the groups working each day. 
(Full sized photos here)

Martha enjoying sewing on her Singer Featherweight

Jan pressing hems and casings for us. Thank you, Jan!

The group from Saturday

Lucretia putting elastic in the casings and cutting armholes. She also pre-cut all of the dresses for us!

Hellenne sewing on the bias strips for the straps

Rena's daughter came and stitched with us, too!

...and then we turned her into a model for the dresses

She loved the photo shoot

I mean, really enjoyed it!

What a sweet girl!

The group from Sunday