Origami in cloth

What fun we had, thanks to Lucretia and Lisa. Now we are ready to make more. Friends, fabric and fun. Just perfect. 

And check out Sandie's hat on Jan M. 

Entirely classy and lovely. 

Lisa instructing Joan. 

Hand-crafted Buttons!

Last night members Lisa guided members of Sew Incredibles through the process of making buttons. Look at some of these beauties!

Sewing Goddess Workshop by Hellenne Vermillion

We had a Sewing Goddess making workshop at Martha M's lovely home. A good time was had by all sharing ideas and chocolate. Here are pics of our work in progress.

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.