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Nor thern Nevada Chapter America Sewing Guild Reno, Nevada April June 2012 Volume 13 - Issue 2 Happy Summer everyone! We ve had another successful garage sale.

1 Nor thern Nevada Chapter America Sewing Guild Reno, Nevada April June 2012 Volume 13 - Issue 2 Happy Summer everyone! We ve had another successful garage sale. I think we re close to breaking the record. I thank everyone who helped make this a successful event. My cats were very intrigued with all the piles of fabric for them to explore. Sammy found a very comfortable place to take a nap. Have no fear if you missed this one or missed donating to this one. We ll most likely be having one in the fall. National Conference is rapidly approaching in August. It will be held in Houston, TX. If you plan on going and need a roommate check with me first, please. We had a great turn out at the Diane Ericson workshop last month. Again, thanks to everyone who helped with the event. I believe everyone had a great time and learned some new things. Diane Boone has some wonderful things planned for us the rest of the year, I m sure you will find more information further in the newsletter. Candace Andrews will be heading up a stuffed animal project and I ll be hosting a couple of sit n sews for the Christmas stockings for the Children s Cabinet. If you have a community service project you would like to head -up please don t hesitate to contact me. Inside this issue: CAB 2 GUILD GOLD 3 Upcoming Programs Library Textile Museum Tour Tips & Tricks Garage Sale Report 6 Camp Sew n Sew Report Teddy Bear Project 8 F.Y.I Special points of interest: Diane Ericson Workshop a success Great Garage Sale Stuffed Animal Project Have a great summer, do something fun! Laurie Bray Northern Nevada ASG President Photos of Diane Ericson June Meeting Guild National ASG Conference Houston, TX Christmas Stockings Project

2 CHAPTER ADVISORY BOARD (CAB) President: Laurie Bray st VP Membership: Kerstin Stanley nd VP Programs: Diane Boone Assistant 2nd VP Programs: Sue Kozak Secretary: Verla Jackson Treasurer: Julie Hilsabeck Newsletter Editor: Nancy S. Stevens (C) Guild Gold: Marie-Elena Van Treeck Historian: Hospitality: Janet Inda Librarian: Jan Beck Member at Large: Jan Beck Publicity: Jean Green Retail Liaison: Web Manager/Face Book Manager: Community Service: Special Events Chairman: Page 2 SEW WHENEVER

3 GUILD GOLD GUIDELINES The purpose of this program is to encourage participation of all of our members in Guild activities. To this end, you are awarded Gold Points for various activities that support the group. The Guild Gold Chairman maintains a record of points earned during the year for redemption at our Annual Meeting (Gala) in December. Gold Points CAN NOT be carried over into the next year Attendance: 5 Attending each meeting 5 Sharing drag & brag 5 Visiting another Chapter 5 Attending a paid function Bring a friend: 5 Bring potential new member to a General Meeting 25 Sign up a new member 5 Bring New person to a paid ASG function Guild Support: 10 Bring refreshments 10 Donate a prize 25 Present a full program Helping at an Activity: 5 Per Hour Host an Event 25 Chairing and/or Co-chairing An Event: 75 Submit an article for newsletter: 25 Material Donations: 5 For each full paper grocery bag of fabric or notions 5 Per bag of donation received from an outside source 10 Per bag/box of pre-measured, marked, labeled & tied fabric Community Service: 5 to 10 Per Item depending on the project 5 per hour For sit and sew session 1 Per item taken home from a sit & sew and completed. These items must be signed out by and returned to the project chairman. Volume 13 - Issue 2 Page 3

Diane Boone 2nd VP- Programs June 21: Sheila Lester on Altering Ready to Wear Upcoming Programs: July 19: Ginny Vogel on the construction of Mrs. Sandoval's Dress: Quilt, Design, and Beading.

4 Diane Boone 2nd VP- Programs June 21: Sheila Lester on Altering Ready to Wear Upcoming Programs: July 19: Ginny Vogel on the construction of Mrs. Sandoval's Dress: Quilt, Design, and Beading. July 25: Field trip to Textile Museum in Carson City 4:00 6:00 p.m. September 20: Lyla Messinger Trunk Show (Details to follow) Saturday, September 29 Lyla Messinger - (Details to follow) All day workshop: "17 techniques in 7 hours." October 18: The Button Lady (Gil Biggie) In addition to her program, she will also appraise buttons brought in by our members. (You may bring up to 5 buttons per person.) Note: this is a change in date--she was originally scheduled for September. Bobbie Bullard is very interested in doing a program for our chapter after her book is published in late fall. Maybe we could tentatively schedule her for January Chapter Library Newsletter request I am asking the membership what direction they would like to take with the library. There has been little to no interest to check out books so I need your input. 1. Do you want to keep the Library? 2. Do we want to sell the books at a garage sale and not have a library? 3. Is there someone who has ideas on how to spark interest in our library or a passion for being the librarian? 4. Please come to our July meeting with your thoughts. Thank you, Jan Beck janicebeck@charter.net. Page 4

5 Nevada Textile Museum Tour Hi All, Hope you are enjoying summer! Our visit to the Textile Museum in Carson is all set. We will meet in the Franktown Corners parking lot on Wednesday, July 25, at 3:00. If you would be willing to drive, taking some gals with you, please let me know. Our tour is 4:00-6:00 p.m.. If there is enough interest, I would be willing to arrange a no-host dinner at the Eagles restaurant in Carson after the tour so we can share our impressions and favorite pieces from the collections. The donation/fee for the tour is $10 per person. I ve asked the ASG CAB to fund this expense (a great suggestion made by Jean Green), but have not heard from them as yet. The space in the museum is quite limited, so Jan (Curator) limits the size of the group to 22. Your spot will be reserved for you if you are in the first 22 to signed up. Please note that the Textile Museum is not open to the public, so this tour is a special opportunity available to our local ASG chapter members. Thank you & I hope you can join us. Please or call ( ) if you have any questions. Diane Tips & Tricks: a new section for the newsletter My submissions for this issue: (1) Use a little dab of Fray Check to keep your embroidery trims from unraveling later. Apply to the back of the embroidery and then iron them dry. This keeps the fray check from being hard and scratchy against your skin. (2) Use pinking shears to trim away your excess embroidery backing. This helps keep the backing from showing through to the front side. Julie Hilsabeck Tip: Is the waist on your pants too tight? And if you buy a larger size the hips and thighs are waaaaay too big? I have used Kathy Ruddy's Elastic Waist expander (a six inch wedge shaped piece of elastic). Simply separate side seams at the waist (how far depends on the width you want to add). Sew in the Elastic Wedge and viola! -a larger waist on the pants. Jean Green Volume 13 - Issue 2 Page 5

6 2012 Annual Garage Sale June 9 th, By: Jean Green, Garage Sale Chair Another great Garage Sale. The weather co-operated no rain, not too much wind. It still amazes me how we gather so much fabric every year. We had everything from knits, to designer fabrics, home decor, cottons, wools, fleece, and on and on. I would venture a guess that we have more garment fabric that JoAnne Fabrics or Hancock fabrics. It took two -3/4 ton trucks, one full sized pick-up and four SUV s to move the goods from the storage shed to Laurie Bray s home (she kindly hosted the event again this year). The trucks were courtesy of Jackie Joy s husband; Verla Jackson s gentleman friend; Julie Hilsabecks husband; and Nancy Stevens gentleman friend. Those vehicles moved in with precision, within half an hour they were loaded and gone!. Laurie s home makes a nice location plenty of room to set-up tables in the driveway, we also use the garage itself, and a nice courtyard to put notions so they don t blow away. And most important, a nice shady patio in her back yard to use to for breaks and lunch. Volunteers also provided an excellent lunch both days, we always eat well. 17 ASG volunteers showed up Friday to help open boxes, sort and mark the fabric. We even had a ½ volunteer in Marian, Kerstin Stanley s daughter. Marian was a very energized worker, and seemed to have a love of fabric and right attitude Mom, I want this fabric!. I just love future shoppers. Notions were organized, patterns were sorted by type; and somehow we collected a whole new supply of books and magazines. We had books and magazines on Garment Sewing, Pattern Making, General Sewing, Fashion, Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Hand Embroidery, Costumes, Beading, Weaving, Lace Making, Dying, and many other miscellaneous subjects. Matter of fact, book sales were very brisk, some buyers sat on the ground going through books for hours. 11 of these dedicated volunteers showed up again Saturday to work the sale and repack everything to return to the storage shed. It was nice to see familiar faces among the shoppers and meet new people. Plus our gross sales were $2,190.36! That s $ more than last year. (I was really hoping for $3000. Well there s always next year!) Thank you, thank you, thank you - to all of you who volunteered (including the friends and family members that you coerced into helping). The event would not be possible without dedicated members like you. And of course, a thank you to all of you who shopped $ Sammy (Laurie s kitty) found the knits a great place to take a nap! Page 6 SEW WHENEVER

Camp Sew-n-Sew Verla Jackson, Chair Our 7 th annual Camp Sew-n-Sew was held March 23 rd 25 th at St. Mary s Art Center in Virginia City.

We started at 10 am on Friday instead of our usual after 1 pm, so a few extra hours were added on.

As always, we had lots of great food for meals and snacks we shared!

Next year we have reserved April 5 th -7 th, 2013 to hopefully allay any weather concerns for attendees.

7 Camp Sew-n-Sew Verla Jackson, Chair Our 7 th annual Camp Sew-n-Sew was held March 23 rd 25 th at St. Mary s Art Center in Virginia City. We had 15 attendees, some of whom were new to our event. We had many new items that we held drawings for and a gift bag waiting for each guest in their room. We started at 10 am on Friday instead of our usual after 1 pm, so a few extra hours were added on. Many of the ladies were able to finish many of their projects they brought to work on and really appreciated the ability to arrive earlier than normal to begin the weekend. As always, we had lots of great food for meals and snacks we shared! Our weather this year was better with only one of our members unable to attend due to concerns about the weather and getting over Donner Pass. Next year we have reserved April 5 th -7 th, 2013 to hopefully allay any weather concerns for attendees. If you have never attended or it s been some time since you last attended Camp SNS, please consider joining us next year! We have lots of fun, lots of time for your sewing/craft/quilting projects (yes, you can work in your pajamas if you want) and the camaraderie is wonderful!!!! St. Mary s Arts Center is a beautiful and comfortable place to stay even though your knees get a work-out from all the stairs! (Can you identify these camp attendees?) For a grand baby to be: Whew! I finally got the top put together: Volume 13 - Issue 2 Page 7

STUFFED TOYS FOR RENO P0LICE DEPARTMENT Candance Andrews has been in contact with the Reno Police Department. The officers give stuffed toys etc.

8 STUFFED TOYS FOR RENO P0LICE DEPARTMENT Candance Andrews has been in contact with the Reno Police Department. The officers give stuffed toys etc. to traumatized children when they go out on domestic violence calls and the like. They never have enough. The Marshal in charge reported he'll be very happy to have what we make for the kids. He was very humble and appreciative. Candace would like this Community need will be ongoing. Volunteers can She would like to start with Carol s Zoo pattern pieces to most of Carol s patof you may have other Carol's Zoo patyou'd like. She will make copies of the have a pattern, but would like to be a sit-and-sews as well as making toys on Those that want sit-and-sews can do their leisure can do that. Project Group to be ongoing since the come and go or remain with the group. bear pattern because there are only two terns and it makes a darling bear. Some terns, and you can use your own pattern if bear pattern she has for those who don't part of this group. The Group may have your own. We will decide as a group. that, those that want to make at home at Candace is waiting to hear an approximate number needed per month to see what we can do to fulfill that number. She expects to begin June 11th,following the garage sale. If you are interested in working on this Community Service Project, please Candace Andrews at soulsurgeon@sbcglobal.net or call for more details. Page 8 SEW WHENEVER

9 ASG MAILING ADDRESS American Sewing Guild P.O. Box Reno, NV ASG CAB MEETINGS & LOCATION 6:00 P.M. Sew n Such Kietzke Lane, Reno (Franktown Corners) July 5 October 4 Retreat Weekend November 3 (THIS WILL BE AT LAURIE S HOME) ASG STORAGE UNIT LOCATION: 2790 Wrondel Way, Reno Contact: Jean Green: jeanmgreen@sbcglobal.net OR Janet Inda: janetinda@sbcglobal.net OR Laurie Bray: punk227@charter.net For your donations to our annual garage sales. PASSWORDS To check out the National ASG Website, members will need these passwords: Sewing Friends Quarterly Newsletter Submittal Deadlines 1st Quarter February 29, nd Quarter May 31, rd Quarter August 31, th Quarter November 30, 2012 Submit your articles to: Nancy Stevens, nancysstevens3@yahoo.com ASG MONTHLY MEETINGS & LOCATION: Masonic Lodge 2nd Floor 1st Street Reno Third Thursday Doors open at 6:00 p.m. See Diane s article on page 4 for details of these programs June 21 July 19 July 25 September 20 September 29 (Location to be announced) October 18 November 3 ASG CAB Planning Retreat (Current CAB Members and those nominated for the following year.) December Gala (Date and Time To Be Announced) These dates are subject to change as determined by the CAB in case of special programs which may replace a normal meeting date and location. August ASG National Conference Houston, TX Check asg.org or your Notions Magazine for more information WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Katie Quinn Phyliss Lewis Volume 13 - Issue 2 Page 9

10 DIANE ERICSON WORKSHOP Our 2nd VP-Programs & Event Chairman!! What a great design Kathie! We all enjoyed a wonderful box lunch and good conversation! See what you can do when you play with a piece of fabric! Page 10 These are some of Diane s designs stenciling, stamping, fabric pen drawing, Sew Whenever

11 I would like this to look like a blouse instead of an over-size shirt can you help? Smaller shoulder pads, take it up in the shoulder area, narrow the lapels, shorten the length, then I think you will like the new look! Mom & I need help in the final fitting of this pattern. What do you suggest? Let s take it up a little in the shoulder! That feels better! Volume 13 Issue 2 Page 11

What to bring to the meeting. treasurer s report Beginning balance Ending balance Birthdays

What to bring to the meeting. treasurer s report Beginning balance Ending balance Birthdays And sew on... Vol. 19 No. 5 http://qgogp.wordpress.com December 2011 What to bring to the meeting Name tag Block party block Show-and-Tell Food for potluck (officers also drinks) Gift for gift exchange