The Status Thimble
Newsletter of the Fort Lauderdale, FL Chapter Volume 32, Issue 4 Serving Broward, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties September, October 2016 Visit us at asgfl.org
IN THIS ISSUE: Why We Sew Everything But Clothes Thoughts from Faye ...... 1 One of our favorite things at our neighborhood group meetings is “show and tell” Advisory Board (CAB) ...... 2 where we get to see all the wonderful creative projects made by our fellow sewers. Now just sit back and think about it. How often does anyone stand up and say “I Advertiser List ...... 2 made my dress, jacket, shirt, top or pants”? Instead we proudly show off our bags, quilts, items for the home or presents for our grandchildren. Take a peek at the list of National Sewing Month ...... 3 programs for our neighborhood group meetings in this newsletter. Garment con- Neighborhood Group News .. 4-7 struction has taken a back seat to all other sewing projects. The reason we avoid making our clothes is that the patterns no longer fit our bodies, if they ever did. Im- News from National ...... 8 agine how different our sewing would be if we had a well fitted pattern for all of the garments. Fabric Design Contest ...... 8 Neighborhood Programs ... 10-11 This is my adventure of a shirt. I decided to sign up for a shirt making class as I really like the instructor. Prior to the class it was imperative to alter the pattern as several Retailer News...... 12 years ago I took a similar class and was disappointed in the result. My sewing was perfect, but the fit was horrible. When it comes to alterations, I am not sure which I Call for Nominations ...... 15 hate more . . . the alteration process or going to the dentist. The next step was to re- Membership Page ...... 16 search alterations in my books and You Tube, the best invention since sliced bread. I purchased the pattern and I am ready to make a muslin. Being a procrastinator all my Taunton Magazine Discount .. 17 life I find ways to stall. I decided to do a machine embroidery design on a new bag for my iPad. That killed an hour. What I really want to do now is go watch General Group Locations Map ...... 17 Hospital which is recording away. First, I have to cut out the muslin, and then I can Retailer Discounts ...... 18 watch the show. Phew…the muslin is cut out and now I can see the show.
What’s Out There? ...... 19 A week passes and I must sew and fit the muslin as the class is now one week away. Length and width adjustments are no problem. I pin out some of the shoulder ad- Annual Meeting Registration .. 20 justments and the muslin is looking better. I pinched out the front armscye excess Marsha McClintock Classes .. 21 and transferred it to a side dart. As it was an inch and a half, I removed that from the sleeve cap. There were so many changes that I made a second muslin. The fit was Advertising Rates ...... 22 horrible! Now class is three days away and the pattern is a mess. Not having traced off a copy of the pattern, I jumped in the car and went to the store to buy a new pat- tern. While there, the store owner suggested a couple of ways to do the necessary 2016-17 Coming Events alterations. Basically, I ended up just adjusting for a narrower upper chest and back, shoulder slope and high round neck. Forget the bust dart. At 10:00 the night before November 4 Marsha McClintock Classes the class, I cut out the pattern. November 5 Chapter Annual Meeting with Off to class I go. The class was great and a lot of fun. The shirt fits better than those Marsha McClintock that I have purchased and will require a little more tweaking before my next one. I
Registration forms on am forty percent done with my five fitting pieces as I now have the Perfect Tee Shirt pages 20 and 21. Also and the Kwik Sew shirt. on www.asgfl.org. Donna’s Dispatch will return in the next issue. She has been very busy moving her
March, 2017 90-year-old mother from her apartment in Daytona to a new apartment in a lovely Nancy Nix-Rice Event assisted living facility close to Donna. Details will be announced. Faye
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2016 Chapter Advisory Board Thank You Advertisers! See their ads on the following pages:
President Azar's ...... 2 Donna Darracott…....954-254-2114 [email protected] Cynthia’s Fine Fabrics ...... 14
Vice President Faye Ariel……….….954-472-0472 Laura’s Sew & Vac ...... 9
Quilt a bit ...... 8 Secretary Karen Tucker …….. 954-532-5782 Sew Much Fun ...... 14 [email protected]
Sew with Ellie ...... 14 Treasurer Karen Davis ……... 954-654-2119 [email protected] SewKeysE ...... 16
StitchCraft ...... 16 Media Linda Lawton …….. 954-917-0605 Stuart Sew & Vac ...... 2 [email protected]
The Factory ...... 13 Membership Ann Reardon……… 561-558-9513
Newsletter Judy Rand…………. 954-426-2773
Retail Liaison—Broward County Kate Alexander……. 954-475-2671
Retail Liaison—PB County Belinda Adkins …….484-686-8456 [email protected]
Special Events Co-Chair Kay Hurley…………954-428-5553
Special Events Co-Chair Bobby Spiegel…….. 561-451-3448
ASG Headquarters Contact Jennifer Kelly…713-729-3000 x 110 [email protected]
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National Sewing Month
September is National Sewing Month. Special programs have been planned for neighborhood groups to encourage interest in our guild. Chapter members are encouraged to attend other Neighborhood Group meetings and partici- pate in the charity sews. All of our groups are putting forth extra effort to provide a “special day” in September. Listed below are the dates, places, and times for free meetings open to the public. For more information on National Sew- ing Month go to: http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/.
Date Time Group Location Project
September 10 * 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Boca Raton Day, Center for Life Learning Cancer Caps for Boca Night and Boca Raton Regional Hosp. Lynn Cancer Center Boynton Beach 800 Meadows Road, Boca
JoAnn’s, Classroom September 18 12 Noon to 3:00 PM Stuart 3563 NW Federal Hwy, Community Service Jensen Beach Sewing Project
Boca Day, Glades Branch Library September 24 * 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Boca Night and 20701 95th Ave. South Children’s Sewing Boynton Beach Boca Raton Project—Pajama Pants
NW Regional Library September 28 Adults and Children Coral Springs 3151 University Drive Halloween Treat Bags 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM Coral Springs
Laura’s Sew & Vac September 28 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM North Palm 3964 Northlake Blvd. Community Sit and Sew Beach Palm Beach Gardens
Boca Day, Glades Branch Library October 13 1:00 PM Setup Boca Night and 20701 95th Ave. South Adult Sewing Program 2:00 to 4:00 PM Boynton Beach Boca Raton
* If you can help with the Boca projects, please call Aliece Bristol at 561-870-6590. You can bring your own machine and sewing kits. Power supply will be available. Aliece can bring six machines if you can’t bring one. If you can’t make the events but want to participate, the wheelchair bags, IV bags and cancer cap instructions can be found at www.asgfl.org under Community Service.
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Neighborhood Group News Port St. Lucie
For our May meeting, Belinda demonstrated the Candy Wrapper Pouch/Bag. We had a nice turnout for our meeting. Our June meeting was charity sewing, making pillowcases for Hibiscus Children’s Center, a shelter for children in our area. Seven of us showed up and sewed 16 pillowcases. I am sure the children will love them! In July we had a lunch at Olive Garden—good food and good conversation!
In September we will move our meeting day to the third Saturday of the month. The time will be the same, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Belinda Adkins
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North Palm Beach
Our June meeting was tee shirt makeover day, Jane showed various ways to redo a tee and members brought theirs to share with the group. For our July meeting Marsha from Checker Distributers showed us notions, patterns and techniques.
Jane Cappo
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At our May meeting, we were entertained by Our June meeting was a charity workshop. We made walk- Lani and Chris who described their recent er bags for seniors and chemo IV covers for St. Mary’s trip to Japan. Cherry blossoms, shopping, Pediatric Hemotology Department. Upholstery fabrics touring, made for a memorable trip. were used for strong, colorful walker bags. Colorful fab- rics with youthful designs were perfect for the IV covers.
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ASG Palm Beach Embroidery
In June, Sharon did a program on puffy foam to make your projects “stand out.”
To encourage our members to wear a nametag, Jane showed how to make them. She encouraged them to make their nametag show something about them- selves. Jane Cappo
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Marietta’s button box won for the most unusual use of buttons.
At our May meeting Karen T. demonstrated how to make pyramid bags. We all tried our hand and the variety of bags made from the same pattern was amazing.
June was our button challenge. Prizes were given to projects using the most buttons, most unusual use of buttons and most useful project.
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Chapter Program
A special chapter program was held in May in Deerfield Beach. Emma Seabrooke from SewKeysE demon- strated and guided attending members on how to make decorative trim with their sergers. Using metallic and specialty threads beautiful trim was made by all. Whoever thought that our utilitarian sergers could produce such beautiful trims? Emma wrote the book on how to accomplish this.
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North Palm Beach
The smiling faces of
members welcomed visitors to the new JoAnn’s craft/fabric store at their grand opening in Palm Beach Gardens in May.
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Hollywood
At the Hollywood group meeting Connie Gremich was given a certificate of appreciation for all her hard work
making placemats for Meals on Wheels.
Joyce Buker
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A Little History Lesson
Here’s an interesting site about the history of feed sack dresses. How many of you remember going to the feed store and picking out sacks for mom to create beautiful clothing? http://www.littlethings.com/flour-sack-dresses
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News From ASG National Convention Houston received the Newsletter Award and Indianapolis received the Website Award. Congratu- lations to both! You should download the Houston newsletter Sew and Tell to see their first-rate newsletter. The Indianapolis website can be found here: www.indyasg.org. West Oakland, Michigan received the Chapter Growth award. The 2016 Spirit Award winner is Helen De Roo. Next year’s convention will be in Orlando! And in 2018 Las Vegas!
Fabric Design Contest!
ASG is planning a fabric design contest. There will be an article about this in the next Notions.
Every member will be eligible to submit a design or de- signs to ASG for our official 2017 ASG fabric. Designs may be photos, hand drawn, or computer generated. The original design has one criteria: somewhere in the design the official ASG logo must appear with the needle and thread. It does NOT have to be the focus, just included somewhere. And, of course, just like our newsletters, we cannot use copyrighted material from other sources. This must be an ORIGINAL design!!
ASG is working on having a site where submissions may be sent. In the meantime, members can start their creative juices working creating one or more submissions. Vot- ing will be done by Chapter Presidents after the first of the year and ASG plans to have the fabric ready for pur- chase by Conference 2017 in Orlando! ......
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Neighborhood Group Meetings Neighborhood meetings are great places to meet with new and old friends. All neighborhood groups are open to any member and guests. Guests may attend two meetings before joining the Guild. Bring and share your sewing projects. Ask for help with problems you may be having. Please call first when attending at private homes. Occasionally, it’s necessary for programs to change after the newsletter is printed. The latest information is at www.asgfl.org.
Your attendance at programs sponsored by the American Sewing Guild may be digitally recorded through photographs and/or video recordings. These images may be used on our website or in our newsletters. If you do not wish your image to be published, please notify the photographer or Group Leader. All members are welcome to attend the Chapter Board meetings. You need to contact any board member (see page 2) in advance to confirm time and location. We welcome member questions, comments and suggestions.
LOCATION AND TIME LEADERS DATE AND AGENDA ASG BROWARD EMBROIDERY/SERGER 2nd Wednesday 10:30 AM Donna Darracott, 954-254-2114 September 14: Embroidery Northwest Regional Library [email protected] October 12: Serger 3151 University Drive Coral Springs
ASG PALM BEACH EMBROIDERY Jane Cappo, 561-776-0998 1st Friday at 10:30 AM [email protected] September 2: Jewelry Party Laura’s Sew & Vac Colleen Bills, 561-627-5066 October 7: Trapunto 3964 Northlake Blvd. [email protected] Palm Beach Gardens
BOCA RATON - DAYTIME September 10*: Cancer Caps at Lynn** September 24: Children’s PJ Pant First Thursday at 12:30 PM Rosanne Costa, 561-276-1711 October 6: Zippered Candy Bag Pouch Glades Road Branch Library October 13: Adult Ed Comm. Project** [email protected] 20701 95th Ave. South Boca Raton *No meeting September 1 ** See page 3 for times and locations
BOCA RATON - EVENING September 14: Hand Embellish- 2nd Wednesday at 7:00 PM Ann Reardon, 561-558-9513 ments - Hands on James A. Rutherford Community [email protected] October 12: Kitchen Items - Center at Patch Reef Park, everyone 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton
BOYNTON BEACH
3rd Tuesday at 12:30 PM Karen Shelton, 561-289-4994 September 19: Call for Information Karen’s home [email protected] October 17: Call for Information Gated—Call for attendance & code
CORAL SPRINGS
Last Wednesday at 10:15 AM Linda Nastro, 954-796-0558 September 28: Community Sewing Northwest Regional Library [email protected] Halloween Treat Bags 3151 University Drive October 26: Holiday Table Runner Coral Springs
HOLLYWOOD
Second Tuesday 1:00 PM Joyce Buker, 954-963-9132 September 13: Call for Information Broward County Library [email protected] October 11: Call for Information 3151 Stirling Road Hollywood Terry Hill, 954-524-8152
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Neighborhood Group Meetings
LOCATION AND TIME LEADERS DATE AND AGENDA
NORTH PALM BEACH
3rd Monday at 1:00 PM Jane Cappo, 772-888-3303 September 19: Home Dec Project Laura’s Sew & Vac [email protected] October 17: Serger Project 3964 Northlake Blvd. Colleen Bills, 561-627-5066 Palm Beach Gardens [email protected]
PEMBROKE PINES
1st Monday at 7:30 PM Carol Short, 954-483-6440 September 5: Call for Information Memorial Manor [email protected] October 3: Call for Information 777 So. Douglas Road Pembroke Pines
PLANTATION
Last Saturday at 1:00 PM Yvonne Austin, 954-977-9285 September 24: Make a Double St. Benedict’s Church [email protected] Oven Mitt 7801 NW 5th St., Plantation Irma Heath, 954-431-5876 October 29: Tailor Sleeve Cuffs
POMPANO BEACH Cookie Carmen, 954-972-9216 2nd Friday at 10:00 AM [email protected] September 9: Call for Information NW Regional, BCC Library, Karen Davis, 954-654-2119 October 14: Call for Information 1100 Coconut Creek Parkway [email protected] Coconut Creek
PORT ST. LUCIE September 17: Charity Sewing, 3rd Saturday at 10:30 AM Belinda Adkins, 484-686-8456 Walker Bags Laura’s Sew & Vac [email protected] October 15: Microwave Bowl 1707 NW St. Lucie Blvd. Demo with Belinda STUART Maryann Chandler, 772-283-3490 September 18: Community Service 3rd Sunday at 12:00 PM [email protected] Sewing JoAnn’s Classroom Rusty Landgren, 772-220-2121 October 16: Organizing your [email protected] Sewing Room
WEST PALM BEACH
1st Tuesday at 10:00 AM Susan Reney, 561-684-6641 Meetings resume in November 1085 Gator Trail, WPB [email protected]
DOUPION OR DOUPPIONI—Silk thread made from two cocoons that have nested together. In spinning, the double thread is not separated giving it a unique thick and thin appearance. Used in making pongee, nankeen, shantung, and other fine silk fabrics where this characteristic look is so desired.
DOWN—The soft fluffy under feathers of ducks, geese, or other water fowl used for quilting fashion apparel or stuffing pillows, quilts, or cushions. Down is very lightweight and warm.
DOMESTICS—A general term used in the textile industry to distinguish certain fabrics for the house such as sheetings, pillow cases, towels, blankets, and washcloths, from apparel fabrics. From A Dictionary of Textile Terms by Dan River Inc.
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Broward County and Boca Raton quilt shop with many beautiful fabrics, patterns and quilting needs. See their ad on page 8. Cynthia’s Fine Fabrics. Cynthia’s has been raising money for Alzheimer’s research. A direct donation can StitchCraft will customize a class just for you! Contact be made via the Alzheimer’s Association website. A Sew Johanna at (561) 447-4147 if you have an idea to discuss. -a-Thon was held in June to support the efforts of this Minimum 4 participants. They are flexible on times and organization. Don’t forget Cynthia’s has a total sewing topics! support package for machines purchased there, includ- ing wireless access to their classroom. Laura’s Sew and Vac will have two exciting programs coming soon. Cynthia Wismann and Hope Yoder will be Once Upon a Quilt. The Annual Sewing Retreat is teaching in September and October respectively. Be sure coming up December 3, 4 and 5, 2016. Presenters are to sign up before the classes fill. More information can Lisa Archer, Amanda Murphy and Edyta Sitar. Register be found on page 9. now—space limited. 954-987-8827.
Ace Sew & Vac. Ace offers a monthly quilt club, Ace Accuquilt Club. It is moderated by Janet Oxley and Rose May Daley. Each month has a different theme. If inter- Our chapter now has a presence on Yahoo. ested, call 954-943-4772 or email [email protected]. Just go to Yahoo.com/groups and search for
JoAnn Fabrics. Check out their website ASG Ft. Lauderdale and click “Join.” www.joanns.com. #JoAnns is a gallery to share your projects with other sewers. It’s great for getting ideas. If you’re not already a member of Yahoo Also, have you found the #Pokemon at JoAnn’s? They groups, just sign up and you will receive post- hide him in the Pokemon #fabrics. ings by email. You can elect to receive individ- ual postings each day or a daily digest of all Sew With Ellie teaches Alterations and Make-Overs. You can alter garments by adjusting seams to contour to the messages in one email. Go to your body, however you can remake that item into a “Membership” on the upper right of the completely different garment. With many years specializ- group page and click “edit membership” to set ing in alterations, let Ellie assist you with your creativity. your preferences. Hope to see you there.
Bodice fittings (Woven and Knits) available for mature figures sizes 8-20 and 1X-6X. Find the size you need and purchase the pattern to begin creating designs. Get your Duct Tape Double Form made that will mimic Facebook your body’s shape and posture. A must have when sewing garments. Pant fittings will be available in the Fall. Beginning sewers, ‘tween to mature are welcome. Here’s a great tutorial on how to set up and use Face- Contact Ellie for schedule: [email protected] book. Our page is found by going to facebook.com or call 954-806-4351. and searching for ASG Fort Lauderdale. There’s Kate Alexander another group with a similar name but if you copy this name, you should find us easily. Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie Counties Here’s the tutorial to help you get set up. Be sure to The Factory Sew Vac has restocked machines, notions set the privacy setting under the security area so you and threads, added some new items and remodeled part can use it safely. of the store, so they have a cool new look. http://m.wikihow.com/Use-Facebook Welcome to our new advertiser Quilt a Bit located in the Buttonwood area of Greenacres. This is a lovely
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After 38 Years The Factory Sew Vac LLC continues forward as a family owned business with a new owner. Please allow us to introduce ourselves,
You may recognize Jeff Momot, the Factory Certified mechanic for the past 21 years, is now the new owner. Pictured with Jeff is his wife Christe, and daughter Helen. Since January we have been working hard upgrading the store, restocking sold inventory, adding new products and more. Thank you so much for all the support you have given us over the years and we look forward to serving your needs for many years to come. Come in soon because if you haven’t been to The Factory lately, then you haven’t been to The Factory. 6680 Lantana Road Suite 7 Lake Worth FL 33467 ¼ mile West of Jog Road 561-433-4011 We service all brands of sewing machines and vacuums. www.thefactorysew-vac.com Like us on facebook@ The Factory Sew Vac Add your email for our newsletter at: [email protected]
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Our chapter is a 501(c)3 organization and is eligible and now registered with AmazonSmile Foundation. All you have to do is select our chapter and shop. The donation of 0.5% will be tabulated in the background, and every quarter our chapter will receive an automated deposit of funds for purchases.
When first visiting AmazonSmile, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization. There are almost one million eligible organizations, and some of these are other registered ASG chapters. Be sure you have the correct organization, Ameri- can Sewing Guild, Plantation. We are in the pro- cess of correcting the name to reflect our chapter name but it’s taking a while.
Start shopping today for anything you normally purchase on Amazon. Thank you for your ongoing support.
FROM MRS. WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY
Needlepoint (nee dl point) n.—a project you start as a wedding gift for a friend, but give to her for her tenth anniversary.
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAPTER ADVISORY BOARD
This is a call for nominations for candidates to seek election to the Chapter Advisory Board for 2017. Nomi- nations are open for President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Committee chairs are also needed to carry out other necessary functions. If you are interested in a position or want to nominate someone (with their permission), the form below is your opportunity to have input into the process to surface potential candidates. Each elected term is for one year starting on January 1 and ending December 31. All other CAB appointed positions will be filled after the election held at our annual meeting on November 5, 2016.
DUE DATE: Copy and return this form to Kay Hurley, chair of the nominating committee, by September 30, 2016. Mail to Kay Hurley, 367 S. Federal Hwy., #219C, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Or email to: [email protected]
PRESIDENT: ______Telephone No.______Oversees Chapter activi- ties. Serves as advisor to entire membership. Conducts board meetings, submits reports, plans budget, stays abreast of information disseminated by ASG headquarters and Regional Representative. Computer word pro- cessing and email skills highly desired.
VICE PRESIDENT: ______Telephone No. ______Assumes duties of President if President unable to function. Computer skills/Microsoft Excel and email highly desired. May be a signatory on chapter bank accounts. May be asked to chair a committee.
SECRETARY: ______Telephone No. ______Distributes and keeps records of the minutes of the CAB meetings and Chapter Annual meeting. Submits CAB Change Form. Computer skills/email highly desired.
TREASURER: ______Telephone No. ______Responsible for chapter bank accounts. Work with President to prepare annual budget. Submits quarterly ASG reports to Head- quarters. Experience with Microsoft Excel highly desired.
APPOINTED CHAIR POSITIONS
Media – Coordinates social media, Smile.Amazon program and other media matters. Computer skills required.
Membership – Maintains current membership information in conjunction with ASG. Distributes welcome packets and other information. Computer skills/Excel and email highly desired.
Newsletter Editor – Responsible for all aspects of the printing/designing/publishing newsletter five times per year. Oversees mailing process. Computer desktop publishing skills and working with electronic images man- datory.
Retail Liaison – Solicits advertisement revenue from area retailers. Periodically visits retailers to renew ad/ discount agreements. One liaison for Palm Beach County and one for Broward County.
Special Events – Plans at least two (2) programs or events per year. Oversees all program planning initiatives. Interfaces with guest sewing speakers and facility coordinators. Assumes duties of President if President (or VP) is unable to function. Computer skills/Excel & email highly desired.
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Membership
Welcome new and transferred members. We’re sew glad you joined us!
Katherine Allogia Elaine Malmquist Dawn Dickerson Esther Phelan Alice Freeman (from Orlando) Brenda Gallik
Thanks for renewing to the following members:
Ann Marie Alderman Suzanne Lodanski Joan Bradshaw Judith Martinez Jane Cappo Charmain Mitchell Maryann Chandler Irene Nichols Roberta Chenoweth Annie Peterson Lee Day Judy Rand Connie Falvo Vivian Rowe Trudy Farber Virginia Rowland Marcia Freeman Kimberly Shriver Laura Frost-Smith Sandra Sorenson Beverly Geiger Margaret Starr Patricia Graefe Margaret Steinbach Camila Gutierrez Margaret Wehrenberg Patricia Jacobson Joan Whitman Linda Lane
In Memoriam
The Guild would like to express condolences to the family of Meryll Warner, who recently passed after a battle with lung cancer. Meryll attended the Boca Raton groups.
Our sympathy to Camilla Gutierrez whose husband Leonardo passed away on May 19. Camilla attends the Pembroke Pines and Plantation neighborhood groups.
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TAUNTON MAGAZINE DISCOUNTS
Taunton Press offers ASG Members a 20% discount on 1, 2, or 3-year subscriptions for all their magazines (Threads, Fine Cooking, Fine Gardening, Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding). Threads prices are: $26.36 for 1 year, $43.96 for 2 years and $63.16 for 3 years. All mag- azines are 20% off regular subscription rates.
To order, send a check to Carol Planthaber, 1135 SW 13th St., Boca Raton, FL 33486-5435. Phone 561-368- 3146 or e-mail [email protected].
We need a minimum of 10 subscriptions to process the order. Threads Videos are available for a 20% discount (+ $1 shipping). Books have a 30% discount + $2 ship- ping. Call Carol for details.
Name ______
Street ______
City ______
State, ZIP ______
New/Renew ______
Magazine ______
Subscription Length ______
ASG Member # ______
17 Retailer Discount List Eric is a dealer for Janome, Viking, Juki, Brother and Singer and Ace Sewing 509 E. Sample Rd., 15% discount carries a full line of sewing and embroidery machines and accesso- on all ries as well as industrial machines and notions. He has classes for & Vacuum Pompano Beach, FL 33064 non-sale items. sewing and quilting, support classes for machines and software. 954-943-4772 acesewvac.com Naieem and Irshad carry a variety of decorator fabrics and trims as A to Z Fabrics & 3999 NW 19th St. 10% discount well as apparel fabrics and notions. There is a large selection of on all uniforms for the medical Lauderdale Lakes, FL Scrubs non-sale items. profession as well. 954-677-2499 8126 N. University Dr. Cynthia is a Pfaff and Baby Lock dealer and carries a full line of Cynthia’s Fine Tamarac, FL 33321 10% discount sewing and embroidery machines as well as accessories. She has 954-724-2900 on all non-sale fine fabrics, notions, patterns,and support classes. Fabrics items. www.cynthiasfinefabrics.com 6680 Lantana Rd. Suite 7 Lake Jeff carries Husqvarna Viking, Singer and industrial sewing ma- The Factory Worth, FL 10% discount chines plus vacuum cleaners. He has a wide selection of notions, 561-433-4011, on all but sale books, software and all the accessories you need to sew and embroi- www.thefactorysew-vac.com/ items der. The store offers a variety of classes and seminars.
770 S. Military Trail, Ste. 1 Gold Coast has Singer sewing machines, industrial sewing ma- Gold Coast Sew & West Palm Beach, FL 33415 10% discount chines, sales and service and Eureka vacuums. They have threads on all but sale and accessories for the sewing machines and vacuum cleaner acces- 561-686-3123 Vac Center items sories. They service all brands of sewing and vacuum cleaners.
JoAnn Fabric Various location in 10% discount JoAnn carries fabrics, craft items, quilt supplies and notions. Go to website for special offers and to sign up for e-mail coupons. Stores South Florida (with JoAnn Card) www.joann.com 3964 Northlake Blvd. Laura’s Sewing Palm Beach Gardens, FL Laura has a great selection of Brother and Baby Lock machines 561-799-5228 10% discount plus service and vacuum sales. They have fine fabrics, notions and and Vacuum accessories plus classes and free demo/lectures. A trained technician 1701 NW St. Lucie Blvd., on all non-sale Port St. Lucie, FL items. is available to service all makes of sewing machines. Email: [email protected] 772-344-5229 www.sewwithlaura.com
S&S Fabrics 4553 N. University Dr. 10% discount S & S carries elegant fabrics for evening, prom and bridal wear. on They carry linens, silks, men’s suiting fabrics, ethnic fabrics, but- Lauderhill, FL 33351 everything. tons, zippers, home décor fabrics and trims. 954-316-6677 Sew Much Fun 7491 N. Federal Hiway Lori is a Brother and Juki sewing machine dealer and carries a full C-11 Boca Raton, FL 10% discount line of sewing and embroidery supplies and software. She also car- 561-999-9992 on all non-sale ries sewing fabrics including apparel fabrics and notions. There are www.sewmuchfunandmore. items. a variety of creative and support classes . com 399 S. Federal Hwy. Johanna is a Baby Lock sewing machine dealer and carries a full StitchCraft Boca Raton, FL Frequent shop- line of sewing and embroidery supplies, classes and software. She 561-447-4147 pers Program has a wide selection of fabrics, kits, notions and patterns. Koala www.stitchcraftboca.com sewing furniture is also available.
Stuart Sewing & 3289 NW Federal Hwy. 10% discount Stuart Sewing & Vacuum carries a full line of Pfaff and Janome Vacuum Jensen Beach, FL 34957 on threads, sewing machines and Juki products. They service all brands of 772-692-4200 notions and sewing machines and they carry threads, notions and accessories. Stuartsewandvac.com accessories 10% discount The Viking Sewing Galleries are Husqvarna Viking sewing ma- Viking Sewing 4700 Hollywood Blvd., on all non-sale chine dealers. They carry a full line of software, accessories and Hollywood, FL 33021 items. notions for sewing and embroidery. A variety of sewing classes as Gallery 954-981-6599 Hollywood well as support classes for sewing and embroidery machines and (Inside JoAnn’s) store: 15% software are offered. Service is available for all makes and models 801 S. University Drive discount on of machines. Plantation, FL 33324 ASG meeting 954-472-1853 day.
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Here’s another interesting article from the Columbia River ASG group, reprinted with permission.
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Fort Lauderdale Chapter 2016 Annual Meeting and Luncheon
Guest Speaker: Marsha McClintock Saturday, November 5, 2016 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM Benvenuto Restaurant, 561-364-0600 1730 N Federal Hwy, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 You are invited to attend our annual meeting and luncheon for an entertaining afternoon featuring Marsha McClintock of SAF-T-POCKETS Pattern Company. Registration and raffle ticket sales will be held from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM. The business meeting will start at 11:00 AM and will be followed by a gourmet lunch- eon. After the luncheon and presentation by Marsha, Lori’s student sewists from Sew Much Fun will present a fashion show for your enjoyment. Directions to the Benvenuto Restaurant: Take I-95 to Gateway Blvd. Go east to Federal Highway and go south about four blocks. Benvenuto’s is on the east side of Federal Highway. ------
Please choose one entrée and one dessert for the luncheon. Caesar salad precedes entrée. Please complete and clip this form and mail with your check (no cash please) Entrée: payable to ASG to: Chicken Breast Francaise, Lemon, White Wine & Parsley or Karen Tucker 5620 SW 3rd Place, Apt. 106 Seared Salmon, Light White Wine and Dill Sauce, Jasmine Rice Margate, FL 33068 Special diet, Pasta Primavera
□ $35 Member Dessert:
□ $45 Non-Member * Fresh Fruit or Warm Chocolate Lava Cake, Vanilla Ice Cream
Name:______
Address: ______City: ______Zip:______
Phone: ______Email: ______
Amount enclosed: ______Check #______
All checks must be received by October 21. Sorry, but we cannot give refunds if you cancel unless there is a waiting list. Please complete a separate form for each participant. For any questions, call or email Karen Tucker at [email protected] or 954-532-5782.
*Note: Non-Member additional fee credited if joining ASG with registration or at class.
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Marsha McClintock Workshop American Sewing Guild, Ft. Lauderdale Chapter Friday, November 4, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Women’s Club of Deerfield, 910 E. Hillsboro, Deerfield Beach*
Pocket Fun - 3 hours - Hands on
Kit fee included. Kit Includes Pick a Pocket CD ($6 value), interfacing, all pocket materials, a Snip Its flyer on making a triangle pocket and one on adding pockets to ready to wear ($2. value each). Pockets are practical but can also be decorative. You will make samples of two great pockets and learn about several others. The triangle pocket is easy to make and adds a couture touch to any garment. The double welt pocket is a patch pocket that is two pockets in one. One welt pocket is perfect for a cell phone and the other has a flap closure for security. This pocket is so convenient on jackets or on a pant’s leg.
Supply List:: Sewing machine, scissors, zipper foot, ruler and general sewing supplies.
Travel Accessories - 3 hours - Hands on
Kit fee included. Kit includes pocket fabric, 3 zippers, elastic, ribbon, fabric for jewelry roll, clear vinyl, fold over elastic and fusible fleece. Come make some unique accessories for your next trip. We’ll make a portable zipper pocket you can pin in any garment for security, a great clothes line for hotel room laundry, and a clever jewelry roll with three zipper pockets to carry your jewelry when traveling. Plus see many other novel travel accessories you will want to make.
Supply List:: Sewing machine, Teflon foot for machine, if you have one, scissors, ruler and general sewing Supplies. ------
Please complete and copy this form and mail with your check (no cash please) payable to ASG to:
Karen Tucker 5620 SW 3rd Place, Apt. 106 Margate, FL 33068
□ $35 Member □ $45 Non-Member **
Name:______
Address: ______City:______Zip:______
Phone: ______Email: ______
Amount enclosed: ______Check #______
All checks must be received by October 21. Class size is limited so register early to confirm your spot. Sorry, but we cannot give refunds if you cancel unless there is a waiting list. Please complete a separate form for each participant. For any questions, call or email Karen Tucker at [email protected] or 954-532-5782.
* Directions to Women’s Club: From I-95, take the Hillsboro East exit #42. Travel east and just before Hwy. 1 turn right on SE 9th St. Location is on the SW Corner of Hillsboro and SE 9th St.
**Note: Non-Member additional fee credited if joining ASG with registration or at class.
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American Sewing Guild Fort Lauderdale Chapter
10866 NW 17th Manor Coral Springs, FL 33071-6318
American Sewing Guild’s Mission Statement: “Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill”
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