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believe sewing is a rewarding and creative activity

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LIVING ON THE EDGE: CREATIVE SEAM AND EDGE FINISHES

Don't have a serger?  Not to worry!  There are lots of alternatives.  Learn how to finish the inside as well as the outside of your hand-woven garments.  This class will cover French, Hong Kong, bound, felled, welts, and serged seams; piping, cording, binding, and more.   Lots of terrific ideas!  Learn professional and couture finishing techniques appropriate for use with hand-woven fabrics!

CLOSURES

Do you avoid jackets because you don’t know how to close them? There is nothing like a beautifully done bound buttonhole to set your garment apart from the rest. Standard and triangular bound buttonholes will be covered.  Also demonstrated will be machine and hand-worked buttonholes, buttonhole facings, fabric cords for loop and button closures, ideas for buttons, and other suggestions for closing up those jacket fronts. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST       

Daryl Lancaster received her BA cum laude degree in Fine Arts in 1977 from Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ and has been actively working since then as a weaver/fiber artist.  Comfortable with the sewing machine for more than forty years, she spent 10 years as a production craftswoman, selling her handwoven clothing in craft markets and galleries throughout the United States.  She teaches garment construction and related topics to weavers and other fiber enthusiasts across North America.  In addition, Daryl exhibits her artwork in galleries across the country. She was the Contributing Features Editor for six years, for Handwoven Magazine from Interweave Press and wrote the Fashion and Color Forecast Column. She continues to write for various weaving and sewing publications. A breast cancer survivor, she uses her work as a vehicle to express who she is and the path that she has traveled.  Daryl lives in northern New Jersey (Morris County) with her husband.

See you in Houston 

August 16 - 20

Thank you Patty for the use of your classroom at Creative Patches

Painted Turtle Pillows

Over 4201 Turtle Pillows were created by ASG members and donated to The Painted Turtle Camp.

Thank you to all!

The Central Coast Chapter made 137 pillows.   Thank you Central Coast ASG members for your hard work on this 2011 National Community Service Project. 

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