Looking Ahead

The Sewphisticuts used November's meeting to make plans for the coming year.  We started with a list of ideas to get the discussion rolling and ended up with the following schedule (subject to change, of course):

• January - New Year sewing resolutions:  what sewing goals do you have for the coming year?  Do you hope to learn a new technique, get rid of some UFOs, or something more ambitious? 
• February - Creative design touches:  ideas for ways to embellish an item, whether a garment, quilt, bag, or home dec item.  This may lead to a more extensive exploration of a technique in a later program.
• March - Free-motion sewing
• April - Fabric/Notions Swap:  bring along stuff you'd like to "re-home", whether fabric, yarns, notions, sewing books, etc.  Take home something new (to you) in its place.
• May - sewing knits with or without a serger; favorite T-shirt patterns
• June - annual sewing room tour
• July - zipper workshop, focusing on lapped and invisible zippers
• August - vacation time - no meeting
• September - Stained glass quilt techniques
• October - prepare for Make A Difference Day
• November - open for additional program; planning for following year
• December - Dinner

General business:  the group decided to go to dinner for the December meeting.  Caffe Pazzo on IBM Road was chosen.  Of interest to quilters:  the Schoharie Quilt Barn Trail, which is described at the following link:
http://www.schohariechamber.com/pdf/quilt.pdf  .Peggy N. shared some information about the Creativ Festival (and that's not a typo - it is spelled without the 'e') in Toronto where she took several classes.  One class was about fly-front zipper insertion, and Peggy brought along the samples made in the class, which created a reference library of all the separate steps of sewing the zipper.  We ended the meeting with some lovely Show-and-Tells, pictured below.

Baby's bib

Crest designed by Judy and her husband

Placemat

More placemats

Lunch bag

Re-usable food bags, made of fabric but lined with plastic.