GREATER DETROIT, MICHIG AN CHAPTER
www.detroitasg.com
ASG Mission Statement
Advancing sewing as an
art and life skill.
Inside this issue
Serving Those Who
  Serve Us............................ 2
Annual Meeting &
  Fashion Show Challenge 3
Special Events..................... 4
Chapter News ..................... 5
Neighborhood News......... 6-8
Neighboorhood Meetings.... 9
Color Yourself Creative...... 10
Discounts & Retailers......... 11
BOARD MEETINGS
All members are urged to
attend. Meetings are held
every even month. Meet fel-
low Chapter members, bring
pictures of your NG, build
relationships.
Dates: April 4 and June
13 from 9 am-12 noon.
Meeting place is Bloomfield
Township Public Library,
southeast corner of Lone
Pine Rd. and Telegraph.
We need YOUR input.
PLEASE NOTE:
RENEWAL CARD
INFORMATION
If your phone or address
has changed please notify
ASG at the address below.
Send all correspondence to:
American Sewing Guild about all the classes offered, instructors who are teaching, tours, fashion show, and
9660 Hillcroft, Suite 510 much more. I understand Albuquerque has many places of interest to make this trip
Houston, TX 77096
Phone: 713-729-3000
Fax: 713-721-9230
E-mail: info@asg.org
Our regional rep. is:
Carol Asman - Region 2 Rep
sew4carol@aol.com
March, April and May 2009    Volume 22, Issue 1
Dear Sewing Members,
I’m back! I had served as the Detroit Chapter President for over 4 years, then took the
past 2 years off from ASG leadership. I was asked to run for a one year term, and I
accepted the challenge.
This is an exciting time to get involved in the things you enjoy. Our country is
transitioning and emitting a feeling of hope, energy and camaraderie. We can bring
these same feelings to our local neighborhood groups and chapter. This is a good time
to teach your children and grandchildren to sew, bring a friend to your next meeting,
get involved in our charity project and keep sewing.
My goal this year for our chapter is to stay active and win the Chapter of the Year Award
given out each year at the national sewing conference. It is a prestigious award given
to three deserving chapters based on membership. We are the 4th largest chapter
out of 134 chapters nationwide. I am proposing to participate in the national charity
project by having each neighborhood group (NG) make pillowcases for the Ronald
McDonald House in Albuqueqe, New Mexico.
The idea is for each NG to hold a Sewing Saturday before May, invite children to bring
in their own fabric to make two pillowcases - one for themselves and one for the Ronald
McDonald House. Inside the pillowcases will be two items. Check with your local NG
leader for the details. I would encourage the groups to serve refreshments and contact
local media. The purpose of this project would promote sewing and foster a long-
distance friendship between the child sewing the pillowcase and the child receiving
the pillowcase. The project will be called “From Hands to Hearts”. I will deliver the
pillowcases to Alburqerque when I attend conference in July.
The Regional Meeting this year will be held in Grand Rapids, MI, on April 25, 2009.
The Chapter Advisory Board and Neighborhood Group Leaders are invited to attend.
Our own Carol Asman is now our regional representative and will be running the
meeting. Those attending will come back with new tools to strengthen our Chapter.
Another wonderful conference is planned for July 16-20, 2009 in Alburquerque,
New Mexico. If you have not been to conference before, this is a good time to find
out what it is all about. The conference brochures will be available in early April. Read
worthwhile. Start saving for conference now.
Thank you to Carol Asman for leading our Chapter for the past two years and
accepting the challenge of Regional Representative. An additional thank you to
the retiring and current Chapter Advisory Board members for their service, time
and commitment.
Marianne Balogh
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Greater Detroit Chapter

Advisory Board
Serving Those Who Serve Us
President Sew Much Comfort provides adaptive clothing free of charge to support the
  Marianne Balogh unique needs of our injured service members from all branches of the military
mgalogh@wideopenwest.com and national guard. The need for adaptive clothing continues to grow as Ameri-
1st Vice President can military members are injured while serving their country. Each week, many
  Pam Beach wounded military members arrive in the States from Germany for extensive
  punknpoco@aol.com medical treatment for bullet and shrapnel wounds, burns, head and limb injuries
and amputations, while tens of thousands are still in the recovery process.
  2nd Vice President / Newsletter These medical conditions require large fixator, prosthetics and casts that are too
  Cathy Huber   bulky to fit under ordinary clothing or underwear. Sew Much Comfort is the only
  sewwhatsnewcathy@yahoo.com
organization providing adaptive clothing in large volumes to attempt to meet
Secretary those special needs.
  Yvonne Porter
  ygport@hotmail.com Pat Quintero is the Region-
al Director for the states
Treasurer  of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
  Lorrie Goetzinger Michigan and Ohio. There
  lkg1@comcast.net are 6-10 groups that meet
locally and many individual
Special Events Coordinator
  Laura Lauer sewers that contribute their
  lauramarkusa@yahoo.com time and talents to this
worthy cause. Instruction
  Publicity & Advertising   sessions are periodically
This position is open. held to demonstrate the
proper construction of
Retail Liaison
  This position is open. the various garments. All
items are produced from
Industrial Liaison donated materials. During
  Tari Wyse an open sewing session Pat Quintero receiving a donation from
  miketari@comcast.net at Haberman Fabrics on Paula Smith, representing the staff from
January 23rd, Paula Smith, Romulus High School.
NG Coordinator
  Pam Beach
representing the staff at
  punknpoco@aol.com Romulus High School, donated 38 shirts, gift certificates worth $180 and a cash
donation of $500. This the second year this group has made donations to Sew
Membership Much Comfort.
  Flo Crawford
  godis2008@aol.com Ilene Fleszar, the neighborhood group leader for the Taylor Downriver in the
Evening group, has a group that meets at Our Lady of the Angels Church on
Charity Projects Coordinator Pelham, south of I-94 in Taylor. They meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from
  Nancy Kiernan
1-3:30 p.m. in Room 5 of the former school. You can contact Ilene at 313-292-
  nkier@sbcglobal.net
1885 or at ifsewsquare@sbcglobal.net.
Another group meets at Haberman Fabrics in Royal Oak.There will be open
is a quarterly publication for the sewing sessions on March 27th and April 28th from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 P.M.
American Sewing Guild
Sewers will be adapting athletic shorts, t-shirts, boxers and assorted comfort
Greater Detroit Chapter members.
items. Please contact Pat Quintero at
Circulation approx. 475 local members patquin@comcast.net for more information.

PLEASE NOTE: In the past

the Treasurer’s Report has
Wanted
Door Prize
appeared on this page. Ac-
cording to IRS rules we should
Chairperson for
not be publishing our financial 2009 events
1850 Grindley Park If you can help,
information. The information
will be available to all mem- Dearborn, MI 48124 please contact
bers through a written request, 313-561-1111 Laura Lauer
from a member of the board lauramarkusa@
at a meeting, or at your group
www.materialgirlquilt.com
yahoo.com
meeting. ASG Discount Code: ASG2009
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Save the date

Fashion Show & Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 17, 2009

TAKE
FASHION SHOW CHALLENGE
Sew a mix and match 5 piece ensemble
containing the following garments:
Your choice of any two tops (blouses, t-shirts, etc.)
Your choice of any two bottoms (skirts, shorts, pants, etc.)
Your choice of one jacket

You may use any combination of fabrics, patterns, colors, trims,

etc.

Bring your completed pieces to our fashion show in

October 2009.

People’s Choice Awards will be presented.

Contact Laura Lauer with additional questions.

Cell (313) 402 4278, email lauramarkusa@yahoo.com

Jenny Raymond
Update
Jenny Raymond was our featured na-
tional speaker/teacher in March of 2008.
Upon returning home, Jenny promptly
went to work designing and making
her Bernina show garment (pictured at
right). This lovely gown and jacket is
entitled "High Tea at the Broadmoor".
She won the Viewer’s Choice Award at
the 2008 Bernina Fashion Show. The
2008 show will be the last Bernina Fash-
ion Show; so Jenny felt honored not
only to participate, but also to win this
award.
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Special Events Planning
Part I
by Laura Lauer
I receive many inquires about special events planning and
especially the planning that I do for our ASG events. So, I
was asked by the board to provide you with some insight
on planning events. In this first installment, I will address
two characteristics that are mandatory and critical to any
event plan, not just specific to an ASG event. In future
installments, I will cover more specifically the planning of
our chapter and some neighborhood group events.
First, the most critical and important characteristic of an
event planner (EP) is to be highly organized. Although an
EP might have a paid staff and/or volunteers to help out,
it is, ultimately, the event planner’s responsibility to make
sure all tasks are considered and executed as expected.
Throughout the planning and execution of an event the
EP must deliver and receive instructions from multiple
sources and frequently at the same time. So, it is manda-
tory that an EP have a system for digesting and process-
ing all of these details.
I have planned events for many different types of orga-
nizations (e.g. businesses, churches, other non-profit
groups, schools, etc.). Each event has very similar tasks
as well as tasks that would only pertain to that one par-
ticular event. For example, no matter what the event,
there are always restroom facilities to consider (e.g. how
many, location, water pressure, etc.). But a task that
might be more specialized in nature, would be consider-
ing the electrical requirements of an event. When I plan
our hands-on events, I must consider how many sewing
machines, irons, computers, lights and other equipment
that might be running at the same time; thus trying to
analyze whether or not a facility can properly support our
electrical needs.
To help organize the myriad of planning and execution
details, I developed an Excel spreadsheet that lists almost
every possible task, chore, or consideration that I must
coordinate for any given event. Each line item in the
spreadsheet lists the specific task, my “go-to” person for
help, the pertinent contact information, and pertinent time-
line information.
Depending on the complexity of the event, the line items
can be very, very specific. For one of our ASG events the
speaker’s contract specified having cold bottled water
readily available. Some of my line items looked some-
thing like this:
• Purchase bottled water
• Find, clean, and ready a small cooler
• Freeze water or water packs (ice for cooler)
• Assemble all items (bottles, ice & cooler)
• Transport to event
• Determine location of cooler at event
• Maintain inventory of cold water during event
• Paper towel/napkins for “sweaty” water bottles
Another key skill that an event planner must have is a
good ability to “error-proof”. In other words, reasonably
attempt to avoid all the “oops” that could occur. That
does not mean to plan for EVERY possible problem.
That is certainly an impossible task. But reasonable at-
tempts must be made to keep things running smoothly
and to minimize hiccups. To continue on with the above
water example, I knew the facility had vending machines.
So, you might ask, why did I go to the trouble of bring-
ing in water? My answer is: to error-proof the process.
How many times have you tried to use a public vending
machine only to find it jammed, out of change, or even
temporarily out-of-stock on the item you want? Since,
the water request was spelled out clearly in the contract,
I wanted to take that extra step in making sure water, as
specified, was available.
Successful event planning is highly contingent upon de-
tailed, organized, error-proofed plans. Trust me; I have
had my share of hiccups and other unplanned incidents
during the course of event execution. But finding the mo-
tivation, inspiration and ability to overcome the obstacles
and difficulties is what sets a so-so event apart from an
event that sparkles.
Sources for Discontinued Patterns
Major pattern companies keep discontinued patterns for up
to one year, but they may or may not have a large stock of
any particular pattern when it is discontinued. Expect to pay
full price for recently discontinued patterns. Availability of
recently discontinued patterns is not guaranteed.
Burda Patterns  1-800-241-6887
Butterick Patterns  www.butterick.com
  1-800-766-3619 – you must have your pattern number
Kwik Sew Pattern Co.  Cust. Service 1-888-766-2670
McCalls Patterns Co.  www.mccallpattern.com
  1-800-255-2762 Ext.483
Simplicity & New Look Patterns  www.simplicity.com
  Customer Service 1-888-588.2700
Vogue Patterns  www.voguepatterns.com
  1-800-588-3619
The following sites carry vintage patterns. Be prepared
to spend time looking through these websites. Thanks to
Sharon Waligora for most of the following listings:
www.lanetzliving.net
www.betsyvintage.com
www.thebluegardenia.com
www.sovintagepatterns.com
www.oldpatterns.com
www.momspatterns.com
www.bestvintagepatterns.com (Detroit-based)
www.damngoodvintage.com
www.misshelene.com
www.debsrecycledsewingpatterns.com
www.risingfeenix.com
www.grandmashouse.ws
www.northbreeze.com
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YouTube promo video goes live!!!
By Laura Lauer
Since technology is here to stay, the Detroit Chapter has
dipped its toes into the shallow water by releasing our
first You Tube promo video. This is our first attempt at
reaching potential members by using this medium.
Since much research indicates that young people use the
internet and You Tube extensively, we thought this might
be an opportunity to begin tapping into young people
and generating a bit of interest in sewing. You may have
also read in recent issues of Notions, our national news-
letter, how technology is being used to tap potential
members and as a source for targeting younger sewers.
With the help of and extensive consultation from Maddie
Merritt, a Hillsdale College sophomore, we produced and
released this promo video in late December 2008. Mad-
die hopes to someday produce movies.
The photos we chose represent many of the reasons that
people join the ASG (e.g. social reasons, hands-on proj-
ects, garment sewing, quilting, embellishing, etc.). Maddie
made a few observations of her peers that we also incorpo-
rated into the video. She mentioned that many of her col-
lege age friends are looking for ways to build or continue
traditions and to make connections with mothers, grand-
mothers and other relatives. Sewing fulfills that need.
The initial response to the video has been positive and
frankly, rather overwhelming. We are already exploring
You Tube ideas to promote our fashion show garments
and community service projects.
You can view our video by going to www.youtube.com.
Use search terms American Sewing Guild and Detroit.
That should bring up the video.
Thanks again, Maddie, for VOLUNTEERING your time,
talent and effort to “make it happen”.
Did you know . . .
that Toby Haberman, owner of Haberman Fabrics, was
featured on page 16 of Crain’s Detroit Business, Decem-
ber 22, 2008 edition? Most libraries carry Crain’s Detroit
Business. Check it out!!!
Way to go Toby!!!
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT
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on new classes, sales and events.
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June 4 - 7, 2009
Register for:
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Workshop is limited to just 35 lucky sewers.
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Network Your Creative Talents
Many of our members have small businesses (home
decorating, custom garment sewing, custom made
accessories like purses and jewelry, etc).
There is a new opportunity to introduce yourself and
your business on Detroit Make It Here, a new web site
designed to inform, empower and unite metro Detroit’s
creative community.
Create a profile, showcase your work, boost your business/
career, and meet other creative minds. Visit their website at
www.detroitmakeithere.com for additional details.
Welcome New Members
The Detroit Chapter of the American Sewing Guild wel-
comes the following new members. We hope that all of
you enjoy the benefits of your membership including great
discounts, both a national publication and a local chapter
newsletter, and chapter events. Try attending one (or as
many as you like) of the neighborhood group meetings and
see what fun you’ve been missing.
Alice Dugan ~ Taylor, MI
Mary Bennett Lilek ~ Rochester Hills, MI
Carol Thomas ~ Washington, MI
Pam Thomas ~ Maumee, OH
Volume 22, Issue 1 Page 6
If you haven't attended a neighborhood group meeting,
you're missing out on a lot of fun. Come and meet new
friends, learn a new new technique, share your creations
during “show ‘n’ tell or enjoy a sewing field trip.
Sew Much Fun in
Livonia
The Livonia NG celebrated the Christmas holidays with a
sit-down dinner at Vistatech in Livonia. Dinner was followed
by a jacket and purse trunk show by Pam George. Pam,
an award-winning instructor at Monarch Quilts in Brighton,
brought about 30 different items to showcase her creativ-
ity. The evening concluded with our ever popular white el-
ephant gift exchange.

Leneva, Pat and Sharon model some of Pam’s creations.

Fronts (above) and backs (below) of some of

Pam’s jackets.

See all of these beautiful, colorful Pam George and Livonia group leader Leneva shows off the
jackets in color at www.detroitasg.org Jackie Hubert showcase more of back of one of Pam’s
Pam’s creative genius. jackets.

Dearborn

Lise Dhelbaek demonstrated the coil

purse technique to the Dearborn NG in
January 2009.
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the Neighborhood Taylor Downriver in the Evening

What a challenge for the Taylor AM
group when a few members went
Royal Oak shopping for a “bra.” This was for a
special one, and in this case bigger
was better. It was interesting when a
By Carol Kaiser grandchild was helping and shouted
out, “here is a BIG one grandma.”
ASG Royal Oak off to a good start in 2009
This challenge was to make a purse
At our January meeting, from a bra. We saw everything from a
we had two special events. DD purse to a preteen coin purse. It
Our speaker was Mae was a laugh for all.
Lehman (Pictured at right)
who taught Bishop Method
Clothing Construction for
25 years. This method
builds from fabric prepara-
tion through completion
of the garment, building in
quality at each step. Our
biggest problem has been
fitting and that is what Mae
presented in detail, review-
ing pattern-size selection and demonstrating pattern ad-
justments with visual aids which made the process very
clear. Since Bishop books are no longer in print, she
also used 2 of Nancy Zieman’s books to demonstrate
her technique which has many similarities to Bishop
fitting. Many of us plan to use a woven plaid fabric to
make a fitting blouse with a front zipper and we will help Alice Dugan, Sue Creech and Mary Stetler
each other fine-tune them at the May meeting.

The second event of the month was the collection of
baby items to help supply the Stork’s Nest at Bethel
A.M.E. Church/Hutzel Hospital providing items for new-
borns. The ASG Royal Oak Neighborhood Group has
supported this effort with both purchased and hand-
made clothing and blankets for more than ten years.
Our member Dora Gough volunteers her time to manage
the Stork’s Nest and is pictured with our donations and
Carol Kaiser, co-leader of the neighborhood group.
Taylor ASG Sewing Day
Saturday, March 14
We will be making pillowcases with children at Grace
Reformed Church – 7215 Pelham Road just south of
Ecorse Road. Sewing will be from 9-4 with light lunch
available. Details contact: Mary Stetler 313-292-0109 or
Ilene Fleszar 313-292-1885

We’re excited about our plans for the next 3 months and
will have a field trip and lunch on June 8; we do not meet
in July and August.
Carol Kaiser and Dora Gough with
purchased and hand-made items for
the Stork‘s Nest
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Sew Much More Fun in the Neighborhood

• November – Held a “baby
Macomb/Shelby shower” for Compassion
Pregnancy Center in Clinton
The Little Group That Could… Township. A mere 10 people
The Macomb/Shelby NG, lead by Debbi Terzian, is com- donated enough baby items
prised of only about a dozen active members but none- to completely fill a mini-van.
theless 2008 was a very busy year: Cheryl Holland from the Ap-
pliqué Society of America
• January – Hosted the third annual Samaritan House was the guest speaker.
Raffle Quilt preview. The event was open to the public
and 29 people attended. The raffle, held in October, Already 2009 is promising to
raised almost $4,000 for the food pantry. be another exciting year, start-
ing off with a preview of the
• February – Hosted a Sew Much Comfort eastside vol- Lickey shows a child’s fourth Samaritan House Raffle
unteer-recruitment workshop conducted by Pat Quin- “Hankie Blankie Pet” Quilt at January’s meeting
tero. This event was also open to the public and 43 that she made and a “Bloomingdale’s Stash
people attended.
Dash” in February. Some
• January/February – Spon- group members are already
sored a three-week serger getting a head start on sew-
basics class taught by ASG ing lots of pillowcases for
member Darlene Doctor, ASG’s 2009 National Com-
former instructor at Hancock munity Service Project.
Fabrics. (pictured at right)
• March – Sewed 40 Anti-Ouch
Pouches for distribution to
cancer centers in the greater
Chicago area during the July
ASG national conference. Samaritan House volunteer
Jo Hearon presents her
• April field trip – Shop Hop snowflake quilt design
along the St. Clair River.
• July – Volunteered or exhib-
ited quilts at the first Annual
Samaritan House Quilt Show Update your email address
in Romeo. continued from page 7
• September – For the fourth Carol Davis bobcarol55@wowway.com
year in a row, set up a Na- Mary Fowler edfowl1307@wmconnect.com
tional Sewing Month display at the Clinton-Macomb Rosa Hall RoseHall@att.net
Public Library. Beatrice Hannula beabilhan@aol.com
Louise Gormley solulu@enbarqmail.com
Sharon Hall sharon-h1102@sbcglobal.net
Joy Jurado jjurado@ameritech.net
Sarah Kingham semontogo@yahoo.com
Karen Knisel stitchesKaran@tc3net.com
Pattie Line sewinggogal@aol.com
Ann-Marie Lipton martinlipton@sbcglobal.net
Theresa Mooring theresa.mooring@sbcglobal.net
Joanne Nall JoanneNall@aol.com
Susan Olexa dolexa@peoplepc.com
Joanne Patrick cinders@ismi.net
Jeanne Patterson jpatter@hex.net
Colleen Petersen petersc@mail.resa.net
Megan Sharbowski msharbowski@comcast.net
Terry Williams franciswilliams@yahoo.com
Andrea DiPaola, Debbi Terzian, Marynelle Gale, Pat Mary Wilson mwilson226084mi@cox.net
Martin (rear) at the Clinton-Macomb Library
Volume 22, Issue 1 Page 9
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
The Ann Arbor Evening group no longer meets. Please
try attending one of the other groups near you.
Dearborn “Sew Uniques”
Coordinator: Lynda Cielieska lcielieska@att.net
Cheryl Cooper
clothingeng@aol.com
Location: Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
1570 Mason
Day & Time: 1st Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00 pm
March 3: “Thinking & Sewing Green Challenge” Present
‘sewing green’ ideas and a hands-on project -
sewing a canvas grocery bag. $1 kits available.
April 7: “Designer Buttons” with Cindy Bolton.
May 5: “Pillowcases for National Sewing Project”
Meeting time may change.
Detroit Ferndale “City Stitches”
Coordinator: Louisa Halmi Cell
lshalmi@wowway.com
Location: Drayton Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2441 powell_gr@yahoo.com
Pinecrest, Ferndale, (corner of Pinecrest and Location: Penrickton School for Blind Children
Drayton) Use elevator entrance on the South 26530 Eureka Rd. (corner of Lange Rd., west of
west side
Day & Time: 2nd Sunday 4:15 till 7 pm.
March: Pattern Basics with alterations
April: Foundation piecing: pin project
May: Fabric challenge for June potluck meeting:
project to be determined at March meeting
East Side Neighborhood Group
Coordinator: Katherine Chesney
chesneykat@juno.com
Location: Grace Episcopal Church
115 South Main Street, Mt. Clemens
Day & Time: 2nd Tuesday 6:30 - 9:00 pm
March: Knit Tops-- work on the pattern of your choosing,
plus share your wisdom or get advice
April: Charity project: adult bibs
May: Quick and easy shawl
Livonia
Coordinator: Jackie Hubert
trebuheikcaj@wowway.com
Location: Livonia Senior Center / Farmington Rd. & 5 Mile
Day & Time: 1st Friday 7:00 - 10:00 pm
March 6th: Alterations for the bust presented byTricia Olson
April 3rd: Deborah Zielke will present a hands-on experience Location: Holland Branch Library, Room A
of bobbin work and embellishments.
May 1st: Community service event for Project Linus.
Macomb / Shelby AM
Coordinator: Debbi Terzian
sewmacomb@comcast.net
Location: Shepherd’s Gate Lutheran Church
23 Mile Road, east of Van Dyke Fwy.
Day & Time: 2nd Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
March 12: Sharing tips for using items in unexpected ways,
or better ways of sewing.
April 9: Sewing pillowcases for charity. Field trip later in
the month. Date to be announced.
May 14: To be announced
Please contact Cathy Huber if your group info
changes at sewwhatsnewcathy@yahoo.com
Plymouth / Canton
Coordinator: Wini Manoian
wini@manoian.net
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth
701 W. Church St. near Main
Day & Time: 1st Thursday 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
March: Charity pillowcase project with Nancy Kiernan
April: Jacket with Nancy Kiernan
May: Quilted purse with Karen Parkinson
Royal Oak Daytime
Coordinator: Carol Kaiser
nkaiser@comcast.net
Georgie Jackson (248) 647-3897
chaswjack@aol.com
Location: Haberman Fabrics / 905 S. Main St., Royal Oak
Day & Time: 2nd Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
March 9: Fiber Necklace hands-on with Ann Daschke
April 13: Jacket Samples and Techniques – Ruth Feiler
May 11: Bodice Fit Follow-up Workshop – All Members
Taylor in the Morning
Contact: Phyllis Dancer-Powell
Beech Daly) Taylor
Day & Time: 1st Thursday 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
March 5th: New “Wearable Quilt Patterns” by Pieceful Traditions
-a local quilt shop.
April 2nd: ”Material Girl” in Dearborn will do a program on
some new techinques with a Japenese flair!
May 7th: Round Table Discussion on Embellishment Ideas.
Bring samples to share.
Taylor Downriver in the Evening
Coordinator: Ilene Fleszar
ifsewsquare@sbcglobal.net
Location: Penrickton School for Blind Children
26530 Eureka Rd. (corner of Lange Rd., west of
Beech Daly) Taylor
Day & Time: 2nd Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm
March 11: Hands on Necklace with Ilene Fleszar
April 8: Cloth Art Dolls with Charlile. Round Robin Market
Bag due.
May 13: Hands on Tie Purse with Nancy Reamer
Toledo, Ohio
Coordinator: Carol Cochrane
artsewcool@yahoo.com
Mary Sparrow
scarlet@buckeye-access.com
1032 S. McCord Rd., Holland, Ohio 43528
Day & Time: 2nd Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm
March 11: Hands-on demo on pocket making techniques
with Janet Veith
April 8: Refining the fit of pants made from January demo
May: Daytime field trip to the Fabric Warehouse in
Romulus and Haberman’s in Royal Oak. Date and
time to be determined.
Troy Evening
Coordinator: Sue Mathes
sewthatsuzy@gmail.com
Sue Knudsen suknu@comcast.net
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 4328 Livernois, Troy
Day & Time: 1st Thursday 7:00-9:00 pm
March 5: Hands on times 3: Beaded bracelet butler, hankie
needlecase and bottle cap pincushion.
April 2: Hands on: Silk dupioni scrap scarf.
May 7: Green sewing.
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Color Yourself Creative

By Nancy Nix-Rice
How frustrating! Gorgeous fabric, meticulous alterations, #2 – Match the value (lightness/darkness) of war-
careful construction … and a garment that doesn’t do a robe colors to the lightness/darkness of your coloring.
thing to flatter YOU. Consider the combination of your skin, hair, eyes and
But how can you predict – before you sew – which proj- natural blush. Are you overall light, medium or dark?
ects are winners and which are “wadders”? It’s easy if Choose your best temperature colors in values that
you focus on one concept: Points of Connection. The are about as light or dark as you are. Hold up a po-
more common characteristics between you and the gar- tential fabric choice and look for a flow or connection
ment, the more harmonious the effect. from the fabric to your face.

You can create connections of color, body shape, scale,

texture, and dozens of other characteristics. Let’s start
with the most visible: color.
Even if you had your colors done “back in the day” it’s
time to revisit this critical issue. Your coloring has prob-
ably changed. And color systems have changed too,
becoming far more personalized. Color analysis isn’t a
do-it-yourself endeavor, but some basic concepts can
steer your wardrobe in a flattering direction.
#1 – Match wardrobe colors to your color temperature.
We call golden-based coloring Warm and blue-pink col-
oring Cool. Alternate gold and silver fabric squares next
to your face and watch your skin tone change. If gold is
more flattering, you’re Warm. Silver best? You’re Cool.
Can’t decide? You may be a “Mid”. #3 - Use Body Essence colors for especially flattering
effects. Wearing a version of your eye color empha-
• Warms look best in colors with a bit of yellow – olive
sizes your eyes by repetition, creating a focal point.
greens, teal blues, orangey reds.
Watch out for too-bright versions, though. Bright green
• Cools look best without a trace of yellow – hunter makes muted green eyes look dull; soft celery is a bet-
greens, purplish blues, pinky-reds. ter choice.
• And Mids look best in – you guessed it – middle colors Unless your hair is black, you probably want to break
– kelly green, true blue, fire engine red. the Black Habit and sew your Key Neutral pieces in a
shade nearer your own hair. If your hair is pale, create
more flattering contrast by choosing the lowlight (dark-
est) shade from your hair as your Key Neutral.
Use this special color for your most versatile pants,
skirts and jackets. Look for prints, plaids or stripes that
include a touch of this color. It is also your most basic
choice for shoes, belts and handbags. And trying us-
ing buttons in this shade (mother of pearl and tortoise
shell often work well) to draw a touch of your personal
coloring down into a garment of any color.
_________________________________________________
Nancy Nix-Rice is an image and wardrobe consultant
with a life-long background in the sewing industry. For-
mer award-winning retailer and educational director for
Cool Warm
Baby Lock, Nancy is author of the image classic LOOK-
ING GOOD (Palmer/Pletsch). She presents day-long
Please visit our website at www.detroitasg.com
style seminars for Guild groups across the country. For
to see these photos in color. You will be able to
more information visit www.Nancy-NixRice.com and
see the differences in tone and color that will
enable you to chose the most flattering colors subscribe to the monthly email newsletter, Eye4Style.
for your garments.
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