May Meeting

The May meeting will be at the John Powell Senior Center Annex at 7:00 on May 25, 2010. The program will be by Bedetta and will be beaded embellishment on fabric. The completed project will be a beaded eyeglass case.

Supply list:

To make the beaded embroidery eyeglass case you will need the following:

1. 8” embroidery hoop, preferably a hands free hoop
2. #10 milliner needle or beading needle
3. 12”X12” piece of fabric interfaced for stability (I used dupioni silk with a smoother silk fabric for the lining and interfaced the outside fabric with a light weight tricot fusible interfacing.)
4. A piece of fabric 9” X 9” for the lining
5. A piece of low loft batting 9” X 9” for interlining
6. Polyester thread, either white or color to match beads and a sewing needle
7. Pencil or pen
8. Double-sided tape
9. Green glass seed beads 10/0 or 11/0
10. Pink glass seed beads 10/0 or 11/0
11. Light and magnification if needed

Kit will contain:
1. Tissue Paper-I drew my design on tissue paper and then basted the design on the silk thru the tissue paper.
2. Sequins
3. Swarovski flower beads

Visit to Fiber Arts Studio

The April meeting was a wonderful visit to the fiber arts studio of Jennifer Fay. We were first taken on a tour of the art studios in Arts Underground. Then, Jennifer told us all about dyeing polyester fabric using a heat/pressure transfer process, showed us some examples of her work, allowed us to try our hand at it. It was great fun! Here are some photos of our evening.

April Meeting

We are going to “Art Underground” on the Square in Fayetteville. Our host fiber artist is Jennifer Faye. She has planned a really cool, hands-on project that involves pleated fabric, dye, and fun – you won’t want to miss it! Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.

Optional Dutch-treat dinner will be at Tim’s Pizza on the Square – meet at 5:15 p.m.

Parking: You should be able to park on the square or a side street.

Directions: You will be coming down College Avenue, turn right onto Center Street and go to the square.

If you are joining us for dinner, come on over to Tim’s Pizza. If you are just coming for the meeting, take the elevator downstairs to Art Underground.

If you would like to carpool to the Square, let Carol know – we can meet at Evelyn Hill’s Shopping Center at 5:00 p.m. and leave cars there.

Carol sews at Mary Lou Nall Workshop

Saturday, April 17, was an all-day workshop by Mary Lou Nall, Bernina teacher extraordinaire. SAGA members, Diana, Carol, and Tawana attended. Saturday's classes were all about "feet!" The morning class was devoted to the most common sewing machine feet and how to use them, and the afternoon class was about some specialty feet and the fun applications using them. Here's a great photo of Carol as she demonstrates using the gathering foot to add a gathered ruffle to a straight piece of fabric. Good job, Carol!