Special Events of the Chapter or of General Interest

American Sewing Guild – Sacramento Chapter Valentine’s Luncheon
February 11, 2012
The Old Spaghetti Factory
1910 J Street, Sacramento
Cost: $15- member
11:30 a.m – 2:00 p.m.
Come and enjoy lunch and a gift exchange with your ASG friends. If you want to participate in the gift exchange, bring a wrapped gift with a maximum value of $10.
Lunch includes salad, entrée, fresh sour dough bread, spumoni or vanilla ice cream, coffee, tea, or milk.
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Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival
March 22-24, 2012
Thurs. - Sat. 10 am - 5 pm
Cal Expo
1600 Exposition Blvd. Sacramento, Ca.

ASG Sacramento Chapter SPRING EVENT – THE PIXELADIES
Friends for over thirty years, the Pixeladies, Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki, have been collaborating since 2003 as artists, authors, and teachers creating art quilts and custom designed scarves. Although Deb and Kris create locally, their scarves and quilts have been juried into national and international exhibits. They teach quilting and Photoshop online and at guilds. The Pixeladies guarantee programs full of fun, inspiration and information. For more information and to see examples of their work, visit their website at www.pixeladies.com.
We have scheduled the Pixeladies to join us in June to provide a not one, not two, but THREE terrific programs. The schedule of programs begins on Friday, June 1, 2012 with a hands-on workshop to create Free Lace Scarves. On Saturday, the ladies will return to share more wisdom and techniques with a morning presentation on enhancing sewing projects with computers. We’ll break for lunch to enjoy an Italian Buffet, and then, continue in the afternoon with a presentation on fabric folding that will provide another opportunity for hands-on participation. Check out the descriptions below, go to one or both.
Friday, June 1 2012, Free Lace Scarves- 4 Hour Workshop
Have some extra ribbon and trim? Need an excuse to buy that one skein of fantastic yarn? We will cut up silk scarves and sew them back together using Mokuba Free Lace, ribbon, yarn, and trims. Turn an everyday scarf into wearable art. We will practice the beautiful narrow hand-rolled hem and learn some fun ways to tie a scarf. Check your local thrift stores for silk scarves at great values. Limited to 20 participants.
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Saturday Morning, June 2, 2012, Aack! There’s a Computer in My Studio! -
Come along on a virtual tour of the Pixeladies’ studio computer as we explain how we use the computer to enhance our art and sewing projects. We will show how we download patterns from the Internet, organize our patterns using Adobe Photoshop Elements, and create fabric for our clothes, scarves, and quilts. There’ll be a fashion show, too! Every Pixeladies project revolves around telling a story, so we use a variety of techniques to tell that story. Not to worry, we’ll have some fun little breaks during this presentation!
Saturday Afternoon, June 2, 2012, Fun with Fabric Folding -
Don’t you wish you could do something else with all that stash fabric instead of sew, sew, sew? Learn how to take a square of fabric and wrap bottles, boxes, books, and more! We’ll also transform that square of fabric into a couple of bags. The Japanese call it furoshiki - we call it fun! This is a hands-on demonstration, so please come prepared with the following if you want to wrap along with us:
Plus Lunch !
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American Sewing Guild Sacramento Chapter to host:
SUSAN KHALJE COUTURE CLASS - Limited to 10 Participants
Susan Khalje, a contributing editor to Threads Magazine, was recently honored with the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals' Lifetime Achievement Award. She received her professional sewing training at the New York couture salon Chez Cez et Bez, and later worked as a fashion designer and manufacturing supervisor on Seventh Avenue. She was also host of "Sew Much More," which ran for six years on HGTV and diy.net. Her books include Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear (Krause) and Linen and Cotton: Classic Sewing Techniques for Great Results (Taunton).
Pick your own garment to sew with Susan. She will fit it to you and teach you couture sewing techniques to make a fine quality garment. This is an intensive five day class.
When: Monday, July 16 through Friday, July 20, 2012
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Kristina Schenck’s Home, 1240 Camino Capistrano, Roseville, CA 95747
Cost Member $750.00 _______ Non-Member $775.00 _______
A non-refundable deposit of $100 will reserve a spot in the class.
Balance is due by June 15, 2012. Make checks payable to ASG
Registration Form Here

American Sewing Guild National Conference
August 16-20, 2012
Houston, TX