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2023 Chapter Meetings

December 2023 - Style Show
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Central Iowa's annual style Show.
View the Style Show

November 18, 2023 - Shirtmaking Techniques
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Members presented techniques to  add polish to button-down shirts. We learned how to create great collars, sew sharp sleeve and button plackets, and use the burrito method to construct a yoke.
Shirtmaking Handouts:
Sleeve Plackets
Continuous Shirt Front Plackets
Sewing Shirt Yokes: The Burrito Method
Backwards Shirt Collar

October 21, 2023 - Mending
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Guild members shared tips to mend garments. Handouts with tips and techniques to sew on a button, repair a zipper, hem jeans, and explore visible mending are here:
Visible Mending - Sashiko Style
Zipper Repair

September 16, 2023 - Sustainable Sewing Challenge Reveal
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Members shopped second-hand stores, the  free table and their stash for fabric. They cut, sewed mended, recycled and refashioned  for several months to create fabulous sustainable garments and more.
View the Sustainable Sewing Slide Show

June 17, 2023 - Fabric Redistribution Sale
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Members and guests bought and sold  fabrics, notions, machines, and all manner of sewing supplies.

May 20, 2023 - Gretchen Bohling Design
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Gretchen Bohling talked about her fashion brand promoting ethical and sustainable design. She creates one of a kind, bespoke custom garments and offers alterations and mending to save worn clothing. In addition to her design and alterations background, she has experience in wholesale, retail, styling and dressing.
Gretchen Bohling Designs

April 15th, 2023 - State Fair Boot Camp Panel Discussion & Show & Tell.
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A panel of Central Iowa Chapter members with years of experience shared their knowledge and offered tips for submitting garments for State Fair judging. Anna Pilcher, the new superintendent of the Fabrics & Threads Department, joined the panel.
State Fair Panel Q and A

State Fair Fabric and Threads Rules & Information

March 18, 2023 - Chinese Silk Embroidery - Elizabeth Molnar LaFleur
Elizabeth Molnar LaFleur embroidery
Published author, historian, and embroidery enthusiast Elizabeth Molnar LaFleur presented an historical overview of Chinese Silk Embroidery.

February 18, 2023 - Sustainable Sewing - Pamela Ziegenhagen
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Pamela Ziegenhagen presented upcycling via Zoom. 2023 Chapter Challenge kick off.
 Zoom recording, 2023 Chapter Challenge and sustainable sewing resources.

January 21, 2023 - Sewing Room Tours
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Central Iowa sewing rooms are open! Take a look! Discover clever organization tips and systems. Find out how to set-up comfortable cutting, sewing and pressing stations. Learn about the process of creating a sewing room. Glimpse at a few special sewing keepsakes.
Take a Sewing Room Tour
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Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill

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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Sewing Guild
    • 2025 Board Officers
  • Events
    • Chapter Meetings
    • Special Events
    • Special Interest Groups
  • Inspiration
    • Sustainable Sewing
    • Sewing Room Tours
    • Style Show 2022
    • Tabula Rasa Challenge
    • State Fair 2022
  • Past Chpt Mtgs
    • 2025 Chapter Meetings
    • 2024 Chapter Meetings
    • 2023 Chapter Meetings
    • 2022 Chapter Meetings
    • 2021 Chapter Meetings
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  • Community Service
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      • Afghan Dolls
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      • CAB Photos
    • Volunteer Hours