Special Events
ASG Events
Fall Sewing Retreat
Valley Junction Activity Center 217 5th St. West Des Moines IA 50265 October 14-16, 2022 Three days (and nights, if you want!) of sewing, food, fun and fashion! As an optional add-on to the retreat, Denise will be leading a class on sewing leggings! Learn about suitable patterns and fabrics for workout wear, fitting a pattern with negative ease, athletic wear knits, cutting with a rotary cutter, sewing on lycra blend fabrics, flatlock stitch, coverstitch and more. Sergers will be available for use in the class. You'll make (and finish) one pair of leggings. Kits for the leggings class will be $25. Contact Denise by Sept. 15 if you plan to take the class so fabric and materials can be ordered. 
American Sewing Guild Virtual Conference
Zoom Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 Classes open to ASG members only. More about the ASG virtual classes 
American Sewing Guild
Annual Conference New York City June 28 - July 3, 2023 More about the national conference |
Non ASG Events
National Sewing Month
In recognition of a creative form of self-expression that we celebrate in September, but enjoy all year. National Sewing Month official page Quilt Show
Des Moines Area Quilters Guild Rastetter 4-H Bldg., State Fair Grounds September 22, 23, 24 More than 600 quilts on display and dozens of vendors. Central Iowa Chapter ASG will have a booth to promote sewing at the Quilt Show. DesMoines Area Quilt Show |
