American Sewing Guild
Los Angeles Chapter
"Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill"
Los Angeles Chapter
"Advancing Sewing as an Art and Life Skill"
Welcome to the American Sewing Guild - Los Angeles Chapter
Our members live within the boundaries of both Los Angeles and Ventura counties in Southern California.
We are very happy to have you visit us!
To see more current events such as the ones below or to sign up
please click on the New Classes & Events Information tab
Attend a FREE sewing group near you!
Our members live within the boundaries of both Los Angeles and Ventura counties in Southern California.
We are very happy to have you visit us!
To see more current events such as the ones below or to sign up
please click on the New Classes & Events Information tab
Attend a FREE sewing group near you!
OC - ASG - LA
"Sew Happy Together"
Saturday, September 16, 2023
10 am - 2 pm
Joint event with Orange County ASG
Central Whittier Library
7344 Washington Ave, Whittier, CA 90602
"Sew Happy Together"
Saturday, September 16, 2023
10 am - 2 pm
Joint event with Orange County ASG
Central Whittier Library
7344 Washington Ave, Whittier, CA 90602
Fabric Manipulation hands-on and demo
Upcycling make & take
and more...
open to the first 20 members from each chapter
Lunch $5 donation
wear or bring something you've created!
must RSVP to be eligible for drawing
Upcycling make & take
and more...
open to the first 20 members from each chapter
Lunch $5 donation
wear or bring something you've created!
must RSVP to be eligible for drawing
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"Zero Waste Sewing" with Liz Haywood, Zoom from Australia
click on OneDrive link for recording:
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Liz Haywood trained as a clothing patternmaker in Adelaide, Australia in 1990/91, but started her career as a junior cutter in a Cut-Make-Trim factory. Liz worked as a patternmaker and/or cutter in the fashion industry in Adelaide, doing active/swim wear, school and corporate uniforms, bridal, fashion ranges and various freelance jobs. A temp patternmaker in London during the Cool Britannia era of the late 90s, she also worked as a sewing teacher and knitting pattern writer.
Author of The Dressmaker’s Companion – A practical guide to sewing clothes (2017) and Zero Waste Sewing – 16 projects to make, wear and enjoy (2020). a new book, A Year of Zero Waste Sewing – A year of exploration, making and musings on zero waste patterncutting and clothes, experimentally publishing in installments as an e-zine (2023)
Liz also publishes pdf zero waste sewing patterns.
Check out her sewing and fashion blog: The Craft of Clothes https://lizhaywood.com.au/
Liz now has a page on her website of zero waste resources: https://lizhaywood.com.au/zero-waste-resources/
It's in the header menu. It includes a catalogue of every zw pattern she's published including free ones.
Want to try any of her zero waste patterns? Here's the direct link
www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheCraftofClothes
