Sue Vite - ASGLA Chapter President
President's Corner
President’s Message
September is National Sewing Month. This year, ASG National’s theme is “Sewing Builds Generations of Memories”. Did you learn to sew from someone in your family, a neighbor, or in school? I learned most of my sewing in school. My mom sewed, but with 6 kids in 8 years she was really busy. I do remember a lot of matching outfits with my sisters. I am reminded of those outfits when I look through family photos. I am also reminded of my early sewing when I look through old photos or spot of vintage pattern of something that I recall making. My mom and grandma would help if I had questions and always encouraged me to sew, but most of my sewing was on my own and in middle and high school home economic classes. All my sewing was done on my grandma’s 1926 straight stitch Singer until about the year 2000. When I would run out of sewing classes to take in school, I would sign up to be a teacher’s aide in a sewing class. I have always loved sewing – probably because I have always loved clothes but I also enjoy the challenge each project provides. No two sewing projects are ever alike. The fabric, style, and pattern, always make for a new challenge or a new technique. When I graduated from high school I wanted to take fashion design courses but never did. Now that I’m retired, I thought, now I can take those courses. Trade Tech in Los Angeles offers a fashion program and this fall I’m signed up to take my first fashion course – pattern drafting! I am looking forward to learning new things and meeting more sewing friends.
Our Annual Meeting is next month, October, in Ventura and will be hosted by the Ventura Neighborhood Group. The annual meeting will also honor one of our members who recently passed after a 7 year battle with breast cancer, Meschel Kearns, and 100% of the registration fee will be donated to her favorite charity, Ribbons of Life. Please go to our website, www.ASGLA.org to sign up and for more information. The Annual meeting will be a combination sew-in, voting in our 2019 Board, and business meeting. I promise, the business portion will be short.
I would love to hear about your sewing memories and how you learned to sew. Please email your stories to me and maybe it will be featured in our next newsletter or on our website.
Happy Sewing,
Sue
September is National Sewing Month. This year, ASG National’s theme is “Sewing Builds Generations of Memories”. Did you learn to sew from someone in your family, a neighbor, or in school? I learned most of my sewing in school. My mom sewed, but with 6 kids in 8 years she was really busy. I do remember a lot of matching outfits with my sisters. I am reminded of those outfits when I look through family photos. I am also reminded of my early sewing when I look through old photos or spot of vintage pattern of something that I recall making. My mom and grandma would help if I had questions and always encouraged me to sew, but most of my sewing was on my own and in middle and high school home economic classes. All my sewing was done on my grandma’s 1926 straight stitch Singer until about the year 2000. When I would run out of sewing classes to take in school, I would sign up to be a teacher’s aide in a sewing class. I have always loved sewing – probably because I have always loved clothes but I also enjoy the challenge each project provides. No two sewing projects are ever alike. The fabric, style, and pattern, always make for a new challenge or a new technique. When I graduated from high school I wanted to take fashion design courses but never did. Now that I’m retired, I thought, now I can take those courses. Trade Tech in Los Angeles offers a fashion program and this fall I’m signed up to take my first fashion course – pattern drafting! I am looking forward to learning new things and meeting more sewing friends.
Our Annual Meeting is next month, October, in Ventura and will be hosted by the Ventura Neighborhood Group. The annual meeting will also honor one of our members who recently passed after a 7 year battle with breast cancer, Meschel Kearns, and 100% of the registration fee will be donated to her favorite charity, Ribbons of Life. Please go to our website, www.ASGLA.org to sign up and for more information. The Annual meeting will be a combination sew-in, voting in our 2019 Board, and business meeting. I promise, the business portion will be short.
I would love to hear about your sewing memories and how you learned to sew. Please email your stories to me and maybe it will be featured in our next newsletter or on our website.
Happy Sewing,
Sue