FORT COLLINS CHAPTER
Do you love to sew and live in Northern Colorado? Welcome to the Fort Collins Chapter of the American Sewing Guild
We are sewing enthusiasts who meet together for programs, fellowship, and the sharing of inspiration.
There's nothing as stimulating to creativity like seeing what your friends have been making!
All Fort Collins Chapter meetings will be held virtually until further notice. This may or may not include in-person neighborhood group meetings (at the discretion of the neighborhood group leader). Additional information on the resumption of meetings will be posted as soon as it is determined.
Upcoming virtual chapter meeting dates:
February 17th, 7pm
March 17th, 7pm
April 21st, 7pm
May 19th, 7pm
***NEW LOCATION***
We have a new location for our chapter meetings, when they resume:
Harmony Presbyterian Church
400 W. Boardwalk Dr., Fort Collins
6:30 pm Meet and Greet
7:00 pm Meeting
We now have a Chapter Instagram account!
You can find us at focoasg to see work from chapter members. https://instagram.com/focoasg or focoasg on Instagram.
We welcome you to attend a meeting if you are considering joining!
Prospective members are welcome to attend two meetings free (chapter meetings or neighborhood groups) to meet other members and see what the chapter is involved in.
After the second meeting, you can join the chapter on-line through the National American Sewing Guild website, or by filling out an application and mailing it in. At the ASG website, you will also see what the membership provides you: discounts, on-line classes, and connections to other sewing enthusiasts!
Click to go to the national site
Contact our Chapter President at
THURSDAY MORNING STITCHERS
Neighborhood Sewing Group
***Neighborhood Meetings will resume, socially distanced,
on September 10th.
Second Thursday of each Month
September through May, with occasional summer programs
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Contact: Margee margeeab@gmail.com
Examples of past programs:
Hand Embroidery
Wet Felting
Bleeding Tissue Silk Scarf
Sewing carry bags for the Days for Girls charity
HAUTE COUTURE SEWING
Are you interested in updating your wardrobe? Join us to learn more about garment sewing, embellishing, and adding extra details to make your garment special.
***Haute Couture Neighborhood Meetings and Sew-Ins are temporarily suspended.
Meetings:
Location: The Sewing Circle
4112 S. College Ave., Fort Collins
(Between Hobby Lobby and Chili House on S. College Ave.)
Date: 1st Wednesday of each Month
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
It's all in the DETAIL.
Learn to make the detail worth looking at.
SEW-INs - Bring your fabric, pattern, machine and sewing supplies. We will be sewing together and helping each other with fitting, sewing techniques, etc.
SEW-INs are held once a month on Sundays from 9am-4pm at the Sewing Circle in Fort Collins
Sit 'N Stitch
Do you enjoy sitting and stitching? Embroidery, needlepoint, knit or crochet? Garment embellishment? Beading? Ribbon Embroidery? Mending?
Then this group is for you!
***Neighborhood Meetings will be held virtually until further notice. Group members should expect to receive email information for connection setup.
Virtual meeting dates (10am):
January 22
February 26
March 26
April 23
May 28
Meetings:
4th Friday of each month from 9:00 - 11:00 am, September - May
First Presbyterian Church, Rm 206
531 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO
Community Service Sewing
Each year our chapter members share their creativity with the community.
We're gearing up for more charitable sewing and we hope that our members will keep alert to needs, especially for use in our community.
Many of our members are involved in mask-making to address the current pandemic. You can see examples of them, and other members’ works on our Instagram page at focoasg.
Past projects have included scent cloths for newborns at Poudre Valley Hospital, customized sheets, pillowcases, and toiletry bags for homeless women, padded hangers for the CSU Avenir Museum, book caddies for school children, Choose to Reuse bags for the City of Fort Collins, carry bags for the Days for Girls charity, and the prep and construction of walker hanging bags for local senior citizens.
As Seen in Our Chapter Meeting
In December's virtual chapter meeting, we had a round-table discussion of pros and cons of types of irons members have used or are currently using, show and tell of members' recent works, as well as a mini live craft tutorial to learn how to make Scandinavian folded stars.