On July 21st, 9 Milwaukee Sewing Club Members met to work on the pleated clutch as well as their own projects. We bagan the meeting with a short introduction of members. Some brought samples of their work for show and tell.

Before long, we were working on the project. I, Karen, supplied a copy of the pattern to each of the members for the pleated clutch named Anna Mae. We worked for 2 hours and nearly everyone finished the bag portion of the pattern. Members were encouraged to go home and finish the casing and the flap on their own or to bring it to our August Meeting to finish. Our August Meeting will be a working meeting. This means that everyone should bring a project to work on of their own. There will not be a planned project so it’s time to get all those unfinished projects completed.

The Anna Mae Clutch pattern will soon be available for purchase. Check KChristineOnline.com for information on the pattern. You may also email karen at kchristine.info@gmail.com to find out about the Milwaukee Sewing Club meeting or the Anna Mae Clutch pattern.

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David from BurdaStyle has set up a Ning site for BurdaStyle Sewing Clubs. This site is really cool because once you join the Milwaukee Sewing Club group we can have discussions. I’m really excited about this because it will be a great way to keep track of meeting announcements. Of course I’ll still post information on here. Sending information through BurdaStyle email isn’t the easiest for me to keep track of who got what so this is a welcomed addition to the BurdaStyle Sewing Club. What else is cool about this Ning site is that you can check out other groups around the world and see what they are up to and see pictures of their projects.

Make sure to join the Ning group because after the next meeting all announcements about the Club will be through this blog and the Milwaukee Sewing Club Ning Group. (Wow! Say that 10 x’s fast.)

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Fabric (Select Up To 3):
Shell – ¼ yd
Flap Closure – ¼ yd
Lining – ¼ yd

Interfacing:
Heavyweight Sew-In – ½ yd

Notions:
1 Magnetic Purse Snap, Button, or other type of fastener

Suggested Fabrics: Light to medium weight cottons, satins, or upholstery. Keep in mind that for the pleats you will be sewing through 3 layers of the shell fabric, 3 interfacing, and 3 lining.

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David from BurdaStyle just gave our group props by blogging about us on BurdaStyle. Sweet!
Read what he had to say here: BurdaStyle Sewing Club Update.

After signing up for the BurdaStyle Sewing Club in your area, join the Flickr group to see what other clubs around the world are doing.

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Get ready for the next project.

We will work on this super cute pleated clutch at our next meeting. Our next meeting is on July 21st at 7pm. Contact Karen, the leader of the Milwaukee Sewing Club, to join the club and get a list of materials needed to make this project.

The Milwaukee Sewing Club had it’s first meeting tonight. We came together to have a little show and tell and to discuss what we’d like to do with the club. We have several people in the club and each brings something different. Some are new to BurdaStyle and some are veterans. We took a little time at the beginning of the meeting just going over some of the basics on the BurdaStyle site. We discussed Nikkishell’s Sew Alongs and thought it would be fun to do something along those lines within our club. We also talked about different places to purchase fabric.

Some thoughts for future club projects included sewing quilts for an international adoption agency (Sue), dresses for women’s shelters (Sue), Baby kimonos for local hospitals (Denise). In the end, we settled on sewing a handbag. Information about the project will be sent out later this week to the club members so everyone can gather their fabric and notions.