Sewing bee - projects continue

Cane Country Squares started our first sewing bee session, Saturday 29th of February. Twelve ladies and two guys met to look at skirt designs or a bit of socialising. We traced patterns, discussed fabric types and costs along with dress codes, changes in traditional outfits, current trends and expectations of what is worn to different events.

A few of us met at John and Sandy’s home again on the 21st to look at more patterns and cut out fabric.

Jo brought along some examples of panel skirts, with and without ruffles. We also had a few second hand skirts available for those that wanted them.

We shared patterns for multi panel skirts and some more challenging styles collected from past conventions. These included a 'banana' skirt and a 'swirl' skirt.

To finish our projects, we will no longer all meet at Fran’s Sewing Solutions, to access her sewing machines.

Some ladies are now confident to complete their skirts on their own machines at home.
A few more have chosen to pair off with someone with a machine at their home.
One or two will meet with Fran at different times.

Thanks to all involved, particularly Sandy, John and Fran for access to your locations, equipment and time.


For those of us with our own sewing machines, now is a good time to stock up with a bit more material, to have extra sewing projects while we will all be spending more time at home.  

We all look forward to when life can return to normal and we can dance together again.

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