I was visiting my parents and grandparents today, as I do every week, and while I was waiting for my kids to wake up, this idea dawned on me. I’ve been reading a lot of Quilt Market posts on blogs lately, and inparticular I read this post on Made By Rae about a local sewing meetup.
So I talked to my mom, who also likes to sew, and she said she would be willing to back me up on getting a similar group together on Meetup.com. I thought it would be fun to have a monthly meeting to talk, eat, and of course work on some sewing projects, get some feedback, and help eachother out. Besides family, I don’t know anyone in real life that sews, so I thought it would be cool to meet some other fabric whores.
Also, I tried to run an (online) fabric buying co-op recently that didn’t quite work out, but I thought I might give it a try in real life if this group works out. Besides cotton, it would be cool to also get some minky fabric, which probably wouldn’t work out with an online co-op because it’s bigger/heavier. But we’ll see.
So I haven’t pulled the trigger on setting up a meetup group yet because I wanted to think of a witty name. Something with Chicago or Windy City at the beginning. Cute like Stitch ‘n Bitch, but applicable to sewing. Windy City Seam Rippers? I dunno. Any ideas??
Sounds like a great idea! I wish I lived in the area so I could participate, but it would be a bit of a long commute. 🙂
I so wish I could have participated in the fabric co-op, but it just came at a really bad time. Maybe if we can set another up after the first of the year it will work better? I have another bloggy friend who would have been interested, but she was in the middle of a move, so it didn’t work out for her either. Definitely let me know if you decide to do another!
And of course I love the pattern you’re giving away this week, again! You’ve picked out such great ones so far!
The co-op idea sounds intriguing! I’d be interested in learning more about it. Name ideas…??? Hmmmm ….. I like Windy City Seem Rippers, sounds like a tough roller derby group. I’ll give it some thought and if I come up with anything clever I’ll let you know.