If you weren't able to join us, please read on for a short recap. Members are welcome to request the full minutes by e-mail.
- Welcome to the second meeting of the 6th Season of the Ottawa Garment Guild
- Guest Speaker
- This month we hosted Esmeralda Smith Romero, the founder of Olive + Elliot, an online retail space dedicated to sustainable, Canadian textiles. From field to fashion, Esmerelda aims to make a sustainable lifestyle easier to practice by promoting brands that are environmentally responsible and socially just.
- Name Tags
- This year we would like to have name tags for each member, we will keep hold of them in-between the meetings. This meeting we had some temporary ones and we asked members to let us know their pro-noun and instagram handle.
- Snacks
- Thank you to Jenny for volunteering to bring snacks
- more volunteers needed! email ottawagarmentguild@gmail.com
- Fall Calendar - Sew-Ins (members only)
- In Person
- Location: St Marks' Church, 1606 Fisher Ave, Ottawa, ON K2C 1X6
- Time: 10-4pm
- Saturday Oct 28th - SOLD OUT
- Saturday December 9th - On sale soon
- Virtually
- Every third Sunday in the month via Zoom link
- 7:30pm to 9pm
Sept 17th,Oct 15th,Nov 19th, Dec 17th- Fall Calendar
- Workshop: Vintage Sewing Machine Repair with Skipped Stitches
- Date and Location TDB
- Fabric Sale
- Location: St Marks' Church, 1606 Fisher Ave, Ottawa, ON K2C 1X6
- Time: 2pm
- Nov 12th
- If you are a guild member you can purchase a table here for $10
- Movie Night - Details to come look out for members only email
- Spring Planning
- Workshop: Bundle Dying with Plants and Natural Dyes
- Montreal Shopping Trip
- Sewing Retreat
- Frocktails - On Hold
- Dates TBD - More updates to come
- Discord
- After a successful trial over the summer we are moving chats away from Facebook onto Discord.
- If you are a member and are yet to join the Discord server, please send ottawagarmentguild@gmail.com an email to receive the members only link.
- If you are new to Discord, Stephanie has produced this short video to guide us through this social media platform.
- Sewing SOS
- Emily asked the group about setting snaps on thick sherpa fleece - something that terrifies us all greatly - lots of great suggestions including making a small hole for snap, use a mallet to flatten fabric before the snap is inserted. Good Luck Emily!
- October #OGGPOM - #Corduory
- See below for more info
- Sew and Tell! and Pattern of the Month (#oggpom):
- Thank you all for sharing your #SewSmallSeptember
You can find October's slides (and all of our past meetings) here!
