Calgary Sews

Updated October 21, 2024

The Calgary Sews Meetup Group meets at least once a month, usually on a weekend day. We may also have other sessions each month, including weekday evenings if there is enough interest.

Details of all events are available to members of the Calgary Sews Meetup Group. If you are not a member of our Meetup and would like to join, please request membership (link here)! Membership is open to those who sew garments and live in the Calgary region.

Topics on our List

Here are just a few topics on our list, but there’s so much more we can explore together. Do you have a topic suggestion or would you like to volunteer to lead a Meetup? Share your thoughts in the comment form below. Every Meetup provides an opportunity to ask questions, share your projects, and showcase your creations.

• Fitting & Altering Patterns
• Grading pattern sizes
• Upcycling – resources, tips, successes, opportunities
• Bra-Making (Update: Calgary Sews Member Deb is offering bra making classes through her business, SewYYC )
• Sewing for Winter, Summer, Outdoors, Trends …
• Fabric knowledge
• Pretreating fabrics. Dyeing fabrics.
• Using your camera for fitting.
• Ironing. It’s not pressing!
• Pattern Storage – how to catalogue and manage a pattern stash
• Favourite notions
• Favourite patterns, pattern designers, pattern companies
• Making handmade buttons
• Embellishing garments
• Couture Techniques: Hand picked zipper, hemming
• Current trends & sewing tricks
• Interfacings
• Trunk Show
• Pattern Weights Workshop
• Mending – how to mend, what’s worth mending

2024 Topics