Association of Sewing and Design Professionals
Colorado Chapter
It was a beautiful day in Colorado, which worked perfectly for a potluck at the picnic facility where member Jane lives. We had a comfortable size group, and all fit around one table. We had hoped for several more to attend, but life got in the way, and they sent their regrets. The picnic included … Continue reading August 2023: Picnic
In July the Colorado Chapter of ASDP continued its discussion of ASDP member Angela Wolf’s book “How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business.” This time we discussed chapter 2, titled “From Dream to Reality.” This chapter of the book has lots of information that is common advice for members in our group, so we … Continue reading July 2023: Chapter 2 Angela Wolf’s book
After a survey of our chapter membership, we decided to invite Luc Roelens from Trims on Wheels to our June chapter meeting. Many of us had shopped with Trims on Wheels at local sewing festivals before the COVID pandemic. After introductions of the types of sewing we each do, Luc showed us trims suitable for … Continue reading June 2023: Trims on Wheels
For our May meeting, the Colorado chapter was fortunate to hear from Jack Makovsky. Jack is Executive VP Ralph’s Industrial Sewing and Board Member of Denver Design Incubator (DDI). He was invited to speak about the state of sewing manufacturing in the State of Colorado, because Ralph’s supplies most of the sewing manufacturing equipment … Continue reading May 2023: Jack Makovsky
The Colorado Chapter met in March to make receiving blankets for the Baby Boutique at the St. Joseph/National Jewish Hospital in Denver. Enrollees in this program earn points by attending classes on having and caring for a baby. These points are used to purchase items like the receiving blankets we made. Our chapter made double-layer … Continue reading March 2023: Charity Sewing
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP was honored to hear from Designer Alan Oakes, nephew of member Toni Oakes. Alan has an undergraduate degree in Architecture and an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Fashion Design and Society from Parsons School of Design in New York City. His degree at Parsons was training to be a … Continue reading February 2023: Designer Alan Oakes
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP had a topic change when our scheduled speaker got caught by the many air travel cancelations over the holidays. Instead of the scheduled talk we started on our backup plan: to work our way through ASDP member Angela Wolf’s book “How to Start a Home-Based Fashion Design Business.” Below are … Continue reading January 2023: Fashion Sewing Business Book
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP had a social gathering in December to celebrate the holidays. Many members were present and enjoyed socializing in member Jane’s lovely home. We also met Anne’s new assistant Kristen, who recently graduated from CSU (Colorado State University) with a degree in Fashion Design. Kristen is the person who took the … Continue reading December 2022: Holiday Potluck
The Colorado Chapter of ASDP met in-person and via Zoom in November to learn all about silks from member Clara Dittli. We learned that momme is the weight of the silk fiber and that the shine comes from the triangular prism shape of the fiber that reflects light. Clara talked about the reasons why she … Continue reading November 2022 – All About Silks