Sew Me St. Louis
A Chapter of the American Sewing Guild
Upcoming Events
MO History Museum Textile Tour
July 14, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am
Forest Park
5700 Lindell Blvd.
$5.00 attendance fee
Registration deadline, June 25, 2026
We will have a private guided tour of clothing and other textiles in the Missouri History Museum, brought to you by the Central Daytime Neighborhood Group.
The tour will begin at 10:00 AM under the Spirit of St. Louis plane in the Grand Hall of the Museum and is $5.00 for all who attend. Plan to arrive a little early to park and make your way to the museum entrance. There are a variety of locations to park including two parking lots adjacent to the building, street parking, and in the Forest Park Visitor Center parking lot next to the tennis courts. All are within a short walk to the Museum. The museum opens at 10:00.
The tour will end at 11:00, just in time to go to lunch with your sewing friends!
Register by mailing the form below, or by scanning the QR code.
Textile Tour Mail-in Registration form
For questions contact Stacy Miller, quiltbabe01@yahoo.com
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Chapter Charity Sew on August 1, 2026, from 9am – 3pm
Ritenour High School
9100 St Charles Rock Rd, St. Louis, MO 63114
We will be sewing 50 reading pillows and 60 tote bags for 18” dolls for the Bridge.
Bring your lunch or try a local eatery.
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Fall Virtual Conference, September 24-26, 2026
More details to follow.
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Annual Meeting, Oct. 17, 2026, 10:00am
Calvary Fellowship
1811 Smizer Station Rd, Fenton, MO 63026
Speaker will be Rachel Lynch
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November Planning Meeting
More details to follow.
Past Events
Quilt! Knit! Stitch! Expo
April 10 - 12, 2026
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St. Louis Chapter of the American Sewing Guild Presentation & Fashion Show
April 18, 2026, 10:00am - 12:00 noon
Jackman's Fabrics
1234 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis MO
In addition to the lecture on fabric design and manufacturing,
there was a fashion show of items made by chapter members from fabric and patterns
bequeathed to Guild members by Leslie Becker’s family.
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Chapter Charity Sew (for The Bridge)
August 2, 2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm
FALL DISTRIBUTION
Halloween items including trick/treat bags; drawstring backpacks; blankets; scarves (with pockets if possible); fleece hats; headbands; scrunchies & bows etc.
Continue to sew on the doll clothes, Christmas Stockings and winter accessories.
We will be making items for our outreach organization, The Bridge.
The items we'll be making are book pillows and
totes for the dolls we donate to them.
Pillows will be about 16" square with a front pocket for a book.
The totes will be large enough to hold the 18" dolls,
their clothes, and accessories.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Stash Bash!
Sunset Hills Community Center
3915 S. Lindberg Blvd. St. Louis 63127
Come check us out! Free and open to all!
We will be selling some fabric and giving away lots more!
Learn all about the American Sewing Guild and what we do
and consider joining our great group of sewists.
Membership information will be available.
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Saturday, June 14, 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Make It and Take It
Jackman's Fabrics
1234 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St Louis 63132
Cost is $20.00
(registration form below)
To participate, bring your sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, extension cord,
items listed under Project 3 (below), and beverage of choice.
Projects:
1. Necklace (made of ribbon yarn). Ribbon yarn will be supplied.
2. Little Wallet. Bring two (2) circles of fabric each approximately 13" diameter (one will be the outside; one will be the lining) and two (2) pieces of stabilizer (SF101) applied to the fabric circles.
3. Japanese Rice Bag. We will supply laces, ribbons, buttons and embroidery thread to decorate the outside of your bag.
Please bring the following:
Fabrics for outside of bag: linen or linen blend fabric, cotton quilting fabric, home décor fabric, textured fabric, light weight denim
Outside of bag: Fabric piece or pieces to make a rectangle 24 ½ x 8”
Tab Fabric: 4" x 10 ½"
Lining fabric: ¼ yard
Interfacing: 2/3 yard
1 yard ¼-inch cotton cord
Wooden bead (20mm, 3/8“ hole)
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Sunday, March 23, 2025, 1:30 - 4:30pm
Quilted Soiree Workshop
Workshop/Demo to Promote Sewing
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Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, 2:00 - 4:00pm
The Quilted Soiree' Fashion Show
St. Louis County Library, Grant's View Branch
9700 Musick Road
Meeting Room 1
April 10, 2021
Virtual Class with Rae Cumbie
On April 10, our chapter hosted Rae Cumbie of Fit for Art Patterns in a virtual class and trunk show. The topic was Innovative Piecing Techniques for Quilted Jackets. Rae showed a variety of quilted jackets and the innovative piecing techniques used to create these unique Tabula Rasa Jackets. Techniques included sashing, foundation piecing, strip piecing, raw edge collage and more in relation to the design and construction of 2 and 3 layer quilted jackets. We look forward to more virtual seminars, in addition to in person speakers in the coming months and years.
June 29, 2019
Wood River Trip
In June, the chapter met up on the Illinois side of the river in the town of Wood River. We toured Sandy's Costume Shop, had lunch at Madison's Tea Room, and visited Patchwork Plus. We had a great time visiting with Sandy at her costume shop. She entertained us with some interesting stories about her shop and showed us hundreds of costumes. Afterwards, we went to Madison's Tea Room where we were treated to a buffet lunch and delicious desserts. We also had a Hat Parade there where we showed off our special hats.
October 19, 2019
Annual Meeting
On October 19, fifty-nine ladies attended our chapter’s annual meeting and fall fling. In the morning our own member Helen Wall treated us to a trunk show of 25 wearable art garments that have won recognition at sewing competitions she has entered.
Our second presenter was local art quilter Jane Unger. Jane explained the difference between bed quilts and art quilts (art quilts do not have a pattern and are made with layers and layers of fabric and embellishments), then showed us a multitude of quilts that she and her students have made.
Special thanks to the Sew Amused Stitchers and City Sew-Ers neighborhood groups for hosting the annual meeting!
March 23, 2019
Make It and Take It
The Make It and Take It event, hosted by the Fenton Daytime neighborhood group, was a fun and productive day. By lunchtime, we had a shawl apron taught and a spring flower pincushion completed. After a boxed lunch from Viviano’s, we started on a quilted table runner and a lined market bag with pockets. Throughout the day, there were tables with kits, instructions, and help to make three ornaments and a velvet pumpkin. Participants could stop and do these projects between the others or if they decided to finish a particular project at home. (Members: See more photos in the Members Only section here).
September 6-7, 2019
Pamela Leggett Weekend
In September, our chapter hosted beloved sewing instructor Pamela Leggett. She started on Friday night with the Design Details workshop, which included techniques for hems, pockets, and wrapped collars with perfect points, serger French Seams, and a lot more. Saturday morning she inspired us with easy pants and skirts fitting. Her methods eliminated a lot of the measuring we used to do and refined the fit with just a few pointers. Her pants pattern comes with two backs, one regular and one for a flat back. She followed this up with an inspirational trunk show. Her garments were eye candy to behold! After lunch we were inspired by her Pattern Hacking program. She had many ideas for taking an existing pattern and changing it, such as taking a Tee Shirt pattern and turning it into a cardigan. We learned a lot, and enjoyed each other's company!
October 20, 2018
Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting was held October 20 at the Maryland Heights Center. This year's event was hosted by the Fashion, Fabric, and Friends neighborhood group and featured boxed lunches from McAlister's Deli and an entertaining and informative workshop by image consultant Nancy Nix-Rice. Nancy's workshop explained how to choose clothing and accessories that complement us as individuals and make us feel great. We even had a hands-on opportunity to drape ourselves with different colored scarves and advise our table-mates on which colors and values connected with them. With her background in textiles and sewing, Nancy was able to advise our particular audience on how to translate these principles into wardrobes featuring handmade items. Find all of Nancy's fabrics, plus accessories and books at her website: https://www.nancynixrice.com/shop.