Welcome to the new blogsite for the Lansing Clippers Chapter of the American Sewing Guild.  We are a group of about 75 individuals who meet often in the Lansing, Michigan area to share our love of all things sewing related.  Our members are dedicated to exploring new skills and techniques in the creative field of fiber arts.  We are clothing fabricators, crafters, quilters, fabric dyers, wardrobe designers, home decorators, knitters, crocheters, pattern makers, machine embroiderers and any other sewing activity you can think of. 

As a 503 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, we assist other local agencies in meeting the needs of others in our community.  Many of our members were instrumental in creating the thousands of cloth masks that were needed in our community in the early stages of the COVID pandemic.  Our current community service project is creating articles for the Infants and Children’s Closet at a local church.

Through this blog we intend to provide information about our group’s activities, information to educate the next generation of sewers, and news of interest to the local and national network of sewing practitioners.  We welcome followers to this blog. 

If you live in the Mid-Michigan area, we invite you to check out our organization.  We welcome guests to our meetings.  Our website is found at www.lansingclippers.com.  If you do not live within our area, check out the website of our national American Sewing Guild organization.  There may be a chapter near you.  The national American Sewing Guild's website is www.asg.org. 

Thank you for your interest in sewing and all fiber-related arts!

Roselyn Chaffin, President, Lansing Clippers



 


 

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