The Sew Styling Neighborhood Group turns 15 in January 2026.
The Sew Styling Neighborhood Group turns 15 in January 2026. In 2011 Mary Adkins and Joyce Savage formed our chapter’s first Lansing area garment sewing group. We all had different levels of sewing skills. It’s a pleasure to recognize Mary Adkins (helping 2011-2014) and Sandy Herman (helping 2015 to present) for your dedication, expertise, input, participation and guidance over the years! That first year it was all the chapter had hoped it would be: making a knit top, blouse or shirt and some made a jacket. It began with knits, with everyone making the same type of knit top, various necklines, and we learned proper sleeve and neckline insertion. Folks were amazed at what difference it made in having the correct body measurements and what a surprising realization that pattern companies are not always on the same page as we are…we have to go by measurements, not with pattern company size reference. Sewing tips were so helpful and Mary Adkins was amazingly helpful with fitting ...