Handmade Parade Planning Meeting Report

We had a really productive planning meeting last Sunday, and have made big steps in getting ourselves organized for this year’s Handmade Parade! We have a wiki site set up for planning purposes, all details about the event planning and running the event will go there.

If you are interested in being part of the planning committee or being involved in Handmade Parade in any way, please send me an email and I will give you the login information for the wiki. The planning committee will have monthly check-ins, we are doing some exciting stuff!

Our tentative date for Handmade Parade 2009 is Saturday, December 12.

Who Arted? Art Show

The Who Arted group (www.whoarted.ning.com) is hosting their first art show this Saturday, June 13, 2009. The event will take place in the lot next to Chic Cheap Resale Boutique located at 3617 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach.

We have a few spaces left, so if anyone is interested, please contact kellygstudio@gmail.com

Worldwide Knit in Public Day

7 Cities Crafter Shannon is organizing an awesome event: Life, Love and Yarn (her super cool blog) and KnitWits will be celebrating World knit in Public Day a whole new way this year! Knit or crochet all day at the store and join us at 9pm this Saturday, June 13 for fun filled yarn out at Finn McCool’s in Virginia Beach! Music, food and drinks! $2.50 glass of wine and house drinks! Door prizes and more! Please bring cash as the restaurant will only allow is to have 1 check. Also bring a chair to Knitwits for the daytime! Please RSVP if possible on Facebook or in our forum.

Hampton Roads Burdastyle Sewing Circle

7 Cities Crafter Kristin (owner of Craft & Sew Studio) is starting a Burdastyle sewing circle. You can view the group on Meetup.com and get updates about it here.

This group is about SEWING! Stitchers of all levels (including beginners) are welcome to attend monthly sewing circle meetings at Craft & Sew Studio in Virginia Beach. This group is sponsored by www.burdastyle.com, which is an open-source sewing website. Here is what they have to say about the aims of the group:

“A BurdaStyle Sewing Club is a group that meets on a regular basis where people can drop by and ask questions, practice their craft and be creative together.”

The focus of this sewing circle is mainly on fashion sewing, but quilters and stitchers with other areas of interest are welcome as well. It’s a chance to get together with some like-minded DIY folks, make new friends, and get advice on sewing dilemmas. We may also do some stitch-alongs or tutorials if members would like to!

Craft & Sew Studio has four sewing machines as well as a full stock of tools and supplies, which group members are welcome to use during meetups. Please see the website for more information: www.craftandsewstudio.com

Bring in your sewing projects for show and tell, advice, troubleshooting, or just to make some progress on them! We will also discuss possible stitch-alongs for future meetings.

The first meeting is scheduled for Sunday June 28 at 6pm

Handmade Parade Planning Meeting

Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:00 pm @ Azar’s in Ghent

Our monthly craft-together for July will be cancelled because of the holiday weekend, but the following week we’ll be having a little followup meeting for Handmade Parade, our big annual arts & crafts show.

Please come to Azars for yummy food and to get ourselves organized on sponsorships for Handmade Parade. Azars is at 2000 Colley Avenue in Norfolk’s Ghent.

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