2020 Sew expo style show
Cosplay Pacific Northwest was a major participant in the 2020 Sew Expo Style show. This Gallery presents some of our favorite photos from the event.
…Sharing our love of sewing
Share our love of sewing by sewing masks
During this time of uncertainty and sheltering-in-place, many are wondering what we can do to help. With the shortage of masks causing problems in doctor’s offices, clinics, home care settings and hospitals, we can make a difference. Deaconess Health Systems has a page with information, pattern and a video for a fabric mask that can be made from tightly-woven cotton fabric.
American Sewing Guild is working with the Sewing & Craft Alliance (who administers and is ASG partner in National Sewing Month) on this effort. SCA is setting up a website that will contain the instructions and, additionally, will be developing a network of locations needing the masks so that we are not adding to an already overwhelmed health system with phone calls. The website will be fully operational within 48 hours and can be found at https://www.weneedmasks.org.
March Meeting Cancelled
The member consensus is to skip our March 21st meeting due to the on-going issues caused by COVID-19. Our next meeting will be April 18th.
The April program will be SewExpo: sharing your finds and experiences. We will also have a recap of the ASG Style Show from the participants. The Style Show manager will be a guest at the meeting and has been asked to share her perspective of the show. June will present a short slide show of Style Show images taken by our photographer, Dave.
Now that we have some extra time before the next meeting, we can actually make that great SewExpo find we purchased and bring it to the April meeting! I have the prefect thing to work on and I hope you have one too!
Take care everyone and see you in April.
2020 At-A-Glance Meeting Schedule
This is a list of all regularly scheduled meetings. There is a PDF file attached below which you can download and print at your convenience.
Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of the month, 10:00 am-Noon
…Chapter Tee Shirt
Chapter Tee Shirt
Chapter members Cathy, Laura and June dusted off their scan and cut machines to make-up some fun tee shirts with Cosplay PNW / ASG on them. The shirts were made up to wear at Emerald City Comic Con next weekend. Some members were giving CPR at the event – that’s Costume Patch & Repair! Sadly, ECCC has been postponed until Summer. In the meantime, we have some great shirts to show off our Chapter! The shirts will be at the the March meeting.
Hot off the press! Cosplay Logo on tee shirts 
Placing Cosplay Logo to heat press tee shirts
MEETING NOTES – Feb. 15, 2020
Six members were at the meeting today. We enjoyed updating each other on what we’ve been working on, including progress on costumes for the ASG Style Show at SewExpo at the end of this month.
PROGRAM:
“Fitting a Commercial Patterns 101.” Keeley talked about commercial patterns (McCall’s, Simplicity, Kwik Sew, etc.), stating that patterns are really a general guideline because everyone’s body shape is unique. She touched on methods for fitting commercial patterns. For our notebooks everyone at the meeting received a written copy of today’s class.
SEW AND SHARE:
Michelle brought the scrapbook she made when she was making her Fairy God Mother and Cinderella costumes. She and her daughter will be wearing her beautiful creations in the ASG Style Show. Keeley passed around samples of lace stitch-outs she made using her new Embroidery Program (Standing Lace). She plans to incorporate the pieces into her costume. Cathy showed us a Sew Powerful Purse, one of two dozen she has been sewing for charity. Sue had pictures of costumes she’s been sewing for her community’s theatrical production of Hello Dolly in May this year. Laura disclosed her newest “find” of materials she bought to make a faux-fur lined cape.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
We are in the ASG Style Show on Saturday, which starts at 11:30 am. We practiced the runway walk and tweaked our written descriptions. June heard that we will be the grand finale of the Show!
There will be an ASG booth at SewExpo, sponsored by South Puget Sound ASG Chapter. Cosplay PNW members have been invited to spend some time monitoring the booth. This is a great opportunity for us to promote our chapter. A stack of reprinted CPNW-ASG membership applications were passed around for members to share. Let’s encourage prospective new members to sign up online. There will be more of these forms available for you at the ASG booth.
Greater Seattle ASG Chapter is sponsoring an After SewExpo Banquet on Saturday evening, February 29, 2020. If interested in attending, June can direct you to the registration website.
WEBSITE:
Content has been added and more is needed, especially costume photos. Remember to include descriptions. June will post your photos whenever possible. Send to her at june@nwquad.com.
CHAPTER BUSINESS:
The Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) will meet quarterly following the regular meeting (Feb/May/Aug/Nov).
We need a Newsletter Editor and a name for our newsletter! Send your suggestions to June at june@nwquad.com. Our first newsletter is due April 1st – no joke!
NEXT MEETING:
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Saturday, March 21, 2020, 10:00 am, at the same location.
New Members
Welcome Kiara, Patricia and Carol!
2020 Cosplay Events
| JAN 04 | JAN 06 | Aki Con Seatac, Washington — United States | Doubletree Hotel httgs://v-N1w.akicon.org/ |
| JAN 05 | JAN 06 | Fandom POX Portland, Oregon — United States | The Sheraton Portland Hotel htto://www.fandomodx.com/ |
| JAN 11 | JAN 13 | OrcaCon Bellevue, Washington — United States | Hilton Bellevue httQ://www.orcacon.org/ |
| JAN 19 | Kick Off the Cons Renton, Washington — United States | Renton Technical College httQs://www.rentonctyi comiccon.com/kick-off-the-cons-2/ | |
| FEB 09 | Chibi Chibi Con Olympia, Washington — United States | The Evergreen State College httQs://chibichibicon.com/ | |
| FEB 15 | FEB 17 | RadCon Pasco, Washington — United States | Red Lion Hotel httos:l/www.radcon.ora/ |
| MAR 12 | MAR 15 | Emerald City Comic Con – CANCELLED – Seattle, Washington — United States | Washington State Convention Center httos://www.emeraldcitvcomiccon.com/ |
| APR 18 | APR 21 | Norwescon Seatac, Washington — United States | Doubletree Hotel htto://www.norwescon.ora/ |
| APR 19 | APR 21 | Sakura Con Seattle, Washington — United States | Washington State Convention Center htto://sakuracon.ora/ |
| MAY 03 | MAY 05 | Crypticon Seattle Seatac, Washington — United States | Doubletree Hotel httos://www.crvoticonseattle.com/ |
| MAY 17 | MAY 19 | Everfree Northwest Seatac, Washington — United States | DoubleTree Hotel httos://everfreenw.com/ |
| JUN 01 | JUN 02 | Lilac City Comic Con Spokane, Washington — United States | Spokane Convention Center httos://lilaccivtcomicon.webs.com/ |
| JUL 04 | JUL 07 | Japan Expo Paris, — France | Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center htto://www.iaoan-exoo.fr/en/ |
| AUG 09 | AUG 11 | SpoCon Spokane, Washington — United States | The Historic Davenport Hotel httos://soocon.ora/ |
| AUG 09 | AUG 11 | Kura Neko Con Spokane, Washington — United States | Spokane Convention Center httQs://kuronekocon.com/ |
| SEP 13 | SEP 15 | Rose City Comic Con Portland, Oregon — United States | Oregon Convention Center httQs://rosecitycomiccon.com/ |
| OCT 26 | OCT 27 | Jet City Comic Show Tacoma, Washington — United States | 1500 Broadway htto://www.ietcitvcomicshow.com/ |
| NOV 15 | NOV 17 | Kumoricon Portland, Oregon — United States | Oregon Convention Center httos://www.kumoricon.om/ |
| NOV 16 | NOV 17 | GeekGirlCon Seattle, Washington — United States | The Conference Center httos://aeekairlcon.com/ |
| NOV 21 | NOV 24 | Anthro Northwest Seattle, Washington — United States | Hyatt Regency Seattle httos://anthronw.com/2019/index.html |
February Meeting Reminder
February 15th is the next meeting of Cosplay PNW Chapter. Keeley will be presenting Fitting a Commercial Pattern. Doors open at 10.00am meeting start time is 10.15. Remember to bring your show and share. Hope to see you at the meeting.
Chapter Events
CAB is working on Events for 2020. Stay tuned for details as they become available.