Would they be interested in meeting in person? I sent out a post on October 16 and most of them were interested. Among these women, it was a diverse group of ethnicities, ages, skill levels, length of time sewing, and also a variety of projects that they devoted their time to creating.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that received strange looks when they told people, "I'm going to meet with a group of women I met on the Internet." I know I did. However, it was more like a meeting of pen pals than complete strangers. As bloggers we communicate through our blogs and know each other from what we share there. We may have followed people through career changes, relationships, child rearing, and the steady development of our sewing skills. Some have collaborated or assisted on projects (by email, phone, or in person), enabled serious $$$ fabric shopping, and became friends in real life. During our meetup two separate pairs of women found out they were neighbors!
To say I'm happy that this worked out would be a huge understatement. However, without the gracious and generous offer of Robin D. to open up her beautiful home as a comfortable and cosy space for us to meet this might have just been a trip to G Street with far fewer people. You see, more wanted to meet than to actually shop. I know. Shocking.
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| BeeBee, Lisette, Cidell, Lauren, Sue, Paula, Trena, Audrey, Robin, me, Allison, Sophie, Elaine |
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| Fabric sorted by fabric/fiber type |
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| Pattern table with window seat overflow |
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| More patterns! I myself contributed about 65 of them. |
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| Elaine, Alison, Lauren, Cidell, Sue |
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| Lisette, Anna, Sophie, Mary*, Trena, Audrey |
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| Audrey, BeeBee, Paula |
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| Robin (our hostess), Cidell, Sue, my haul* |
Thank you everyone for coming, it was a pleasure and honor to meet you all!! We must do this again!
*Thank you so much for bringing that huge box of 1990s Vogue Designer patterns!
*Yes, that's my huge takeaway pile on the couch next to Sue. Details forthcoming...
Images: Top photo is c/o of A Little Sewing, all other grainy cell phone pictures are by me.
6 comments:
It always amuses me when people are concerned that I'm going to meet other sewists in real life...like it's so dangerous!
Glad you had such a great time!
Thank you *so* much for organizing this! I loved meeting other seamstresses in real life.
Hilarious comment, Kyle!! I have gotten the same reaction.
Lisa, great write-up, and I share your enthusiasm. I think the name you sTruggled with was Mary and she lives in a town right next to Rockville. She was very funny and we all had a great time.
We really must do it again!
Yay for Mid-Atlantic Sewists!
Good job! Looks like it was a success. I always love when online friendships can make it offline. So much neater to meet people face to face!
I was reading Audrey's blog and found you and your blog. I live in Roanoke, VA. It would be great to meet you and Audrey, live and in person in the near future. Glad you had such a great time and hope to participate in something like this in the future.
Hi Lisa,
Is the date set for the next DC area meet-up? I live in the northern Virginia area and would love to connect with other sewists. I hate that I missed the first meet-up.
Belinda
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