I attended the Saturday show. This was the first time attending an event like this. I had a great time and plan to go again next year and also take some classes. I was one of the older ladies attending but my 26 yo daughter recently told me that she wants to learn to sew. I learned to sew in high school in the 70’s. I am a middle school teacher and unfortunately home economic classes are a thing of the past. I recently acquired a sewing machine and the kids come in and sew at lunch time. They are having a great time learning to sew.
Agree 100% with your comments on the entitlement group. I'm 67 and it's infuriating. I run for the hills. I love your fabric picks and appreciate the fat phobia insights. I wish I was more aware when I was raising my children. I did some harm. You are a wise young woman! Sew on!
Thank you! And it is cool you've learned and are more aware now, being able to change is a huge deal. I too caused some harm in my youth with fatphobia!
This might sound weird but I appreciate you including the parts about the conference that were not great. When I come back from a conference or trip, I feel pressured to say it was awesome when sometimes it is not awesome... So thank you for normalizing that sometimes things are not awesome.
Lol. You are so cool Haley. I've been a subscriber since the first minute I found your channel. I'll be 65 in September and I sew but not vintage usually. I am learning some embroidery and I like painting ect. But with pets and grandkids I stay pretty busy. I wanted you to know that I enjoy the way you describe things and watching you create such amazing pieces. I thank you for realizing we still are all about learning at any age. Here's a thought for you, on the inside, I'm maybe 35. I forget. Sometimes I am like...what?? No way I'm turning 65. But hey, I have lived through ALOT 😊
As a woman of color, I also feel out of place in these quilt sewing expos. These events tend to attract people of specific ethnic and age groups that exclude younger non white women. I would love to go to an expo that would make me feel included.
YES I forgot to mention it but I noticed there were almost no women of color, I maybe saw 4 or 5 my whole time there. It also does not seem like expos like this really try to be more inclusive, most of the teachers are also white (and many teach skills that should not be taught by white women). A good reminder that I should write to the sewing expo board and ask if they have any plans on this.
I'm glad to see that you have such a healthy attitude to body image. I'm 62 and hit my highest weight about 10 or 12 years ago. Funnily enough, that was when I started loving my body. I was 100 lbs lighter as a young adult and thought I was fat and hated my shape. I had a very slight protruding lower abdomen and plump thighs. When I look at pictures of myself from back then, I see how practically perfect my shape was (not in the model image, just as a young female body) and wish I realized that at your age. I've since lost 60 lbs and still think I look pretty good. If I lose another 20 or 30 lbs, I will still think I look pretty good. Not necessarily better (or worse) than at my heaviest weight or my lightest either for that matter. I just enjoy finding what styles look good on me at the weight I am at the moment. It is very freeing. I wish everyone would realize they are beautiful as they are right now. Perhaps it's because I have been happily married for 37 years, so there is no pressure to attract anyone else. I don't know. I know I will never have the smooth skin with no spider veins and moles, hair with no gray, no wrinkles or cellulite, and I'm good with that. When people make tasteless comments (which is unfortunately common enough) I know it is their problem and not mine and I just say that I've worked hard for 62 years to look this way, smile, and walk away.
YES to this comment! I am excited to learn some different things especially as my body changes. I too have plenty of cellulite and tons of stretch-marks and I know one day I'll get varicose veins and I hope to always see my body as beautiful through it!
Thank you for mentioning the fatphobia in spaces with older generations. It is a REALLY hard thing for me to sit through and I appreciate you bringing that up!
Fun expo haul!!! I struggled at the European Lace booth! Lol One suggestion for packaging lace without tissue paper... maybe a small piece of fabric, or tulle ( might have to double the tulle).
I feel ashamed for the behavior of the some of people my age at the conference. Our generation was one of the luckier ones. Anyway, I loved to hear your feedback on this type of event. As a newer sewist (no right age to learn something new!) I am now going to look for one in my area. Thank you!
Another great video! Thank you for sharing your adventure! For my lace, I cut up chipboard boxes (like cereals, etc) and do similar for how the lace vendor did theirs. THe apple fabric is great, They look like plums but also remind me of kiwis!
I only discovered your channel recently, and I am really enjoying your content! I am so psyched by the fact that you girls are getting into Gunne Sax again! We wore lots of dresses by Jessica McClintock back in the 70's and 80's, I have an old picture of my husband and I from 1976 and I was wearing one! (I guess I should have kept it!)😉
The privilege of some of these older ladies is so real. I sew doll clothes for a charity, and we were having a "craft afternoon" just for all the people working for the charity to meet, chat and make some stuff if we wanted to. And some older ladies really just did not get that I and another younger member had to sew at our dining table, and that meant projects have to be as portable as possible. Like they don't even realize that other people might live in small one bedroom homes... 👀 They have some great skills though, and they were nice overall, it just made me feel awkward for a bit.
My daughter and I went this year for the first time. No.classes just looking around and sewing blankets with project linus: I saw that button booth and thought of you.
Really enjoyed hearing about this and wish I could have been there (although I'm even more introverted and never really talk to people at these things). I don't think there's anything like that in my area (around Chicago). I really loved the bright neon floral fabric you picked out.
I'm so jealous of all your cotton lace finds at such good prices! Lucky! I don't have a lot of luck finding local and online shipping adds as you know, plus you have to trust the seller since you can't handle the lace to feel if tis synthetic or cotton. Why not use some thin fabric scraps (cabbage) as the tissue replacement for showing the lace off? Also what dye method/brands do you use for your natural fibers? I've not gotten though all your videos yet so sorry if you've covered this in another one.
Maybe you can use bakers paper for packaging lace. They may not be as pretty, but are color safe. Ugg. edit. The kind I am talking about is brown, not white. But maybe with some search you can find other colors?
So glad you finally made it to the Sew Expo! It’s one of my favorite events and was happy to see it in person post-COVID. I missed it this year due to Emerald City Comic Con being the same weekend. Thanks for sharing so I could live vicariously through you!
For the tissue paper sub: brown parchment paper? Or other papers that have a coating so they won't bleed. Thanks for sharing about the conference! I didn't know these existed
Hi there! I’ve been watching your channel for a couple years and love your sewing videos. I like this video about the Sewing Expo. Any idea how I can find one in my area? I am near Los Angeles.
The classes sound great. Glad you had a good time, on the whole. I did kind of feel your comment about 2nd homes being a privilege is a little judgemental. My husband and I are really struggling to find a home that we can afford, which is commutable but also has a nice garden etc. Instead it is looking like it might be cheaper to buy 2, one flat near work and a cabin in the country. Just some food for thought before you judge others based on your own value system.
Totally hear you. Unfortunately I do think owning a home has now become a privilege, as demonstrated by you and your husband's struggle to find something affordable that fit what you want in parameters. I am in a similar struggle actually. I am not referring to people like you, I am referring to people of a generation who bought multiple homes on a single income because of the economy they inherited who have never given a thought to how hard it is for us now. I doubt you would be loudly complaining about how hard it is to own two homes in public as a way to demonstrate your wealth and privilege. Also a tip if you're looking for a place with a garden, I don't know if this is true in other cities but Seattle has a ton of community gardens so one of the strategies I've been thinking of is buying very close to a community garden so I can use that space for my green thumb!
@@HaleyMarieVintage community garden sounds lovely. Not something I have ever seen where I live in the U.K. We can rent garden space nearby but we have been on a waiting list for 5 years where we live at the moment. It’s mad how every year another field is turned into a housing estate, sometimes I do wish I could time travel back to the 80s when there were fields between estates 😂
That is such a bummer, in case you're curious here is the link to my cities program, basically you pay a small fee and have to do 8 hours of community service to the park/garden to pay for your spot. www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/p-patch-gardening/about-the-program it isn't a super common program but a really cool one!
I can not believe I missed it :( I wanted to go but I was told it was in June or July:( so sad but I also have a newborn so have to wait till she is older and then I can go :)
out of pure curiositywhat is the craft you tried that is a "dying art" that you didn't like and won't be trying again? i really want to attend a fiber conference like this someday...it sounds like soooooo much fun! thank you for sharing your experience!
I used to go every year when I lived in Washington. But that was 20 years ago! I’m glad to hear it’s still a really popular show.
I attended the Saturday show. This was the first time attending an event like this. I had a great time and plan to go again next year and also take some classes. I was one of the older ladies attending but my 26 yo daughter recently told me that she wants to learn to sew. I learned to sew in high school in the 70’s. I am a middle school teacher and unfortunately home economic classes are a thing of the past. I recently acquired a sewing machine and the kids come in and sew at lunch time. They are having a great time learning to sew.
The classes are great, I definitely recommend taking some!
Agree 100% with your comments on the entitlement group. I'm 67 and it's infuriating. I run for the hills. I love your fabric picks and appreciate the fat phobia insights. I wish I was more aware when I was raising my children. I did some harm. You are a wise young woman! Sew on!
Thank you! And it is cool you've learned and are more aware now, being able to change is a huge deal. I too caused some harm in my youth with fatphobia!
This might sound weird but I appreciate you including the parts about the conference that were not great. When I come back from a conference or trip, I feel pressured to say it was awesome when sometimes it is not awesome... So thank you for normalizing that sometimes things are not awesome.
Oh totally, I try to just be honest and few times do you do something where everything is truly awesome, there are usually good parts and bad parts!
Lol. You are so cool Haley.
I've been a subscriber since the first minute I found your channel. I'll be 65 in September and I sew but not vintage usually. I am learning some embroidery and I like painting ect. But with pets and grandkids I stay pretty busy. I wanted you to know that I enjoy the way you describe things and watching you create such amazing pieces.
I thank you for realizing we still are all about learning at any age. Here's a thought for you, on the inside, I'm maybe 35. I forget. Sometimes I am like...what?? No way I'm turning 65.
But hey, I have lived through ALOT 😊
Thank you so much, your comment is so sweet! I think most people are younger at heart, my dad is your age and he's probably say he still feels 30 too.
As a woman of color, I also feel out of place in these quilt sewing expos. These events tend to attract people of specific ethnic and age groups that exclude younger non white women. I would love to go to an expo that would make me feel included.
YES I forgot to mention it but I noticed there were almost no women of color, I maybe saw 4 or 5 my whole time there. It also does not seem like expos like this really try to be more inclusive, most of the teachers are also white (and many teach skills that should not be taught by white women). A good reminder that I should write to the sewing expo board and ask if they have any plans on this.
I'm glad to see that you have such a healthy attitude to body image. I'm 62 and hit my highest weight about 10 or 12 years ago. Funnily enough, that was when I started loving my body. I was 100 lbs lighter as a young adult and thought I was fat and hated my shape. I had a very slight protruding lower abdomen and plump thighs. When I look at pictures of myself from back then, I see how practically perfect my shape was (not in the model image, just as a young female body) and wish I realized that at your age. I've since lost 60 lbs and still think I look pretty good. If I lose another 20 or 30 lbs, I will still think I look pretty good. Not necessarily better (or worse) than at my heaviest weight or my lightest either for that matter. I just enjoy finding what styles look good on me at the weight I am at the moment. It is very freeing. I wish everyone would realize they are beautiful as they are right now. Perhaps it's because I have been happily married for 37 years, so there is no pressure to attract anyone else. I don't know. I know I will never have the smooth skin with no spider veins and moles, hair with no gray, no wrinkles or cellulite, and I'm good with that. When people make tasteless comments (which is unfortunately common enough) I know it is their problem and not mine and I just say that I've worked hard for 62 years to look this way, smile, and walk away.
YES to this comment! I am excited to learn some different things especially as my body changes. I too have plenty of cellulite and tons of stretch-marks and I know one day I'll get varicose veins and I hope to always see my body as beautiful through it!
I just found out there's a sewing expo in my town in May! I never would've thought to look for one, thank you!
Yay, excited for you to go!
Thank you for mentioning the fatphobia in spaces with older generations. It is a REALLY hard thing for me to sit through and I appreciate you bringing that up!
Yeah it made me so uncomfortable and I think it is super important to talk about behavior like this!
Fun expo haul!!! I struggled at the European Lace booth! Lol
One suggestion for packaging lace without tissue paper... maybe a small piece of fabric, or tulle ( might have to double the tulle).
I’m in Oregon and will have to keep my eye out for the Expo. It would be a blast. Thank you for sharing your makes and finds. Christy
I feel ashamed for the behavior of the some of people my age at the conference. Our generation was one of the luckier ones. Anyway, I loved to hear your feedback on this type of event. As a newer sewist (no right age to learn something new!) I am now going to look for one in my area. Thank you!
Thank you! I hope you find one in your area!
Another great video! Thank you for sharing your adventure! For my lace, I cut up chipboard boxes (like cereals, etc) and do similar for how the lace vendor did theirs. THe apple fabric is great, They look like plums but also remind me of kiwis!
I only discovered your channel recently, and I am really enjoying your content! I am so psyched by the fact that you girls are getting into Gunne Sax again! We wore lots of dresses by Jessica McClintock back in the 70's and 80's, I have an old picture of my husband and I from 1976 and I was wearing one! (I guess I should have kept it!)😉
My mom wore one to prom and didn't keep it and I am so sad about it haha
I went a few years ago but for quilting. This year went to one in Fl. I don't know if the same. Very well worth it.
The privilege of some of these older ladies is so real. I sew doll clothes for a charity, and we were having a "craft afternoon" just for all the people working for the charity to meet, chat and make some stuff if we wanted to. And some older ladies really just did not get that I and another younger member had to sew at our dining table, and that meant projects have to be as portable as possible. Like they don't even realize that other people might live in small one bedroom homes... 👀
They have some great skills though, and they were nice overall, it just made me feel awkward for a bit.
Yeah it is just such a mixed experience, because they just are so oblivious to their privilege but also so talented and have a lot to learn from!
My daughter and I went this year for the first time. No.classes just looking around and sewing blankets with project linus: I saw that button booth and thought of you.
I hope you had fun, if you ever see me somewhere like that definitely say hi even though I will be awkward haha
@Haley Marie Vintage I would have loved to see you but never did :)
Really enjoyed hearing about this and wish I could have been there (although I'm even more introverted and never really talk to people at these things). I don't think there's anything like that in my area (around Chicago). I really loved the bright neon floral fabric you picked out.
I'd bet there is something around Chicago for this, try searching a combo of sewing/quilting conference/convention Chicago.
I'm so jealous of all your cotton lace finds at such good prices! Lucky! I don't have a lot of luck finding local and online shipping adds as you know, plus you have to trust the seller since you can't handle the lace to feel if tis synthetic or cotton.
Why not use some thin fabric scraps (cabbage) as the tissue replacement for showing the lace off?
Also what dye method/brands do you use for your natural fibers? I've not gotten though all your videos yet so sorry if you've covered this in another one.
Defintiely recommend the sellers I linked their stuff is sooooo nice! I just use rit dye for natural fabrics, but I've heard dharma is good too!
Maybe you can use bakers paper for packaging lace. They may not be as pretty, but are color safe.
Ugg. edit. The kind I am talking about is brown, not white. But maybe with some search you can find other colors?
Bakers paper/Butcher paper would definitely work and is super cheap, I'll have to find some!
So glad you finally made it to the Sew Expo! It’s one of my favorite events and was happy to see it in person post-COVID. I missed it this year due to Emerald City Comic Con being the same weekend. Thanks for sharing so I could live vicariously through you!
I'm so glad I made it too, hopefully next year we can go together!
I need to get there one day soon
For the tissue paper sub: brown parchment paper? Or other papers that have a coating so they won't bleed. Thanks for sharing about the conference! I didn't know these existed
Yes! I wouldn't have known either if I didn't have sewing friends!
You could use a darker, inexpensive fabric to back the lace instead of tissue. Happy Belated birthday!!
Thank you!
Hi there! I’ve been watching your channel for a couple years and love your sewing videos. I like this video about the Sewing Expo. Any idea how I can find one in my area? I am near Los Angeles.
I'd just search something like sewing/quilting conference/convention Los Angeles and see what comes up.
The classes sound great. Glad you had a good time, on the whole. I did kind of feel your comment about 2nd homes being a privilege is a little judgemental. My husband and I are really struggling to find a home that we can afford, which is commutable but also has a nice garden etc. Instead it is looking like it might be cheaper to buy 2, one flat near work and a cabin in the country. Just some food for thought before you judge others based on your own value system.
Totally hear you. Unfortunately I do think owning a home has now become a privilege, as demonstrated by you and your husband's struggle to find something affordable that fit what you want in parameters. I am in a similar struggle actually. I am not referring to people like you, I am referring to people of a generation who bought multiple homes on a single income because of the economy they inherited who have never given a thought to how hard it is for us now. I doubt you would be loudly complaining about how hard it is to own two homes in public as a way to demonstrate your wealth and privilege. Also a tip if you're looking for a place with a garden, I don't know if this is true in other cities but Seattle has a ton of community gardens so one of the strategies I've been thinking of is buying very close to a community garden so I can use that space for my green thumb!
@@HaleyMarieVintage community garden sounds lovely. Not something I have ever seen where I live in the U.K. We can rent garden space nearby but we have been on a waiting list for 5 years where we live at the moment. It’s mad how every year another field is turned into a housing estate, sometimes I do wish I could time travel back to the 80s when there were fields between estates 😂
That is such a bummer, in case you're curious here is the link to my cities program, basically you pay a small fee and have to do 8 hours of community service to the park/garden to pay for your spot. www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/p-patch-gardening/about-the-program it isn't a super common program but a really cool one!
I can not believe I missed it :( I wanted to go but I was told it was in June or July:( so sad but I also have a newborn so have to wait till she is older and then I can go :)
Yeah and they have one on the books for next year already (similar timing) so you can go!
out of pure curiositywhat is the craft you tried that is a "dying art" that you didn't like and won't be trying again? i really want to attend a fiber conference like this someday...it sounds like soooooo much fun! thank you for sharing your experience!
The Brazilian embroidery, it is stunning but not the right fit for me. I hope you get to attend one!
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The orlando expo has a lot of younger sewists and cosplayers who work retail, much more tolerant.
I think the one here is starting to lezn more cosplay since thye know that is what young sewists do!
Will you be going again this year?
Yes!
@@HaleyMarieVintage Awesome! I’ll be going too. Maybe I’ll see you there. This will be my first sew expo. Ever.
I was just joking today that if my upper arms sag any more I might be able to stick them straight out and glide like a flying squirrel!