Stitching a Sewing Community Together on The Best of Sewing With Nancy
One of our favorite Sewing With Nancy memories is when the Nancy Zieman team “took the show on the road”, and recorded at the 2014 Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington –near Seattle, WA– where over 30,000 sewing enthusiasts gather to share, learn, and enjoy their love of sewing! Our friends at Washington State University State Extension, along with many talented volunteer Clothing & Textile Advisors (CTAs), host the annual Sewing & Stitchery Expo.
To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of this mega sewing event, the Sewing With Nancy crew packed up their camera equipment – and for the first time ever – we took Sewing With Nancy On The Road to capture the unique camaraderie between sewing pattern designers, teachers, vendors, and event attendees.
Stitching a Sewing Community Together is this week’s Sewing With Nancy online video feature and here’s a preview of the exciting events Nancy and team captured on location:
Learn Tips from a Pattern Designer
The episode begins with Nancy’s interview with renowned sewing author, designer, and educator, Pati Palmer of Palmer/Pletsch Associates. Pati shares the process of designing patterns—she specializes in presenting ideas from a sewers point of view.
See the Sewing World from a Pattern Company’s Perspective
Kathy Marrone, editor of Vogue Pattern magazine and also representing The McCall Pattern Company, presents a unique point of view of what a pattern company learns from attending a sewing event. Her insight might surprise you! (Notice the thumbs-up sign from Ben, our director. It was a good “take!” Great job, Nancy!)
Ever Wonder about the Fabric Designing Process?
Tula Pink, graphic artist turned extraordinary fabric designer and quilt designer, shares how inspirations turn into fabric.
Learning—That’s What Sewing Expos are All About
We know you’ll enjoy Nancy’s interview with Candice Jewett, from Quality Sew & Vac in WA, an amazing serging instructor.
Just How Did this Expo Begin?
Nancy sits down for an interview with Joanne Ross, Show Founder & Director, and reminisces about the past while looking forward to the future.
Style Show Anyone?
Mary Collen, style show manager for the Sewing & Stitchery Expo, shares behind-the-scene activities of orchestrating approximately 14 free style shows during the 4-day event. (There’s Inga-sound tech on the left, Mike-videographer in the center, on the far right is Richard Zieman-crowd control 😉 and you don’t see Deanna Springer-because she’s always taking the behind the scenes photos – that you see here in the NZP Blog).
Meet and Greet
One of Nancy’s favorite things to do at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo was to present her sewing seminars and meet other sewing enthusiasts. After each of Nancy’s seminars, an enthusiastic group would gather for some one-on-one time with Nancy.
On the day we packed up our gear and headed for airport, the mountain graced the sky. In the lower right corner of the photo Deanna snapped, you can see Mount Rainier. Nancy always shared with us that she attended the show for 10 years before she ever saw the majestic mountain, and she was starting to think that the much talked about mountain was photoshopped into pictures!
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The randomly selected winner of a Seams Right by Team NZP from Clover, from the March 26, April 2 and 9 Blog Posts: The Absolute Easiest Way to Sew Part One on The Best of Sewing With Nancy, The Absolute Easiest Way to Sew Part Two on The Best of Sewing With Nancy and The Absolute Easiest Way to Sew Part Three on The Best of Sewing With Nancy, is Sandy Chapman.
Her comment is: Looks like a handy tool to learn to use as are all of Nancy’s great notions she has come up with. I love the continuation of having the chance to continue to learn from Nancy via her team and the Sisters too.
Happy Sewing!
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Susan
Nancy has & continues to inspire a village of sewers across the globe. This hobby has been a part of my life since age 9 and mentors/leaders like Nancy have inspired us to pursue creative channels with so many rewards.
Mary
Nancy’s TV show/series taught me the techniques that enabled me to become a better stitcher. My life was enriched with her hands on approach to basic, intermediate and some advanced procedures. In time, I was invited to go work as a crew member of ‘The Lost Colony’ in part due to what I learned from her and her sewing books.
When I applied for a job as an alterations seamstress, I often found her sewing lessons to be timely and helpful.
She blessed and enriched my life with her kind and generous sharing of her sewing lessons on her PBS series and books. Thank you Nancy and all of the NZ team.
Karen
I spoke to Nancy at the 2014 Expo. It was a thrill to see her in person. I was wearing one of my sweatshirts I had made following Nancy and Mary Mulari. I think I attended a lecture as well but my memory is foggy this morning. For fun, I also have a picture of myself standing with her life-size cardboard cutout in the Sewing With Nancy store.
BevM
Nancy Zieman was such an inspiration to so many people. She was an expert, but always came across as someone you could have as a personal friend. I have used many of her techniques, and have referred her videos to others. These past few weeks, when we could no longer have face-to-face 4-H activities, I told 4-Hers to check her site for how to insert a zipper and other skills.
Anna Little
still enjoy the show but get teary eyed and miss Nancy.
Barb K
I read Nancy’s first book and donated it to our local library. Would love to read “The Rest of the Story”!
Louise Johnson
We all miss Nancy, but you all at NZP help us ‘Carry on.” I feel so good about how the sewing community has come together to share so many ideas on how to help during this pandemic. Nancy would be proud of us.
Suzanne Ridge
Would love to read Nancy, the Rest of the Story
Joan Maki
Nancy was a part of my life. Always waiting for her to come on. I have learned so much from her and taught that to others. I felt a connection to her because i wanted to be as talanted as she was and that i also have Bells Palsy. To me she was one of the worlds smartest sewers. She could do it all. It seemed to come natural to her. My grandaughter and i cried when we heard she passed. The world had lost a great achiver. She will be missed but never forgotten.