Peggy Sagers
Peggy Sagers holds a degree in Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising from Brigham Young University. Peggy spends her time teaching at seminars in the United States and Canada and recently featured as a guest on HGTV, she brings no frills to the home sewing world. She professionally drafts patterns doing free lance for numerous manufactures in the Dallas area. Recently, she started creating her own pattern line called “Silhouettes”. Her designs incorporate B,C, and D cup sizing as well as proportionate lengths, which is unique in the pattern industry. In addition to apparel designs, Peggy has designed the patterns of the costumes worn by the 1994 Men’s Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medallist, Elvis Stojko. Recently she has been a guest on the popular HGTV show, “Sew Much More”.
A Dozen Favorite Construction Techniques
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
228CT - Room 110 - Class fee: $8
THURSDAY 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
She's fast, she works with a wide range of fabrics and there's not a puckered seam or mis-set sleeve to be found. Learn her techniques and find your sewing becoming more accurate, fast and fun. You won't believe how easy this stuff is and you will be mad you did not know this stuff a long time ago. So don't delay, come see these great methods.
Navigating the Bumps
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
245CT - Room 109 — Class fee $8
THURSDAY 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
“I have never made a quilt that did not fit!” Well, that is because it is flat! Come learn how to put the bumps in clothes, at the right place and the right amount! This is easy stuff and you can have clothes that will be as easy to fit as your quilt fits the bed! We all want to sew, we just can’t fit! Come learn how and see how EASY it is!
SWAP – The American Way
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
325CF - Room 109 -- Class fee $8
FRIDAY 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Perfect for travel, a wardrobe that is light and easy. This is what every designer does – Sew With A Plan – six fabrics, six patterns that fit your lifestyle and Shizzam! A whole bunch of clothes, a dozen combinations that mix and match wonderfully. The outfits are completely fresh and updated to the current styles. Doesn’t that sound fun! Come learn how easy and simple it is and see lots of samples.
Just Great Pants!
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
350CF - Room 107--Class fee $8
FRIDAY 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Get your pants right just once and you won’t have to mess with pant patterns ever again. You have to understand what’s going on with the pant to understand how to fix the pant problem and Peggy is just the person to teach you how to fix those pants. Come prepared with a pair of pants you have made and bring the pattern and we’ll fix those pants.
20 Sewing Myths –CORRECTED!
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
415CS - Room 107-- Class fee $8
SATURDAY 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Simplify your concepts. Designing, fitting, and sewing have taken place for thousands of years and it is all simple. You can do this. This is not highly technical. Come learn why some of the sewing tricks we have learned over the years did not work and why they were not tricks at all. Gain some new insight as to why and how you can now do some great things with patterns and learn how to tell fact from fiction.
A Dozen of Our Best Patterns & Why?
Peggy Sagers/Silhouette Patterns
445CS - Room 107-- Class fee $8
SATURDAY 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Silhouette Patterns, the largest independent pattern company in the U.S., will show its 12 best patterns. Come see what the “Top 12 best selling Silhouette Patterns” are and why you like them. Ideas for fabric changes, time-saving shortcuts and easy sewing methods will be shown. You’ll learn all the reasons you can sew them quickly and how to really broaden your wardrobe by including them over and over. Don’t miss out! A trunk show of samples will be shown.
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