Benefits of membership include ASG discounts with national and local retailers, ASG's quarterly magazine Notions, virtual membership groups and on-line chats with nationally recognized educators in the industry and local meetings and events.

ASG sponsors an Annual National Conference, drawing nearly one-thousand attendee s from across the country. The next ASG conference will be in Chicago, IL from July 10 - 14, 2008.

The Maryland Chapter is again participating in the national Community Service project, making anti-ouch pouches for women recovering from breast cancer. Instructions for the Anti-ouch Pouch can be found under Community Service.

We have neighborhood groups (local meetings) at various times and locations around the state! You can visit any of them twice before becoming an ASG member. If there isn't a neighborhood group near you, you can start one yourself.

We have lots of great sewing-related happenings as well. Please see our Calendar of Special Events for details on the latest Maryland Chapter events.

For more info on ASG, or to sign up for membership on-line, go to www.asg.org.

For more information on the Maryland Chapter, send an email to maryland@asg.org.