STABILIZER SAVVY

Saturday, June 20 - 10-1pm or 2-5pm - $15

No more ruined garments, puckered embroideries or off-center designs! Our stabilizer industry expert will share her tips and shortcuts for dealing with all types of fabrics and embroideries and appliqués in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. And...she'll teach you how to look for problems while the design is still on your screen and before you ever sew a stitch! This just might be the most beneficial class you've ever taken!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF SERGING

Friday, June 26 - Emily Carter, BabyLock Educational Consultant

Emily knows sergers inside and out and will help you love what a serger can do. Come to both classes for $45 - including lunch! Open to ALL BRANDS of sergers!!!

• Decorative Serging

  10-12:30pm - $15 Come see decorative threads come to life for creative serging possibilities that are endless and beautiful! Techniques include tassels, attaching beads, beaded necklaces, wave stitch, pin tucks, serger fabric, faux piped serger binding, quilting techniques, decorative iron on trims, serger lace and crochet, pin tucks, shadow pin tucks, shadow work, ruffles, serger ribbon, purse handles and so much more. Plus...a couple of fast and easy project ideas. Lecture demo.

• Workshop for the "Sergically Impaired!"

  1:30-4pm - $35 Have you ever felt "sergically impaired?" Your serger is a wonderful tool that will make so many things so much easier. Learn how to install zippers and/or cording, serger necklace (ya...jewelry!), piecing, purse handles, bias binding, hemming and elastic waistbands. No more excuses - learn to "serge ahead!"

CREATIVITY RETREAT

Saturday, June 27 - 10:30-4pm - Jill Braley - Bernina Educational Consultant

This seminar is a "MUST DO!" Open to ALL BRANDS of machines!!! $30 - including lunch!

Unlock and unleash a hidden world of creativity within your sewing machine! Jill will cover the basics of "Stitch Recipe Play" - creative ways of using and combining stitches to create one of a kind edgings and creative stitch detail. Learn the basics of using decorative threads and needles and stabilizers (successfully!) to really make your creations shine! You will be amazed at what is hidden inside your machine! Stay for lunch and then we will finish up with lots of creative tips and ideas that will blow you away! And, see what some of the newest technology can do to make things even easier! Plus...we finish up with a special surprise for all Bernina owners! (and potential owners!!!)

NOTE: ANY MACHINE has the potential to create with decorative stitches and pretty threads, even if you just have an assortment of basic utility stitches. Let Jill show you how!

CALLING ALL BERNINA STITCH REGULATOR (BSR) OWNERS!

Haven't had the time to really sit down and practice with your new BSR? Maybe you're even a little intimidated by it still? This is just what you've been waiting for!

• BSR 101

  

  Saturday, July 18 - 10-1pm - $25

  Join Mary Alice Fyock and learn the basics of using the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR) plus you will learn the techniques for using BSR with quilting, crafting, home decorating, and garment making. Learn to use your BSR with different needles and threads and experiment using your BSR with bobbin work and thread painting! A whole new world!




• MORE BSR

  Saturday, July 18 - 1:30-4:30pm - $25

  You've learned the basics, now you are ready to practice and play with free-motion quilting techniques, and learn about thread tension as well, in this hands-on class. With Mary Alice, you will practice many different free-motion quilting designs, using different types of thread and you will go home with a notebook full of designs along with your samples.

Q5 MACHINE QUILTING

Saturday, August 1 - 10-2:30pm - $35 - Mary Alice Fyock

Okay, the quilt top is done...what do you do now? You'll need to learn some basic skills: layering your quilt with backing and batting, planning your quilting patterns, choosing threads and then finally, using your free-motion skills and/or BSR to execute some simple quilting patterns. Beginners will feel more comfortable after taking this techniques class, which is lecture demo and hands on.

NOTION COMMOTION

Friday, August 7 - 10-3pm - $5

Join us for a fun look at some of the best notions on the market today! We were amazed when we went to Quilt Market at some of the awesome ways to make the process not only faster, but foolproof and more creative as well. We subscribe to the "why do it the hard way when you can save your time and effort for the fun parts" school, and we'll show you all the tricks! Join us for lunch and a look at stuff that we don't want to live without!

ALL ABOUT HANDIQUILTER

Saturday, August 22nd - $60 for both sessions includes lunch!

• HandiQuilter Hi-Lites

  10-12 noon - $15

  Judging from the response we had to the last Handiquilter seminar, there are a lot of you interested in this awesome machine. Join us in the morning to see what all the hoopla is about...We'll show you what it can do and how it can change your whole quilting frame of reference. You CAN do it all now, and you'll be amazed at how much fun this makes the actual quilting. Your creativity no longer ends once you have the top pieced!

• HandiQuilter How-Tos

  1-4pm - $50 (includes lunch!)

  And, for those of you who have already made the leap....stay for lunch and join us for NOW I HAVE IT...WHAT CAN I DO? HandiQuilter Educator Debbie Brown will dazzle you with all kinds of ideas, tips and tricks for your machine quilting. This class will really get you thinking like a long-armer, and show you have to make the maximum impact with your quilting. This machine is a dream! Let Debbie show you why!