Complete Descriptions of Seminars and
Workshops (PDF)
PLEASE NOTE:
SOME CLASSES STILL HAVE SEATS LEFT.
THE REMAINING TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASE AT THE SHOW.
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Admission Ticket - $ 9.00 - Good for all 3 Days
Please note: Wednesday's Workshops do not require an Admission Ticket
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Janet has been trained and inspired by Jenny Haskins. She is one of Jenny’s
elite group of personally trained educators.
She has traveled the country for over two years teaching Jenny’s techniques and
secrets to creating with her magic range of stabilizers and batting and special
rayon threads.
Prior to joining Jenny’s team, Janet was the president over her own company for
over twenty years.
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9:00 am -
10:00 am
$8 - #ST-01
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Sew Stable:
Complete guide to machine embroidery stabilization
Do you do machine embroidery? Are you confused about what stabilizer goes with
what fabric? Do you know when to use topper?
Come learn how to properly stabilize any project from Jenny Haskin educator
Janet Baker.
Her years of experience will help you get profession results on every project.
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Carol began sewing at an early age. She made mostly clothing and home dec items
until she started quilting in 1994. She started taking quilting classes in 1995.
From that point on she was hooked. Her mentor is her mom who is an avid quilter.
She taught Carol that it's OK to think outside the box.
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2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
$8- #ST-21
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Cutting Edge Quilting Tools
Quilters are always on the lookout for products that will make things easier.
Join Carol Bledsoe as she shows you a variety of quilting tools that will make
all aspects of quilting easier and less frustrating.
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Marion has lived in Denver, Colorado most of her adult life. She has been making
art dolls for about 15 years and has taken classes with many of the top doll
makers.
Patterns for dolls she designed are being sold on line, at Piecemakers
Country Store in California and at Ann's Glory Box in Australia. She has taught
classes many times and had a successful teaching experience at Piecemakers in
January of 2007.
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WORKSHOP
9:00 am
- 10:30 am
$18 - #WT-32
LIMIT 20
STUDENTS
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Dollmaking 103: Costuming
• Using manipulated/gathered fabric and ribbons for clothing- not all clothing
has to be sewn using a separate pattern. Basic shapes can be cut and sewn so
they are added to the doll. Ideas for sewing the doll in “clothes colors” will
be discussed to reduce the amount of costuming needed.
• Using patterns for clothing – Venus Dodge “The Doll’s Dressmaker” is a good
one if your pattern doesn’t have clothing selections. Using paper towels to
create “muslins” will be discussed and demonstrated. Sizing clothing patterns to
dolls will be discussed
• Basic ultra suede shoe will be demonstrated.
• Dyeing, stamping and manipulating fabric for body and clothes will be
discussed and demonstrated.
• Source lists and tips and tricks will be given.
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Pam has been in business since 1981.Started her Interior design business “Damour
Designs”, and found a way to bridge her passions for design, sewing and power
tools.
Over the years, began teaching her trade, first at industry window covering
expos, and then to consumers. Pam’s goal is to teach industry standards to
consumers, and to raise the bar, in ways that the decorating industry
manufactures soft furnishings.
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9:00 am
- 10:00 am
$8 - #ST-02
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It's Yappy Hour!
Americans spent 4.3 Billon dollars on their pets last year; doubling the amount
they spent the previous year.
Pet boutiques sell pet vests, jackets, collars, harnesses, beds and other
accessories for big bucks. They take very little fabric and are so much fun to
make.
Learn how to create these practical and fashionable accessories for your
favorite four legged friends, learn about pet clothing software, and see a pet
fashion show.
Doesn't your pet deserve to know what the best dressed are wearing this year?
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WORKSHOP
1:00 pm -
3:00 pm
$24 - #WT-40
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Putting the "Zip" in your Home Dec and Accessories
Professional workrooms have many sewing secrets. One of them is all the
different ways to use home dec zippers in your projects, as well as when and why
to use them. In this technique class, you will learn several techniques for
putting zippers in pillows, handbags, & more!
 Kit Fee $20 paid to the teacher in the classroom
Bring to class:
Sewing machine in good working order, zipper feet
extension cord and/or power strip.
Scissors, Pins and basic sewing supplies
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Cindy Losekamp is a fun and enlightening teacher known for her incredible amount
of samples and ingenious way of creating. She has written numerous books and
patterns and created many beautiful embroidery design CD's. Cindy has been
creating her entire life. She started learning at her Grandmother’s knee and
then continued at singer sewing classes and in 4-H.
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11:00 am –
12:00 pm
$8 - #ST-12
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Creating a World of Beauty, Upside Down!
Stitching from the wrong side of your garment and having the beauty come out on
top of your fabric seems like a mystery.
Cindy has been designing and creating using these easy and fun techniques for
twenty five years. Using threads that are far too heavy to put through the eye
of the needle in the bobbin case isn't new…but it's been re-invented by Cindy.
Upside Down Appliqué sewn using satin stitching, decorative stitching, straight
stitching…you’ll also see Upside Down couching, embroidery, cutwork, bobbin
drawing and incredible accents for your finest garments. These techniques add a
touch of panache other techniques can't come close to.
Join Cindy for an hour that will change your creative life!
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2:00 pm -
3:00 pm
$8 - #ST-22
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A Tisket a Tasket…Enchanting New Ways with Jackets!
Come and spend a few creative moments with the queen of garment modifications.
Elegance and beauty are not words often used to describe sweatshirts and
T-Shirts. Not until now.
Cindy has a knack with sweatshirt and T-Shirt modification and she’s here to
show you how! See a parade of beautiful new garments that have been created to
give you lots of ideas for designing your own.
She will cover simple fitting, what kind and size to buy, how to make them
shorter…even longer with her fun and interesting samples. If you’ve seen her
before or if this is your first time…you will be enthralled as she shows a bevy
of unique and different ways to modify and change our old standbys and you’ll be
itchin to get stitchin!
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Sue started sewing at the age of 10 in 4-H. Her first project was a dress and
got a white ribbon. Her mother wouldn't let her wear it out of the house.
Luckily.....she's gotten better.
Embellishment has always been her passion; she
is the former owner of Sue's Sparklers. Having sold that business, she got bored
and started another. 'Green' is the name of the game, so she is using the sun to
print fabric and to create screenprints. Join her in this new fascination. |
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
$8 - #ST-10
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Using the Sun to your Advantage
A mini trunk show and all the hints and techniques to help you permanently print
your shirts or fabrics using the blueprinting method.
Next we will discuss how
to burn your silkscreens using the sun in 25 SECONDS! What you see in
ready-to-wear is now possible to do in your own home.
Then I'll show you how to
use Pebeo fabric paint to sun print. So many methods, so little time and no
equipment required.
Come, learn and DO!
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WORKSHOP
1:00 pm -
3:00 pm
$24 - #WT-42
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Silkscreens in 25 seconds!
Sue will show you how easy it is to make your own silkscreens using the
Sun, a renewable resource. No fancy equipment, long lasting screens.
Use your
own art, clipart, or photos. Hints and techniques to make it all a piece of
cake.
Kit fee $27.00 or $40.00 + paint
(priced from $2.50 - $3.50). Depending on size of kit wanted.
The $40.00 kit has 2 large silkscreens to burn and the small $27.00 kit has 4
small silkscreens to burn.
Kit fee is paid to the teacher in the classroom.
Bring to class:
Pre-washed shirt to use silkscreen on.
Cover-up to paint in.
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With 13 years of owning a retail fabric and sewing machine shop behind her,
Londa switched to an internet-based business to go world-wide with
www.londas-sewing.com. Her personal mission is "To offer quality sewing products
with passion, individual attention, and creative suggestions as a fellow avid
seamstress, teacher and designer."
After 40+ years of what she calls 'normal (now boring) garment sewing', her
mountain-top sewing experiences are 'artsy, creative sewing'. She delights in
guiding you to create well-designed art-to-wear that make you look and feel
spectacular.
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11:00 am
- 12:00 pm
$8 - #ST-11
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Stylish Sweatshirt Jacket FIT & Flatter – Londa’s Way
Power Point presentation teaching how to never again spend time and waste your ‘stash’ on a great sweatshirt jacket – only to be disappointed in the fit!
Learn Londa’s fitting techniques, ’’seeing’ the sweatshirt as ‘fabric and matching ribbing’, stabilization of edges, and get awesome creative embellishment and design ideas.
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Emily is a professional photographer and mother of five children.
Emily loves to capture the joyful moments of raising a family and enjoys
creating with paper, fabric, and wood.
Emily is passionate about teaching others how to take better photos, and what to
do with them!
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WORKSHOP
1:00 pm -
3:00 pm
$24 - #WT-41
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What are you passionate about? What do you take pictures
of?
Allow Emily to show you how YOU can take all those photos you have collecting
dust and make photo books, DVDs, throw blankets, calendars, greeting cards and
more! In class we will make a mini brag book using 10 of your favorite
photographs!
Bring to class:
10 photographs on a memory stick or printed out 4x6 inches or smaller.
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Now Connie sits back and
laughs at her early attempts to sew, but 30 years ago those word were uttered loudly and often as
she attempted to put a zipper in a pair of shorts. The zipper had to be taken out so many times
that the shorts were worn out before they were ever finished.
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9:00 am
- 10:00 am
$8 - #ST-03
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Crafting for a Profit!
Selling your items is fun and rewarding but are you making a profit or merely
seeing a cash flow?
How can you set the right course for yourself?
Where can you
buy wholesale, what are the tools and techniques that will best help you?
Do you
know how being aware of the trends can help you in making and selling your
merchandise?
This class is a must if you are wishing to make a profit in the
crafting business.
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2:00 pm
-3:00 pm
$8 - ST-20
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Develop; Copyright and Market your Designs
Got a design you would love to get to the market?
We'll show you how to get your
pattern into the finished form, explain the difference between copyright and
copyright registration and show you ways to get your pattern to the market.
If
you have an idea and wonder what to do next then this class is designed for you.
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