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Seminars & Workshops - Thursday, July 11, 2013




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Cancellation/Exchange Policy: Absolutely NO refunds will be made for admission or class tickets—NO exceptions. However, a seminar ticket can be exchanged at the show if your class is not sold out and has not occurred. Lost or forgotten tickets cannot be replaced or refunded. If you are unable to attend, please give your tickets as a gift to a friend.

*Your Admission ticket is required before entering classes. However, it is NOT required to attend the Wednesday pre-expo workshops.
 
* Kit Fees are payable to the instructor in classroom, while Class Fees are paid in advance when you register.


Admission Ticket/Weekend Pass



Admission Ticket - $ 9.00 - Good for all 3 Days

Please note: Wednesday's Workshops do not require an Admission Ticket

FEATURED SEWING EDUCATOR
Sonja Bezuidenhout - Lutterloh Patterns
Sonja Bezuidenhout has had a passion for sewing from a very young age and her first sewing machine was a prize won in a local competition. Born in South Africa, she first pursued a Nursing career, but then sought a change in direction and qualified as a Computer Programmer.

With the arrival of her first of three girls, she decided to follow her passion and became a Dressmaker and later established a Sewing School in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. She was introduced to the Lutterloh Pattern Making System in 1993 and was so impressed with the beautiful fit, cut and style of the outfits created using the system; she began teaching her students using Lutterloh patterns. More . . .

WORKSHOP


9:00 am
- 12:30 pm


$46 - #WT-34


LIMIT 12 STUDENTS





Skirt Designing with the Lutterloh Pattern Making System
Skill Level: All

Sonja will assist you to draft a simple plain Pencil-Skirt pattern from the Lutterloh Pattern collection (our Master Pattern).

She will then show you how to apply some simple design changes. First of all how to lengthen and shorten the skirt and also changing the waistband (facings, elasticized, ribbing, contour waists & hipsters).

Next we will change the skirt to an A-line, yoke, wrap & gore skirt. Lastly we will focus on bias/flirty skirts and some interesting designs. Full instructions to sew your Skirt and handy tips on a CD will also be provided.


Kit fee: $20 paid to the teacher in the classroom
Kits include, Drafting paper, Lutterloh Patterns needed for the workshop, CD with class contents and notes and cardboard rulers.

Bring to class: Paper scissors and reading glasses


WORKSHOP


1:00 pm
- 4:30 pm


$46 - #WT-44


LIMIT 12 STUDENTS





T-Shirt Designing with the Lutterloh Pattern Making System
Skill Level: All

Sonja will in this Workshop show you how to draft a simple T-shirt pattern from the Lutterloh Pattern collection (our Master Pattern) and then apply some simple design changes.

She will then teach you how to change the neck-line to different styles: V-Necklines, Round Necklines, Square Necklines, Boat Necklines, Basic Cowl Necklines, Keyhole Necklines, Polo/turtleneck & Funnel Neck.

Full instructions to sew your T-Shirt and handy tips on a CD will also be provided.

Kit fee: $20 paid to the teacher in the classroom
Kits include, Drafting paper, Lutterloh Patterns needed for the workshop, CD with class contents and notes and cardboard rulers.

Bring to class: Paper scissors and reading glasses

Gail Bird - Igolochkoy / Birdhouse Ent.
Gail is an innovator, author, lecturer, designer and teacher both nationally and internationally. For 35 years Gail has specialized in the art of IGOLOCHKOY™ (Russian Punchneedle embroidery) and has the largest collection in the world of punchneedle works, including many famous wearable and quilt artists.

More . . .


WORKSHOP


9:00 am
- 12:00 pm


$35 - #WT-32


LIMIT 15 STUDENTS





IGOLOCHKOY™ Sunflower Scissor Holder
All levels – ages 9 (with an adult) and up


Explore the ways to use your computer and printer to apply designs on fabric. Class covers basic punch information and how to change gauges to create different textures. We will mix thread colors in the needle and cut the loops to make fringe.

A brad snugly fits in the middle of the sunflower and a cute Bee pin is then attached. Complete the sewing portion of the scissor holder at home with your own machine.

Kit cost: $20 paid to the teacher in the classroom.
Kit includes, pattern, fabric, thread, cord, Bee pin and instructions.

NOTE: all other equipment will be on LOAN – needle, hoop or frame, threaders, magnetic case and 4” embroidery scissors.

Bring to class: eye glasses if needed.


Carol Bledsoe - Sew EZ Quilting, Inc.
Carol Bledsoe began sewing at an early age. She made mostly clothing and home dec items until she started quilting in 1992. 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.


More . . .

9:00 am
- 10:00 am


$8 - #ST-2



Templates the Marti Way

Learn a new approach to using templates.

Did you know that templates can help improve your piecing if used correctly? Carol Bledsoe will dispel myths that using templates is awkward, inefficient, frustrating, and unnecessary.

Learn how From Marti Michell products can make your quilting life so much simpler. See examples of how the right template can make a huge difference in the end result of a project.


WORKSHOP


1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm


$35 - #WT-42



LIMIT 15 STUDENTS





Sew EZ Dresden Table Topper

This project looks difficult but is really very easy. If you’ve been skeptical about attempting a Dresden project this is the perfect one to start with. Carol Bledsoe will help you complete most, if not all of this table topper in class. Kits are available in class in a variety of color combinations for $12.99.

Pattern purchase required $7.00 paid to the teacher in the classroom.

Bring to class:
Fabric Requirements:
¼ yard for Prairie Points and Center Circle
2 Fabrics for Fan Blades – 9” x 20” one light and one medium to dark in value
Fat Quarter for Backing
17” square of batting

Other Supplies:
Sewing machine with ¼” foot, walking foot
QuiltCut2 Fabric Cutting System or EZ Dresden Template
17” square of freezer paper
5” square of fusible web (optional)
Paper and fabric scissors
Basic sewing supplies – thread for piecing and quilting, appliqué needles (if you want to hand appliqué the center circle), rotary cutter, cutting mat, etc.

The kit that is available in class does not contain batting, freezer paper or fusible web. Please bring these with you to class.

My hope is that you will complete the top and possibly even start the quilting in class. If you have any questions about this project feel free to contact me either by phone or email.

Be sure to include your name, the class and a phone number in your email or phone message. Email address: Carol@sewEZquilting.com – Phone 866-210-1472.


Carol Bonetti - Sew-ciety
 
Carol is an accredited Jenny Haskins Tutor.

She enjoys all aspects of sewing and embroidery and sharing her passion with others. Her education includes a MS from SUNY-Binghamton.

Carol has won awards for creative use of embroidery software and Rising Star Award. www.sew-ciety.com


9:00 am
- 10:00 am


$8 - #ST-4



Beyond Bryce Canyon Vest

Carol will guide you through the step by step construction of this quilt as you go garment.

You will see how easy this vest is and the many embellishment opportunities for finishing it. Embellishment techniques will include Krinkle Magic, Yarn Couching and collar modifications.

Also enjoy a mini trunk show on various other quilt as you go style garments from Morninglory Designs!


Paula Lamkin Bramwell - Sew-ciety
 
Paula has developed an International reputation for her love of sewing, quilting and embroidery. Paula started her passion for all aspects of sewing as a young girl growing up in Kentucky. She began teaching others the art of embroidery in 1999 while working with Lords Sewing Centre in Lancashire, England.

More . . .


11:00 am
- 12:00 pm


$8 - #ST-10



Simply Clever and Crafty

Join Paula as she shows you how to turn household objects into Clever and Crafty items.

She will take a few items and turn them into unexpected treasures that you will want to make!

Paula has samples using Jenny’s Clever and Crafty Designs that are easy and fun to make.


FEATURED LONGARM QUILTING EXPERT
Pam Clarke - Designs with Lines
Pam Clarke has been quilting since the late 1960's and sewing for 46 years. She lives in Spokane WA and grew up in Sacramento CA. Pam has been machine quilting and teaching machine quilting, piecing and appliqué classes since 1988. She is the owner of Homes Stitches a professional machine quilting business that was started in 1988.

More . . .

SEMI / HANDS-ON WORKSHOP & LECTURE


9:00 am -
12:00 pm


$60 - #WT-33


LIMIT 24 STUDENTS




Color your Cover
Techniques taught in this class can also be used on your home free motion sewing machine as well as longarm

Learn how to do some simple Machine Quilting background designs and free-hand flowers… all on the Longarm machine.

Once the quilting is completed we will color the flowers in for a very pretty look. Then take this project home and using the pattern from in your kit, make it into the fastest cover ever for your personal computer; so fun and simple you will want to make several.

Kit fee: $7.00 paid to the teacher in the classroom

Bring to class: Fine dry erase pens and pencil for notes.


* INNOVA Longarm Quilting Machines sponsor by Hunter Heirloom Quilting





LECTURE
DEMO


2:30 pm -
4:30 pm


$30 - #WT-43


LIMIT 30 STUDENTS




Easy Elegant Free-Hand Borders
Confident Beginner to the Advanced Quilter, using the mid-arm, longarm or home machine. - Techniques taught in this class can also be used on your home free motion sewing machine as well as longarm

Learn four corner/borders techniques that will change the way you approach your next quilt. Several samples and techniques will be covered in class along with a workbook to keep notes. Using your workbook, follow along with Pam as she draws these borders using an overhead and learn how to design these effortless borders

Working with corners, borders and sashing is the goal using several straight line stencils as references points to develop outstanding designs to help speed up your marking and quilting time. Discover how to deal with problem borders or sashing and which design works best in these areas.

Borders, Borders, and more will be the topic of discussion in this workshop. You will be amazed how simple borders can really be!




Kit fee: $5.00 paid to the teacher in the classroom.


Bring to Class: Fine dry erase pens and pencil for notes.




* INNOVA Longarm Quilting Machines sponsor by Hunter Heirloom Quilting

Helen Gibb – Helen Gibb Design, Inc.
  With a vast store of self taught ribbon techniques and access to ribbons from France and Japan, Helen's incredible talents in ribbonwork are evident throughout the pages of her books—The Secrets of Fashioning Ribbon Flowers, Heirloom Ribbonwork, Ribbonwork The Complete Guide, Elegant Ribbonwork and her DVD titled Beginners Guide to Ribbonwork.

More . . .

WORKSHOP

1:00 pm
- 3:00 pm

$24 - #WT-40


LIMIT 25 STUDENTS





Heart Pincushion

Make this sweet 3" heart pincushion which will be offered in several colorways. We'll be making the simpler green pincushion but please feel free to bring extra do-dads, buttons and lace to add to yours.

The kit includes Dupioni silk fabric (we've already bonded the back of the silk fabric with fusible cotton fabric to make it stronger !), loop trim, three premade flowers, seed beads and a sweet little charm (heart or key) and detailed instructions.

Use of needles and thread included in price. Fun, fun, fun

Kit fee: $25 paid to the teacher in the classroom

Bring to class: scissors, tape measure (or ruler), pillow stuffing, tacky glue

Clarrisa Gossett - RNK Distributing, representing Rocky Mountain Sew & Vac

Clarrisa Gossett of Gilbert, AZ. is a Floriani National Education Coordinator for RNK Distributing. Clarrisa discovered the joy of sewing as a young child. As a young girl her mother taught her the basics of sewing and in a very short time it became apparent that Clarrisa had a natural talent for sewing and a special gift for creativity.

More . . .

11:00 am -
12:00 pm


$8 - #ST-8




Stabilizing Solutions for All Fabrics and All Embroideries!

Join Clarrisa Gossett of Floriani Embroidery Products for a very informative presentation on various stabilizers and embroidery techniques on all fabric and design types.

Clarrisa Gossett will help you understand and solve some of those nagging problems with your embroideries.

No more ruined garments, puckered embroideries, or off-center designs, she will remove the mystery and show you the way to perfect results every time!
Darlene Miller - Clothes For You
Darlene Miller teacher, author and designer, has revolutionized the lives of countless women by redefining the standards for choosing garment styles. Her book, Your Shape, Your Clothes and You - Secrets of a Successful Wardrobe, teaches women how to dress based on their triangle, square, circle or oval body shape. Her unique concept fostered the development of a line of basic patterns for each of the shapes.

More . . .

9:00 am
- 10:00 am


$8 - #ST-3



I Want a Pattern that Fits!

Want to understand why your favorite clothing is your favorite, why you have difficulty getting some garments to fit, or why you do not feel comfortable in some of the clothing you have made?

These questions are answered when you learn how important it is to select a pattern that matches your body shape.

With this understanding you will be able to select patterns that fit you beautifully.



2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm


$8 - #ST-15



Easy Jackets with a Couture Look

Here is a pattern you have been asking for!

It is so easy and it a perfect blank canvas to showcase your art work. Each art-to-wear jacket can feature a unique fabric you have quilted, beaded or embellished.

The jacket will fit, it will be comfortable and you will love hearing all the compliments about your “original design”.

Connie Spurlock - Sew Wonderful Dreams
Connie Spurlock
Connie is a teacher and designer who lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Her pattern company for 21 years, Sew Wonderful Dreams, specializes in paper piecing and appliqué patterns.

Don’t miss Connie’s fun-filled workshops and seminars!

WORKSHOP

9:00 am -
12:00 pm


$35 - #WT-30


LIMIT 20 STUDENTS




Don’t be in a Bind

This simple hands on workshop to dispel the horrors of binding will be fun and easy for you to learn the ins and outs of binding. We will cover strip binding, bias binding (learn to make continuous bias binding), prairie points, ruffles as a finished edge and more.

Bind 90 degree corners, octagon, and curves: use ruffles and prairie points as a finishing edge and make an eye glass case or pot holder to practice your new skills. You will have hands on for each of these bindings.

Kit fee: $20 paid to the teacher in the classroom.
Kit includes written instructions and patterns, fabric for strip binding, ruffles and prairie points as well as fabric and batting for class projects.

Bring to class: Sewing machine, basic sewing supplies including (4) 10" squares of quilted fabric (can be purchased quilted fabric) which we will bind in class in various shapes. Also bring 1 fat quarter for continual bias binding ~ could compliment your quilted squares.

Optional but helpful would be mat, rotary cutter and ruler.

 
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm


$8 - #ST-20




Do's and Don'ts at Sweatshirt University

Great jackets are being created with an old sweatshirt, fabulous fabrics and your own creativity.

We'll show you the "do's and most importantly the "don'ts" as well as every shortcut we know.

Learn to embellish, iron on crystals and make hidden pockets easily. You will love this project and it works for kids too.

Even beginners can be successful!


Anne St. Clair - Needle Nook Fabrics
During her 29 years as owner of Needle Nook Fabrics in Wichita, KS, Anne St Clair has had the opportunity to help thousands find comfort and success in garment and lingerie sewing.

Specializing in knits, lingerie and stretch wovens and has developed and taught a variety of construction techniques. This led her to address a crucial need among women.

More . . .


11:00 am -
12:00 pm


$8 - #ST-9




I wear WHAT size Bra????


A demonstration of proper techniques for taking body measurements.

Simple equations turn those measurements into a correctly fitting bra size.





2:00 pm -
4:00 pm


$16 - #ST-16




Drafting to Fit the No-Nonsense Way
(2 hour session)


Have trouble getting a commercial pattern to fit your body?

Using a basic pattern you will learn simple techniques comparing your true body measurements and wearing ease to the patterns.

With this information you can draft a well-fitting pattern.

You will receive measurement and recommended ease charts.
 
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