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Mar 4 2pm -webinar – Class Mar 10th 10 am And good embroidery is the key to happiness! We will take a look at projects that will help you organize your sewing area (or any room!) and review good embroidery techniques while we are doing so. We will discuss hoops – your machine probably came with more than one. When do you use which hoop and why? You will find out in this class. We will also review techniques and learn secrets for good hooping. Use these labels to wrap around stabilizer rolls to keep them neat and to make it easy to identify the individual stabilizers
Silver Purse Mar 9 – 10am Explore the BERNINA 380 as we make this designer handbag – and one won’t be enough! This unique handbag style with secret zip pocket on the outside is adapted from the Steel Ball Frame Purse Pattern. Use the pattern for general sewing instructions and create the decorative panels. These are easy to make and the purse handles are interchangeable so having more than one becomes a necessary fashion accessory. Cost $25.00 includes pattern and handles
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Just SEW It – Perfecting Your Quilting Friday, March 11, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Quilting, it’s not just for beds anymore! Quilting can be art for your wall, an accessory you carry, an accessory for your table, a special blankie for a little one and more. Join and learn tips and techniques for machine quilting from basic piecing to quilting the layers to finishing. See a variety of ways to take a basic quilt from great to gorgeous!
Party with Patrick March 12th
Come in on the second Saturday of the month and enjoy One of the featured recipes and a demo of this month’s pattern. Decide to purchase just the pattern or kit, no pre-registration required.
Mar 18th Handi Quilter Demo – 10am FREE class on the HQ Fusion. See how easy it is to finish you quilt with free motion, stencils and ruler work.
New Walking Foot Sole with Central Guide
What's up with cotton?
The newest BERNINA accessory is a walking foot sole with a guide for edgestitching! It fits the current Walking Foot #50 and your quilters and garments sewers love it! Reserve yours today Don’t forget Wednesday nights is Sit N Sew. Bring a project you are working on and enjoy the company of other sewers. Instructor is available if needed. Cost $5.00
BERNINA Embroidery Software 6 – CREATE with ART CANVAS March 30, 2:00
Join us and discover the opportunities available in Art Canvas for creating embroidery, measuring and planning embroidery projects, printing and publishing graphics. Use the tools available in CorelDraw Essentials and Corel PhotoPaint Essentials to create traditional designs, as well as combining techniques to create mixed media artwork. With BERNINA Embroidery Software 6, the creativity knows no boundaries!
Read American QuilteRetailer article with industry leaders on the price of cotton. http://www.americanquiltretailer.com/cotton/
Register on the BERNINA web site to view these webinars at home or join us at the shop. We will follow up with hands on demo and class.
CutWork Accessory & Software – Shape Up for Spring with Three-Dimensional Embellishments March 22, 2:00 PM The BERNINA CutWork Accessory and Software are exciting additions to our creative tool box, allowing our ideas to become reality with ease and precision. Learn to create shapes in the CutWork Software, use the CutWork tool to cut these shapes from needlepunched felt and then embellish projects with your three-dimensional shapes. It’s fun; it’s easy; and it’ll take your embellishments to a new level!
This Month ONLY Just in Fabric from Timeless TreasuresBlenders & Basics, Novelty prints, Happy Flowers by Donna Dewberry, All $4.98 per yard
BERNINA Zipper Feet Accessory: 15% off All Zipper Feet (#4, #14, #35, #54) You can use the zipper foot for more than putting in zippers. Come and see.
Through the Needle ONLINE magazine, #4 The calendar may still say it's winter, but the days are getting longer and we know that spring is on its way. This issue of Through the Needle ONLINE is full of brightly-hued projects to help chase away the winter blahs. Diane Gloystein's "Carnival Scarf" is sure to draw comments and pick up your spirits every time you wear it. Whip up a set of "Shelly's Magic Mats" for an instant burst of color in your home. Embroider a set of guest towels with initials from OESD's Sterling Monograms collection for an elegant wedding or house-warming gift. Have fun with a retro-chic "Chloe Apron" featuring Benartex fabrics & OESD embroidery designs of the same name. If sewing a special dress for a favorite girl is on your horizon, we have tips for perfect tiny piping. Plus, for the best Easter Egg Hunt ever, create playful eggs to hang all around the yard. Look for these projects and more in Through the Needle ONLINE - Issue 4. Download at www.berninausa.com
National Quilting Day March 19th Build Your Own Log Cabin for National Quilting Day 2011! Download the free pattern here.
All About ME: Organization is the Key to Success : th
Mar 4 2pm -webinar – Class Mar 10th 10 am And good embroidery is the key to happiness! We will take a look at projects that will help you organize your sewing area (or any room!) and review good embroidery techniques while we are doing so. We will discuss hoops – your machine probably came with more than one. When do you use which hoop and why? You will find out in this class. We will also review techniques and learn secrets for good hooping. Use these labels to wrap around stabilizer rolls to keep them neat and to make it easy to identify the individual stabilizers
Silver Purse Mar 9 – 10am Explore the BERNINA 380 as we make this designer handbag – and one won’t be enough! This unique handbag style with secret zip pocket on the outside is adapted from the Steel Ball Frame Purse Pattern. Use the pattern for general sewing instructions and create the decorative panels. These are easy to make and the purse handles are interchangeable so having more than one becomes a necessary fashion accessory. Cost $25.00 includes pattern and handles
324-8375
Just SEW It – Perfecting Your Quilting Friday, March 11, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Quilting, it’s not just for beds anymore! Quilting can be art for your wall, an accessory you carry, an accessory for your table, a special blankie for a little one and more. Join and learn tips and techniques for machine quilting from basic piecing to quilting the layers to finishing. See a variety of ways to take a basic quilt from great to gorgeous!
Party with Patrick March 12th
Come in on the second Saturday of the month and enjoy One of the featured recipes and a demo of this month’s pattern. Decide to purchase just the pattern or kit, no pre-registration required.
Mar 18th Handi Quilter Demo – 10am FREE class on the HQ Fusion. See how easy it is to finish you quilt with free motion, stencils and ruler work.
New Walking Foot Sole with Central Guide
What's up with cotton?
The newest BERNINA accessory is a walking foot sole with a guide for edgestitching! It fits the current Walking Foot #50 and your quilters and garments sewers love it! Reserve yours today Don’t forget Wednesday nights is Sit N Sew. Bring a project you are working on and enjoy the company of other sewers. Instructor is available if needed. Cost $5.00
BERNINA Embroidery Software 6 – CREATE with ART CANVAS March 30, 2:00
Join us and discover the opportunities available in Art Canvas for creating embroidery, measuring and planning embroidery projects, printing and publishing graphics. Use the tools available in CorelDraw Essentials and Corel PhotoPaint Essentials to create traditional designs, as well as combining techniques to create mixed media artwork. With BERNINA Embroidery Software 6, the creativity knows no boundaries!
Read American QuilteRetailer article with industry leaders on the price of cotton. http://www.americanquiltretailer.com/cotton/
Register on the BERNINA web site to view these webinars at home or join us at the shop. We will follow up with hands on demo and class.
CutWork Accessory & Software – Shape Up for Spring with Three-Dimensional Embellishments March 22, 2:00 PM The BERNINA CutWork Accessory and Software are exciting additions to our creative tool box, allowing our ideas to become reality with ease and precision. Learn to create shapes in the CutWork Software, use the CutWork tool to cut these shapes from needlepunched felt and then embellish projects with your three-dimensional shapes. It’s fun; it’s easy; and it’ll take your embellishments to a new level!
This Month ONLY Just in Fabric from Timeless TreasuresBlenders & Basics, Novelty prints, Happy Flowers by Donna Dewberry, All $4.98 per yard
BERNINA Zipper Feet Accessory: 15% off All Zipper Feet (#4, #14, #35, #54) You can use the zipper foot for more than putting in zippers. Come and see.
Through the Needle ONLINE magazine, #4 The calendar may still say it's winter, but the days are getting longer and we know that spring is on its way. This issue of Through the Needle ONLINE is full of brightly-hued projects to help chase away the winter blahs. Diane Gloystein's "Carnival Scarf" is sure to draw comments and pick up your spirits every time you wear it. Whip up a set of "Shelly's Magic Mats" for an instant burst of color in your home. Embroider a set of guest towels with initials from OESD's Sterling Monograms collection for an elegant wedding or house-warming gift. Have fun with a retro-chic "Chloe Apron" featuring Benartex fabrics & OESD embroidery designs of the same name. If sewing a special dress for a favorite girl is on your horizon, we have tips for perfect tiny piping. Plus, for the best Easter Egg Hunt ever, create playful eggs to hang all around the yard. Look for these projects and more in Through the Needle ONLINE - Issue 4. Download at www.berninausa.com
National Quilting Day March 19th Build Your Own Log Cabin for National Quilting Day 2011! Download the free pattern here.
