Sew Abbey News
September October. 2013
Abbey Sewing Centers Volume3, Issue 4
Sew Abbey News It’s National Sewing Month! New Gems Are Coming to Husqvarna Viking! The new
Designer Diamond Royale
We are excited to announce the launch of our new top-of-the line sewing and embroidery machine - the DESIGNER DIAMOND Royale™ The DESIGNER DIAMOND Royale™ sewing and embroidery machine offers unprecedented possibilities to add beautiful appliqué and pop-up stitches to your projects.
The New Sapphire 880 ™nd
Sapphire 890™
For a luxurious sewing and embroidery experience, come try the new Designer Diamond Royale™.
The new Designer
Topaz™ 50. The great features of the larger embroidery machines are contin ued in the new Designer Topaz 50. Viking has added a larger interactive screen, making embroidery easier and more affordable! Two new Sapphires have been added to the sewing line. The Sapphire 890 has the addition of an interactive screen! Both machines have the excluxive sensor sewing system and the large sewing space!
Inside this issue: Introducing Four New Gems from Husqvarna Viking!
1
All new 6D Embroidery - You Won’t Believe Where it Takes You!
2
Upcoming Events
3
Royalty Rewards
3
Did you know?
4
Store addresses
4
Special points of Interest:
We do repairs on all brands of sewing machines. Our repairman picks up the machines from each store on certain days. Check with your store for days and the price of the repair!
Volume3, Issue 4
Page 2
6D Embroidery is Here!
You Won’t Believe Where It Takes You! unlimited number of designs, lettering and projects “side by side.” In Multi- Part design saving design pieces stay separate when you open, copy and saves. Lettering, SuperDesigns, Frames and Flourishes are not fixed as embroideries until you rotate, mirror or combine. You can continue to edit or change their stitch properties
The New 6D Embroidery is Here! Now you can experience three-dimensional reality on your screen! View designs in three-dimensional reality on a textured background or a real-life fabric or garment. Life View allows you to see your projects with real-world perspective. You can move and vary the angle of the embroidery in a three-dimensional view. View special effects such as Puffy Foam. 6 Puffy Foam fonts have been added to the 6D, and new shapes, borders, frames and motifs have been added to complement these fonts! You can also see appliqué fabrics, in 6D™ Embroidery Extra. Watch Solar Active and Glow in the Dark threads change, and view designs with special techniques using twin needle and dual threads too!
A new QuiltBlock Wizard, available with 6D Extra and higher, steps you through every choice to create a filled or outline quilt block automatically. You can choose one of nine tessellating quilt block shapes that may be placed at any angle to help in piecing your quilt. A huge variety of quilting fills is available; including Stipple, Channel, Diamond, Echo, Motif, Contour and Shape effects. Select any quilting fill to surround your embroidery design.
Develop large designs or projects, up to 2m width and height. Move around your design using the integrated overview window. The Zoom bar allows easy-access to shortcuts and 100% Real Size makes it easy to magnify or shrink the embroidery view. Use Shift + Click to pan around your work area on the screen.
Included with 6D Premier, you receive an extensive group of design elements. There are over 1300 designs including; SuperDesigns and Bonus Designs., 550+ Frames and Flourishes including 36 Foam Frames; 145 embroidery fonts; 700+ Motifs; 2400+ Backgrounds; and 375+ Clip Art Images.
Print designs in a three-dimensional reality to use as a template including a color worksheet . 6D uses a grid as small as 2mm or as large as 50mm to align elements and designs.
A new “Send Express” makes it quick and simple to send to your machine without machine setup necessary! And now, undo and redo are unlimited in most modules! Come by and for demonstration after September 22!
A new Ribbon Bar replaces the multiple toolbars. Multiple window allow you to adjust, modify and create an
System Requirements
Windows™ 8 or Windows™ 7
Mouse or drawing tablet tablet
PC with Intel 32-bit or 64-bit processor or equivalent (1 GHz or higher)
Screen resolution 1024 X 768, 16 million colors (1280 X 768 recommended)
1GB RAM (32-bit) or 2GB RAM (64-bit)
USB port
2GB hard disk space
Internet activation required
Upcoming Events September September 28 - Kevin Conley - Ruby Deluxe & Diamond Royale Survey October October 5 -Chris Dolinar - Tooling Around October 19 & 20 - Barbara Moore - Tooling Around - St. Peters & Edwardsville November November 1 & 2 - Barbara Moore & Peggy Dilbone Ask for specific times and locations at your local Abbey Store!
Join Our Royalty Rewards® Loyalty Program! We appreciate Your Loyalty! YOU Deserve to be Rewarded! Our new Royalty Rewards® is a program that rewards you every time you shop with us. For every dollar you spend, you earn points towards FREE Loyalty Certificates, good for merchandise at any Abbey Sewing Center.
You get a guaranteed return with every purchase! Any time you make a purchase, simply present your card. We will swipe the card, track your purchases and assign the points to your membership.
For every 500 points you accumulate, you will automatically receive a $25 loyalty certificate to redeem on you next visit. Most purchases will earn 1 point for every dollar spent! Certain promotional purchases may earn more. There is NO limit! The best thing of all - it is FREE! There is no charge or fee associated with the Royalty Rewards® Program. Just fill out the application attached to the card, turn it in at your favorite Abbey’s. You can start using it right away! Certificates are good for future purchases. It’s NOT a credit card. This is our way of saying “Thank you” for being our customer. You can use it with either a cash or credit sale. You can even use it with other incentives for additional savings!
PLUS...Here are some additional Royalty Rewards® Benefits:
Free gifts on you birthday & other special occasions. Advance notice of Money-saving opportunities. Special announcements You can even view your personal membership activity at www.MyOwnRewards.com.
Join today and Refer-a-Friend! Program terms and conditions are subject to change.
Did you know?
Abbey Sewing Centerss Where customers are treated like old friends.”
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 6910 S. Lindbergh St. Louis, MO 63129
Ever wonder what picture file formats can be used as backgrounds or to create embroideries in your 4D/5D/6D? Windows or OS2 Bitmap (bmp), JPEGBFIF Compliant (.jpg,.jif, .jpeg), Portable Network Graphics (.png) Tagged Image file format uncompressed (.tiff,. .tif) Windows MetaFile (.wmf), Windows Enhanced Meta File (.emf) and Windows Icon (.ico).
In the each issue of the Sew Abbey News, we will talk about some quilting, embroidery or sewing tips and techniques. Send your questions, tips and stories to Dear Sew Abbey at [email protected]. If your tip, technique or question is used, you will receive a $25 Abbey’s gift certificate to any Abbey Sewing Centers from Sew Abbey. Thanks, and Happy Sewing!
Phone: 314-892-8780 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 15355 Manchester Rd. Ballwin, MO 63011 Phone: 636-527-3388 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 5610 Suemandy Dr. ST. Peters, MO 63376 Phone: 636-397-0976 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers 439 S. Buchanan Edwardsville, IL 62025 Phone: 618-655-0433 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 3051 W, Wabash Springfield, IL 62704 Phone: 217-726-5441 E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara Moore and Peggy Dilbone are coming for a sewing event on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2. The event will be held in the Education Center in Ballwin. In Peggy’s class you will be making a tote bag on the serger. Barb’s class will be making an apron. Sign up early; space will be limited!
September is National Sewing Month!
Happy Halloween! Abbey Sewing Centers now has a dot.com! You can reach our site by typing: Abbey Sewing Centers.com.
Abbey Sewing Centers Volume3, Issue 4
Sew Abbey News It’s National Sewing Month! New Gems Are Coming to Husqvarna Viking! The new
Designer Diamond Royale
We are excited to announce the launch of our new top-of-the line sewing and embroidery machine - the DESIGNER DIAMOND Royale™ The DESIGNER DIAMOND Royale™ sewing and embroidery machine offers unprecedented possibilities to add beautiful appliqué and pop-up stitches to your projects.
The New Sapphire 880 ™nd
Sapphire 890™
For a luxurious sewing and embroidery experience, come try the new Designer Diamond Royale™.
The new Designer
Topaz™ 50. The great features of the larger embroidery machines are contin ued in the new Designer Topaz 50. Viking has added a larger interactive screen, making embroidery easier and more affordable! Two new Sapphires have been added to the sewing line. The Sapphire 890 has the addition of an interactive screen! Both machines have the excluxive sensor sewing system and the large sewing space!
Inside this issue: Introducing Four New Gems from Husqvarna Viking!
1
All new 6D Embroidery - You Won’t Believe Where it Takes You!
2
Upcoming Events
3
Royalty Rewards
3
Did you know?
4
Store addresses
4
Special points of Interest:
We do repairs on all brands of sewing machines. Our repairman picks up the machines from each store on certain days. Check with your store for days and the price of the repair!
Volume3, Issue 4
Page 2
6D Embroidery is Here!
You Won’t Believe Where It Takes You! unlimited number of designs, lettering and projects “side by side.” In Multi- Part design saving design pieces stay separate when you open, copy and saves. Lettering, SuperDesigns, Frames and Flourishes are not fixed as embroideries until you rotate, mirror or combine. You can continue to edit or change their stitch properties
The New 6D Embroidery is Here! Now you can experience three-dimensional reality on your screen! View designs in three-dimensional reality on a textured background or a real-life fabric or garment. Life View allows you to see your projects with real-world perspective. You can move and vary the angle of the embroidery in a three-dimensional view. View special effects such as Puffy Foam. 6 Puffy Foam fonts have been added to the 6D, and new shapes, borders, frames and motifs have been added to complement these fonts! You can also see appliqué fabrics, in 6D™ Embroidery Extra. Watch Solar Active and Glow in the Dark threads change, and view designs with special techniques using twin needle and dual threads too!
A new QuiltBlock Wizard, available with 6D Extra and higher, steps you through every choice to create a filled or outline quilt block automatically. You can choose one of nine tessellating quilt block shapes that may be placed at any angle to help in piecing your quilt. A huge variety of quilting fills is available; including Stipple, Channel, Diamond, Echo, Motif, Contour and Shape effects. Select any quilting fill to surround your embroidery design.
Develop large designs or projects, up to 2m width and height. Move around your design using the integrated overview window. The Zoom bar allows easy-access to shortcuts and 100% Real Size makes it easy to magnify or shrink the embroidery view. Use Shift + Click to pan around your work area on the screen.
Included with 6D Premier, you receive an extensive group of design elements. There are over 1300 designs including; SuperDesigns and Bonus Designs., 550+ Frames and Flourishes including 36 Foam Frames; 145 embroidery fonts; 700+ Motifs; 2400+ Backgrounds; and 375+ Clip Art Images.
Print designs in a three-dimensional reality to use as a template including a color worksheet . 6D uses a grid as small as 2mm or as large as 50mm to align elements and designs.
A new “Send Express” makes it quick and simple to send to your machine without machine setup necessary! And now, undo and redo are unlimited in most modules! Come by and for demonstration after September 22!
A new Ribbon Bar replaces the multiple toolbars. Multiple window allow you to adjust, modify and create an
System Requirements
Windows™ 8 or Windows™ 7
Mouse or drawing tablet tablet
PC with Intel 32-bit or 64-bit processor or equivalent (1 GHz or higher)
Screen resolution 1024 X 768, 16 million colors (1280 X 768 recommended)
1GB RAM (32-bit) or 2GB RAM (64-bit)
USB port
2GB hard disk space
Internet activation required
Upcoming Events September September 28 - Kevin Conley - Ruby Deluxe & Diamond Royale Survey October October 5 -Chris Dolinar - Tooling Around October 19 & 20 - Barbara Moore - Tooling Around - St. Peters & Edwardsville November November 1 & 2 - Barbara Moore & Peggy Dilbone Ask for specific times and locations at your local Abbey Store!
Join Our Royalty Rewards® Loyalty Program! We appreciate Your Loyalty! YOU Deserve to be Rewarded! Our new Royalty Rewards® is a program that rewards you every time you shop with us. For every dollar you spend, you earn points towards FREE Loyalty Certificates, good for merchandise at any Abbey Sewing Center.
You get a guaranteed return with every purchase! Any time you make a purchase, simply present your card. We will swipe the card, track your purchases and assign the points to your membership.
For every 500 points you accumulate, you will automatically receive a $25 loyalty certificate to redeem on you next visit. Most purchases will earn 1 point for every dollar spent! Certain promotional purchases may earn more. There is NO limit! The best thing of all - it is FREE! There is no charge or fee associated with the Royalty Rewards® Program. Just fill out the application attached to the card, turn it in at your favorite Abbey’s. You can start using it right away! Certificates are good for future purchases. It’s NOT a credit card. This is our way of saying “Thank you” for being our customer. You can use it with either a cash or credit sale. You can even use it with other incentives for additional savings!
PLUS...Here are some additional Royalty Rewards® Benefits:
Free gifts on you birthday & other special occasions. Advance notice of Money-saving opportunities. Special announcements You can even view your personal membership activity at www.MyOwnRewards.com.
Join today and Refer-a-Friend! Program terms and conditions are subject to change.
Did you know?
Abbey Sewing Centerss Where customers are treated like old friends.”
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 6910 S. Lindbergh St. Louis, MO 63129
Ever wonder what picture file formats can be used as backgrounds or to create embroideries in your 4D/5D/6D? Windows or OS2 Bitmap (bmp), JPEGBFIF Compliant (.jpg,.jif, .jpeg), Portable Network Graphics (.png) Tagged Image file format uncompressed (.tiff,. .tif) Windows MetaFile (.wmf), Windows Enhanced Meta File (.emf) and Windows Icon (.ico).
In the each issue of the Sew Abbey News, we will talk about some quilting, embroidery or sewing tips and techniques. Send your questions, tips and stories to Dear Sew Abbey at [email protected]. If your tip, technique or question is used, you will receive a $25 Abbey’s gift certificate to any Abbey Sewing Centers from Sew Abbey. Thanks, and Happy Sewing!
Phone: 314-892-8780 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 15355 Manchester Rd. Ballwin, MO 63011 Phone: 636-527-3388 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 5610 Suemandy Dr. ST. Peters, MO 63376 Phone: 636-397-0976 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers 439 S. Buchanan Edwardsville, IL 62025 Phone: 618-655-0433 E-mail: [email protected]
Abbey Sewing Centers (Inside JoAnn’s Fabrics) 3051 W, Wabash Springfield, IL 62704 Phone: 217-726-5441 E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara Moore and Peggy Dilbone are coming for a sewing event on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2. The event will be held in the Education Center in Ballwin. In Peggy’s class you will be making a tote bag on the serger. Barb’s class will be making an apron. Sign up early; space will be limited!
September is National Sewing Month!
Happy Halloween! Abbey Sewing Centers now has a dot.com! You can reach our site by typing: Abbey Sewing Centers.com.
