Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Happy Birthday to me!!
Spent the day with family.Went to movies with hubby. The celebration continues on Tuesday with girlfriends. I receive some nice gifts that included gift certificates to JOANNS!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Purchases from the Sewing Expo !
These are the John Deer " In the hoop" Embroidery kits :tissue cover, note pad, check book
Tag a long - Embroidered tags
I got renewals for my sew news & creative subscription at a great discount. I also purchased a few yards of a white rayon from Vogue Fabrics (they had a large vendor both with a big variety of items.
Floriani have every type of stabilizer you could think of.
Sulky had a special because they are changing their packaging A bundle of 6 stabilizer cost 36.00. There is a lot of yardage on each roll.
This pattern is for coat but I saw it sewn-up in the vendors booth. It had embroidery around the collar across the hem. It can be worn as a top for a clergy woman.
I purchased this iron also, the actual part that irons is about 4 inches long . The handle is very sturdy.
This is just a tote bag that they gave me when I picked up my registration packet. It was big enough to carry all of my goodies & more.
Lastly, this is a bonding agent that will bond anything & also does repairs on torn fabric.The making of a diaper cake.
A girlfriend of mine is having her first baby & look what I made as a gift--- a diaper cake.The pictures in reverse - sorry. I thought the pics would up load in the order that I picked them. Anyway, this is the finished product. I also made the lollipops.
It's not in the picture but I topped it off with a gift card to Babies R Us.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Sewing Expo in Worcester MA
I must begin by saying I had a ball!! I took 4 classes.
1- Notion Commotion -the instructor showed the lastest in notions. Of course, they were all available from the vendors.
2- Serger 911- the instructor spoke about a few things that could go wrong with your serger like burrs ( which is a nick in the lower looper. She told about a inexpensive way to repair them.
3- Marketing - she spoke about how to market your crafts/patterns ,she also had good information concerning trademarks
Lastly, I took a 3hr embroidery class entitled "In the hoop" this was a John Deer embroidery project . Amazingly enough the entire project is made in the hoop of the embroidery machine. We were supposed to complete 3 items but we only completed 2, a wallet, and a card case. We got to take home the materials & instruction for the 3rd project which is a cellphone case.
I was amazed at the fact that the insertion of the zipper for the wallet was done "in the hoop". The only time we took anything off the embroidery hoop was when the project was finished . When we removed the project from the hoop all that needed to be done was to fold it inside out.
I will post pics of the items I purchased soon.
Sulky had a great deal on stabilizers(the Notion Comm, teacher said that Sulky is getting new packaging so they are selling old packaging at a nice discount.
Brought 1 pattern, notions and embroidery programs.
Oh, hubby came to showroom on the last day, he spent most of his time studying for an accounting test.
They raffled of 2 or 3 top of the line sewing machines each day.
Did I win one, NO, but a 12 year old who was sitting right next to me did win.
Maybe next year.
1- Notion Commotion -the instructor showed the lastest in notions. Of course, they were all available from the vendors.
2- Serger 911- the instructor spoke about a few things that could go wrong with your serger like burrs ( which is a nick in the lower looper. She told about a inexpensive way to repair them.
3- Marketing - she spoke about how to market your crafts/patterns ,she also had good information concerning trademarks
Lastly, I took a 3hr embroidery class entitled "In the hoop" this was a John Deer embroidery project . Amazingly enough the entire project is made in the hoop of the embroidery machine. We were supposed to complete 3 items but we only completed 2, a wallet, and a card case. We got to take home the materials & instruction for the 3rd project which is a cellphone case.
I was amazed at the fact that the insertion of the zipper for the wallet was done "in the hoop". The only time we took anything off the embroidery hoop was when the project was finished . When we removed the project from the hoop all that needed to be done was to fold it inside out.
I will post pics of the items I purchased soon.
Sulky had a great deal on stabilizers(the Notion Comm, teacher said that Sulky is getting new packaging so they are selling old packaging at a nice discount.
Brought 1 pattern, notions and embroidery programs.
Oh, hubby came to showroom on the last day, he spent most of his time studying for an accounting test.
They raffled of 2 or 3 top of the line sewing machines each day.
Did I win one, NO, but a 12 year old who was sitting right next to me did win.
Maybe next year.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
I am here.
We made it here safe. The drive was okay, hubby slept most of the way. lol
Got here in enough time to pick up my registration packet & took a peek into the convention hall. Need to get some sleep I am taking 2 classes tomorrow Notion Commotion and Serge ring 911. Will post how it went later.
Got here in enough time to pick up my registration packet & took a peek into the convention hall. Need to get some sleep I am taking 2 classes tomorrow Notion Commotion and Serge ring 911. Will post how it went later.
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