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the latest in Sewing Creations is exposed!
Update for Late January, 2011
UPCOMING CLASSES and EVENTS!!!!!!
Escape
to Sew
Date: Saturday,
January 28
Times: 10am-5pm
Do you wish you
could escape? No phone, no doorbell. Just time to sew? Come
escape for the day and work on your unfinished projects (or
start something new).
Embroidery Workshop:
Designer Pillow
Teacher: Donna Daoust
Date: Saturday, January 28 Times: 12pm-5pm
We begin this year's embroidery workshop series with
a home décor project. You will create a designer pillow using a
Trapunto style quilt embroidery design. This pillow was a great
hit at our "What's New from Convention" event and received
several requests for this to be a class. You will broaden your
embroidery know how with step by step instructions for
interfacing & stabilizing for this design and fabric. You will
also receive instruction for constructing the pillow.
PFAFF
CLUB
Teacher: Donna Daoust Date: Saturday, February 4
Times: 10am-12pm
Mark your calendar and be sure and come to PFAFF Club
to learn something wonderful about your great machine.
Cinnamon Seranade
Teacher: Gail Nelson Date: Saturday, February 4 Times:
10am-???
This class is for you if you were part of the class
and missed blocks 3, 4, or 5.
New Beginnings
Teacher: Chris
Martinson
Dates: Saturdays Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, & March 3
Time: 12pm-2pm
You will
test drive one of our computerized sewing machines, and we will
introduce you to tools and techniques to make your first quilt a
winner! You will learn rotary cutting and machine piecing skills.
Be prepared for homework.You will learn about
batting, backing and marking your quilt for free motion quilting.You will learn making binding and sewing it to your
finished quilt.
Stitcher's
Garden
Teacher:
Donna Daoust
Date:
Saturday, February 4
Time:
2:30pm-3:30pm
Finally!
Here's a way for you to get the most out of your sewing machine
with the Stitcher's Garden Block of the Month club. You'll explore
the different decorative stitches on your machine and even get to
use something other than the 1/4" foot! This project can be
completed using any brand and any model of machine.
Each month during
the lecture/demo you will learn new appliqué techniques and
accessory feet (some techniques will require the purchase of
specialty feet) and get the fabric and instructions for a new
quilt block. The registration fee includes the background fabric,
all the appliqué fabrics for each month's block and instruction
sheets. At the end of the year you will have stitched out a
beautiful appliquéd quilt measuring 85" x 93". Meets 1st Saturday
each month.
Youth Sewing 1
Teacher: Melody Lenart
Date: Thursdays, February 9 &16
Times: 4pm-6pm
This is a sewing class for young people. It is
instruction on how to operate a sewing machine, and how to use
the other sewing tools to make a pillowcase.
NEW! This time we have two park districts providing BUS SERVICE
for the shop hop.
Contact Batavia Park District
630-879-5235 or
Lisle Park District
630-964-3410.
There is a fee, but won't it be nice to leave the driving to
someone else???
IT'S ALL SPA ABOUT YOU!!!!
at
Roberts Sewing Center's Special Event
Friday, February 10, 2012
6pm-Midnight
Have you been thinking about
pampering yourself with a new sewing machine?
How about pampering your creative
self and your body too, while you experience the great features
of these amazing machines.
There
will be FOOD, DRAWINGS FOR PRIZES, and LOTS of fun!!!
Yes, we have to charge a fee forall this fun ($50), but if you
decide to buy a featured machine during the event, your fee will
be put towards the price of your machine purchase.
You will leave with finished
spa-themed projects so you can always have your own spa day, in
the privacy of your home, anytime you like.
Sign up today for this event. You
KNOW you
deserve some pampering!
Let your family know that a gift
certificate to this event is HIGH on your gift wish list!
You know you don't want to miss this luxury..........
FROM LAURA'S DESK!!!!!
FABRIC!!!!!
From Northcott another Stonehenge group this one is called
Magnolia. This
group reminds me of the Tiffany exhibit at Navy Pier. Beautiful
and spring like in pink. Be sure to see the coordinating pattern
in the pattern section. 7 pieces including the panel.
From Moda -
Prairie Paisley II.
This was a very popular group the first time around and I think
we may be able to re kit our sample. 23 Pieces. Love the pattern
that we have using this line. Check it out under patterns. This
may become a kit.
From Kaufman a
group of new Batiks. Need I say more?? 9 pieces, and a rich
patriotic group called
Americana, 5 pieces.
From Studio E -
On the Go - Fun
little boy group- 6 pieces include panel and border stripe.
PATTERNS!!!!!
Go
West - This pattern uses
the new Prairie Paisley II line form Minick and Simpson.
Fractured Glass - this
pattern uses the new Magnolia fabric line from Northcott.
Escape
to Sew
