May 2011

Volume V, Issue 5

Inside this issue:

May Classes 2-3

Brother Specials 4

Viking H Class

Embroidery

4

Baby Lock Special 5

Bernina Savings 5

iPhone Embroidery app 6

Facebook 6

John Deer Embroidery

Education

7

Creating Embroidery

to Sell

7

Sew What‟s New 8

Del Mar Quilt, Craft,

and Sewing Festival

8

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Know Your Serger - 5/2/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - $25*-

Still haven‟t taken your serger out of its box? Let Janet help

take the fear out of using this versatile machine.

Know Your Serger Ft., Pt. 1 - 5/2/2011 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM -

$25*- Learn elastic foot, cording foot, and ruffling foot for a

serger.

Know Your Serger Feet, Pt. 2 - 5/2/2011 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

- $25*- Learn about the blind hem, beading foot, and lace foot

for your serger.

Int/Adv Sewing with Nedra - 5/3/2011 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM -

$15- Nedra can help you with that special project, whether

you‟re making a quilt or looking to work from a pattern, or learn

a new technique.

Pattern Maker - 5/4/2011 - 1:00 PM

to 3:00 PM - $25*- Pattern Maker is a

Windows® application for the design

of counted cross-stitch patterns.

Learn how to export a design from

Pattern Maker into a machine embroi-

dery format.

Viking Designer Series Users' Group -

5/5/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM -

$10 or $80/year- Add fringe to your

bobbin work pillow.

Appt. with JC - 5/5/2011 - 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM - $25/hour-

Sign up for an hour or more of private sewing instruction for a

topic of your choice.

Bernina 830 Mastery Class - 5/6/2011 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM -

$25*- Learn your way around your Bernina

830 machine.

Sewing Machine Users' Group - 5/7/2011 -

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - $10 or $80/year-

This stylish bag is just the right size for

an iPad or other tablet.

Bernina Embroidery Users' Group -

5/7/2011 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - $10 or

$80 year- Add fringe to your bobbin work

pillow.

Know Your New Sewing Machine -

5/6/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM OR

5/7/2011 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM OR 5/24. 6 to 8 pm - $25*- In

this class, you will learn the basics of operating your new sew-

ing machine.

Sit and Sew - 5/9/2011 - 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Free- Bring

your current or unfinished projects to work on. Bring a friend,

bring your sewing machine, bring a lunch, and come to just sew!

Coverlock Guides Class - 5/9/2011 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM -

$25*- If you purchased the additional feet kit, learn about

the feet that are unique to your Evolve/Evolution Coverlock

machine.

MasterWorks Start … - 5/9/2011 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM -

$25*- Make a sports towel for the man in your life. Today,

you will digitize a sports design.

Know Your Feet, Pt. 5 - 5/10/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM -

$25*- This class will cover feet you will use for quilting, such

as the walking foot and darning

foot.

Know Your Feet, Pt. 3 - 5/10/2011

- 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - $25*- This

class will cover rufflers and gath-

ering feet.

The Value of Value, Pt. 1 -

5/11/2011 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM -

$30/2 classes- Learn the role value plays in quilt design.

BabyLock/ Brother Emb. Machine Users' Group - 5/16/2011 -

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM or 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - $10 or $80 year-

Add fringe to your bobbin work pillow.

Learn Your New Embroidery Machine - 5/17/2011 - 1:00 PM to

3:00 PM - $25*- In this class, you will learn the basics of op-

erating your new embroidery machine.

Int/Adv Sewing with Nedra - 5/17/2011 - 4:00 PM to 6:00

PM - 15- Nedra can help you with that special project,

whether you‟re

making a quilt or

looking to work

from a pattern, or

learn a new tech-

nique.

Shirley Stitcher

II - 5/17/2011 -

6:00 PM to 8:00

PM - $25*- If you

already have a

Shirley Stitcher II

for your Tin Lizzie,

this is the group for

you.

May Classes — Call 760-739-8222 to Register (Go to http://www.sewingmachinesplus.com/media/pdf_files/Calendars/May2011.html)

* Class is free

if machine or

software

purchased at

SewingMachine

s Plus.

The Value of Value

Sewing Machine Users‟

Group

Machine Embroidery

Users‟ Groups

Quilts of Valor - 5/18/2011 - 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Free- Make

quilts for wounded warriors.

Prof. Embroiderers' Group - 5/18/2011 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM -

Free- Share your business ideas with other embroiderers.

Basic Computer Skills - 5/19/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - $25-

This class is designed for machine embroiderers. You will learn

your computer and how Windows and file folders work.

Learn Your New Embroidery Machine - 5/19/2011 - 1:00 PM to

3:00 PM - $25*- In this class, you will learn the basics of operat-

ing your new embroidery machine.

Palette/ PEDesign - 5/20/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - $25*-

Increase your expertise in working with your Palette or PEDesign

Digitizing software, versions 6, 7 or 8.

Floriani Start … - 5/20/2011 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM - $25*- Make

a sports towel for the man in your life. Today, you will digit-

ize a sports design.

Floriani and MasterWorks ... to Finish

- 5/20/2011 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM -

$25*- Stitch out the project you

digitized in one of the "Start" clas-

ses.

My Label Club - 5/20/2011 - 5:00 PM

to 8:00 PM - $10 or $80/year- Learn

how to use MyLabel Pattern creation

software. You will get help with tak-

ing measurements and creating your

custom-fit patterns.

Embroidery Club - 5/21 - 1:00 PM to

3:00 PM – or 5/23/11 – 6 to 8 pm -

$10 or $80/year- Decorate this basket for your spa supplies.

Janome Embroidery Machine Users'

Group - 5/21/2011 - 3:30 PM to 5:30

PM - $10 or $80/year- Add fringe

to your bobbin work pillow.

Mini Monthly Wall Hanging -

5/23/2011 - 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM -

$20- Learn machine applique and

paper piecing while making a great

small wall hanging.

5D Software - 5/24/2011 - 1:00 PM

to 3:00 PM - $25*- Learn to digitize

using Viking 5D or Pfaff Creative

Vision Software.

Know Your Feet, Pt. 1 - 5/24/2011 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM - $25*-

Learn about the basic feet that came with your sewing

machine.

Intermediate Long Arm Quilting - 5/25/2011 - 10:30 AM

to 2:30 PM - $25- Not just for

long arm owners, Merry Jo asks,

“How the Heck Do I Quilt This?”

Bring in quilt tops for ideas for

quilting designs.

Beginning MasterWorks -

5/27/2011 - 10:00 AM to 12:00

PM - $25*- Increase your exper-

tise in working with your Master-

Works software.

Beginning Floriani Software -

5/27/2011 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM -

$25*- Increase your expertise in

working with your Floriani Soft-

ware Suite.

Serger Club - 5/27/2011 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - $10 or

$80/year- Finish your sweater jacket.

Machine Quilting -

5/28/2011 - 10:00

AM to 5:00 PM - 30-

Learn all the basics

of quilting on your

home embroidery

machine.

Machine Cross Stitch

- 5/31/2011 - 10:00 AM

to 5:00 PM - 30- This cross stitch embroidery will look as

if you stitched it by hand. This month's picture is "Catch

the Wind".

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Classes (Cont’d.)

“Feet” Classes

Part 1: The feet that come with your ma-

chine

Part 2: Cording foot and bias binder

Part 3: Rufflers and Gathering Feet

Part 4: Pintuck and rolled hem

Part 5: Walking foot and darning foot

Part 6: Pearls „n Piping and In the Ditch/

Edge Joining Foot

Monthly Wall Hanging

Embroidery Club Machine Cross Stitch

Serger Club

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HUSQVARNA VIKING® Color It

or Pfaff Embroidery Art is a

selection of designs from current

embroidery collections. View

embroidery designs right on your

phone! Select new thread colors

from over 15,000 threads and see

the designs change!

Find the app on iTunes.

Check us out on facebook!

We have games, coupons,

and giveaways.

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Embroidery Art

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Friday, August 12, 2011

9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Saturday, August 13, 2011

9:30 am to 4:30 pm

Only $25 Bring a guest

for free

Click on a date to register.

See what’s New!

Share a project!

Get a prize!

The “Sew What’s New” club meets monthly to learn about new products and ideas in the world of machine sewing—quilting, em-broidery, clothing, etc.

Participants share their own projects. Everyone who shares re-ceives a gift.

Classes for the next month are described, and you get the first chance to sign up. The door prizes and refreshments are great, too.

May 18 & 21, 2011

10 am to 12 noon

FREE!

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