A Novel Idea - A Book Bag You Won't Believe
Beth Bradley and Nicole LaFoille of Sew It All TV and Sew News Magazine
Grab an enchanting novel off the shelf and turn it into an enchanting purse! Your library will become your favorite accessory boutique when you see how easy it is to create this great bag featured on Sew It All TV.
A Runway of Art Garments
Barb Callahan of Barb Originals
Add an artistic twist to your garments with Barb’s great new chic techniques. It’s easy to achieve that runway look with just a few simple tricks that make the ordinary extraordinary.
Amazing Economy Quilting
Donna Robertson of Fabric Café
Fabric-saving cutting and piecing techniques help the first time quilter as well as seasoned pros get the most out of every inch of fabric.
An Ode to Sun Bonnet Fuse
Stacy Michell of Shades Textiles
Through the magic of poetry and a lively presentation of do’s and don’ts, you’ll learn lots of great tips to successfully fuse any appliqué.
Creating with Specialty Stabilizers and Designs by Floriani
Angela Mullins, Floriani Educator
It’s so easy to create on-going borders, applique, special effects and more when you select the right stabilizer and embroidery design. See the latest new products and design collections. You’ll get lots of great new project ideas.
Creating with Texture Magic
Connie Spurlock of Sew Wonderful Dreams
Everything you want to know about making Texture Magic a regular ingredient in your studio: explore different stitches and results, using it double-sided to make reversible fabric , in quilts after the quilts have been quilted and more.
Designer’s Fashion Show: Clothing in Motion
Discover how to make garments you love to wear! See clothing suited for the busy lives we lead today on the runway, as commentary focuses on what makes each one a garment you’d reach for over and over in your closet. Created by designers at the Expo, the garments have been designed for the ultimate in comfort and flattery, with features and details built into the clothes to create pieces which are able to fit properly and move as one with the body. With attention to fabric, cut and detail, the fashions you sew can become your fashion favorites.
Embroidery Showcase
Cindy Losekamp of Sew Artfully Yours, Inc.
Embroidery is everywhere! It’s in quilts, wallhangings, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, things for the kids and sportswear. In this exciting seminar by Cindy Losekamp, you will see a myriad of quilts, garments, home dec items and landscapes, all with artfully placed embroidery designs to spark your creativity. You'll get tips on hooping, stabilizing and lots of great ideas on how to use your machine to the max! We know you will enjoy learning from this fun and exciting “edutainer” and you'll be itching to get stitching.
How to be a Charming Stripper!
Colleen Casey from Some Art Fabric
You love to buy charm packs, here's how to turn them into quilts! Colleen shares a fantastic trunk show of creative and achievable quilts and gives you easy how-to tips to make your own.
Make a Quilt, Take a Sweatshirt, Make a Jacket
Connie Spurlock of Sew Wonderful Dreams
Have an unfinished quilt project or an old heirloom quilt and you don't know what to do with it? Stop! It might just be the perfect thing to add to sweatshirt and make a terrific jacket! Don't just do a project ~ make a memory with those leftovers.
Mixed Media in Art Quilting
Cindy Losekamp of Sew Artfully Yours, Inc.
Art Quilting has taken the quilt world by storm. See how to add touches of silk screening, embroidery, free motion, Inktense permanent water color pencils, dimensional pieces, paints, glitters and more. Learn easy methods for making your art quilts stand out in competitions. You will see beautiful examples from embroidered wall quilts to ideas for wearble art. Join Cindy for creativity with no bounds.
Modern Quilts for the Perpetually Busy Quilter
Colleen Casey of Some Art Fabric
Do you love beautiful quilts but only have time to make the simple ones? Learn how to select the right fabric and pattern right off the bat to help you create dynamic and visually beautiful quilts without fussy points and tricky seams. Simply beautiful.
Notions: The Latest and Greatest
Phyllis Vandergriff of Fabric Creations
Here are the newest “must have” notions that make all your sewing, quilting and cutting a snap. You’ll even get to try them out before you add them to your sewing studio.
Paintstiks®, Stamps and Wow!
Laura Murray of Laura Murray Designs
Learn to create quilts and garments with richly-colored dazzling stars, kaleidoscopes and seemingly complex quilt blocks using Paintstiks®, fusible shapes and stamps.
Pressing Details and Tools
Carol Steinbrecher of Style Solutions
Pressing and ironing are not the same! When quilting or sewing garments, use the right pressing skills and tools In the right places to “amp” up the look of every project.
Sew Cute Boutique
Donna Robertson of Fabric Café
See how to easily re-fashion ready-made t-shirts and sweatshirt into boutique-adorable original fashions.
Sew To Look Slimmer
Kathy Ruddy of kathyruddy.com
The right style and fit can take 10 or more pounds off of the way you look! Sewing can give you a high-end wardrobe that fits, is comfortable and camouflages your weak points! Watch Kathy Ruddy as she models and shows you clothes that make you look and feel good. Learn about techniques and tools to make your creative process fun and successful.
Sewing's Next Generation: Youth Fashion & Project Show
This fashion and trunk show featuring students ages 9 – 18 years of age will be SEW much fun! Get an insight into the interests and talents of our newest sewing enthusiasts as they show off their latest accomplishments. Whether it hangs in the closet, hangs on a wall or hangs out on beds and sofas, the creativity involved will inspire audiences of all ages. Don’t miss it! (If you know a young person who might like to participate, please call 800-699-6309 or
click here for more information.)
Scarves and More: Let’s Tie It Together
Carol Steinbrecher of Style Solutions
Calling all scarves! Pull them out of the closets and the drawers and pull your outfits together to create fashion magic in your wardrobe. Then, add accessories and wow! Smashing!
Social Entrepreneurship and Fair Trade: Baskets and Beads
Richard Kennair of Akonye Kena
Why should you look for products that are “Fair Trade”? What is Fair Trade? Drawing from global experience and using plenty of baskets and beads to illustrate his experiences, Richard shares how you can impact others with products you buy and use.
Super Prize Drawing
Win fabulous prize packages worth hundreds of dollars! You could win a sewing machine, plus patterns, books, videos, fabric, embroidery designs, notions, tools, and more from the exhibitors you'll meet at the Expo!
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Whose Quilt Is This?
Marty Moon of Early Times Workshop
Your quilt label tells your story. Marty reviews a variety of techniques and explores resources that help you make distinctive labels for all your quilts and wearables. Wait until you see all the books, patterns, do-it-yourself items, special fabrics and more that make it quick and easy to create your own label legacy.