Stage Presentations are FREE with your General Admission ticket! Usually located near concessions, these entertaining and informative presentations go really well with a cup of coffee, lunch or a snack!
 
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Thursday
9:30
 
Sew to Look Slimmer
Kathy Ruddy of kathyruddy.com
10:30 An Ode to Sunbonnet Fuse
Stacy Michell of Shades Textiles
11:15
Bag Lady
Cathy McKillip of Wish Upon a Quilt
12:00 Designers Fashion Show - Clothing in Motion
12:45 Mixed Media for Your Art Quilts
Cindy Losekamp of Sew Artfully Yours
1:30 Pressing Details and Tools
Carol Steinbrecher of Style Solutions
2:15 Jackets and Pants to Fit Your Lifestyle
Rae Cumbie of Fit for Art Patterns
3:00 My Quilt Top is Done - Now What?
Harriet Carpanini, Handi Quilter National Educator
3:45
Creating with Specialty Stabilizers and Designs
Tamara Evans for Floriani
4:30 Whose Quilt Is This?
Marty Moon of Early Times Workshop
5:15 Super Prize Drawing
Looking for more? Check out The Studio inside The Spot in the Exhibit Hall!

Friday
9:30 Scarves and More: Let's Tie It Together
Carol Steinbrecher of Style Solutions
10:30 Jackets and Pants That Fit Your Lifestyle
Rae Cumbie of Fit For Art Patterns
11:15 Sew to Look Slimmer
Kathy Ruddy of kathyruddy.com
12:00 Designers Fashion Show - Clothing in Motion
12:45 Stretch Your Elastic Imagination
Judy Kessinger of FitNice
1:30 Embroidery Showcase
Cindy Losekamp of Sew Artfully Yours
2:15 A Runway of Art Garments
Barb Callahan of Barb's Originals
3:00
 
Bling It On!
Cathy McKillip of Wish Upon a Quilt
3:45
An Ode to Sunbonnet Fuse
Stacey Michell of Shades Textiles
4:30 My Quilt Top is Done - Now What?
Harriet Carpanini, Handi Quilter National Educator
5:15 Super Prize Drawing
Looking for more? Check out The Studio inside The Spot in the Exhibit Hall!
 
Saturday
9:30 Whose Quilt Is This?
Marty Moon of Early Times Workshop
10:30
An Ode to Sunbonnet Fuse
Stacy Michell of Shades Textiles
11:15 Creating with Specialty Stabilizers and Designs
Tamara Evans for Floriani
12:00 Designers Fashion Show - Clothing in Motion
12:45 Pressing Details and Tools
Carol Steinbrecher of Style Solutions
1:30 Bag Lady
Cathy McKillip of Wish Upon a Quilt
2:15 Sew to Look Slimmer
Kathy Ruddy of kathyruddy.com
3:00
Mixed Media for Your Art Quilts
Cindy Losekamp of Sew Artfully Yours
3:45
Sewing's Next Generation: Youth Fashion & Project Show
4:45 Super Prize Drawing
Looking for more? Check out The Studio inside The Spot in the Exhibit Hall!
 
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.

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.

Bag Lady
Cathy McKillip of Wish Upon A Quilt
See how easy it is to create and endless variety of fashionable bags using different techniques and accessories. Learn how one basic bag can become an entire wardrobe using different interfacings and closure techniques.

Bling It On!
Cathy McKillip of Wish Upon A Quilt
Crystals add real “bling” to anything. Using new crystal application techniques, you’ll learn how to add a whole new dimension to your embellishments, whether you are a quilter, garment sewer or crafter. Just “bling it on”! 

Creating with Specialty Stabilizers and Designs by Floriani
Tamara Evans, 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.

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.

Jackets and Pants Fit for Your Lifestyle
Rae Cumbie of Fit for Art Patterns
Learn to create an all-season wardrobe of jackets, tops and pants that really fit you and your lifestyle! See sample wardrobe essentials for work and play and how to personalize patterns for a comfortable and flattering fit. You, too, can build the wardrobe you want.

Mixed Media for Your Art Quilts
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.

My Quilt Top is Done – Now What?
Harriet Carpanini, Handi Quilter National Educator
Learn to select and audition quilting designs and see how much fun it is to actually finish your quilt. Easy steps using simple products bridge the gap between the quilt top and a finished quilt, whether you are quilting by machine or by hand.

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 to “amp” up the look of every project.

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!

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.)

Stretch Your Elastic Imagination 
Judy Kessinger of Fit Nice
Three of my favorite elastic applications---how to measure, how to sew and how to create looks by using elastic! 

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! Click here for more Super Prize Drawing information.
 
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.