Events for the month of February:
2/3/2012 - Quattro Club! Learn a tool
First Friday of Each Month 4-5pm FREE
4:00 PM
-5:00 PM
Quattro Club is dedicated to the Brother Quattro 6000D and 6700D. In this group you will learn tools within your machine to make your sewing easier and help you to utilize ALL of the cool features of this wonderful sewing and embroidery machine. Brother manufactured Babylock Ellisimo and Ellismio Gold machine owners are also welcome.
Chain piecing on your Quattro utilizing the "pivot key" function as well as the camera view key.
2/3/2012 - Multi Needle Embroidery Club
First Friday of Month 5-6 pm
5:00 PM
-6:00 PM
Hoop and stitch visors like a pro on your PR series multi needle embroidery machine. Great technique for professional results!
As always, bring your show and tells items that are great as well as those that weren't so great so we can all learn from each others experiences.
2/8/2012 - No Fear-Basic Serger Class with Shirley Gambero
Wednesday 6-8:30 PM $80 for all 4 classes
6:00 PM
-8:30 PM
This is a series of 4 classes for $80 from 6-8:30 PM. Any brand of serger welcome.
So you have a serger, great! Is it out of the box? Are you still using the thread it came with, threaded by the factory, hoping it doesn’t break because you know it’s impossible to rethread? And the manual…it’s Greek, right?
Well have no fear, you can master this unique machine and make it sing! Join this class for step by step instruction on threading, tension and techniques that only your serger can do.
You will need to bring your own serger, accessories, new needles and manual.
Click on REGISTER below for more information.
Note: One registration fee for all 4 classes.
2/9/2012 - Reserved for Sierra Spring's Sisterhood
10-6
10:00 AM
-6:00 PM
Sierra Spring's Sisterhood will meet the 2nd Thursday of each month from 10am-6pm at Central Valley Vacuum & Sewing Center. Welcome ladies!
Looking for a location to host your next sewing group party? How about a classroom dedicated to sewing with flat-screens, projection, nice tables and chairs, kitchen,
clean ladies restrooms and we can't forget our friendly staff! We look forward to booking your next event.
2/10/2012 - Prayer Garden Special Edition Block of the Month (Embroidery In The Hoop)
Friday 12-4 pm $10
12:00 PM
-4:00 PM
For our newest Special Edition, we have created something that is completely different from any of our other collections. Prayer Garden consists of 94 different blocks that are combined together to create a beautiful quilt. The designs range from bible verses to cute animals and gardening scenes. Each of the designs is truly different. The unique part is that the blocks are all different sizes. There are large and small squares and large and small rectangles that combine to make large blocks. Sixteen of these large blocks are then combined to make the large quilt. If you create the largest size quilt the top will be 64”x64”. Each of the blocks have a folded fabric border. When they are combined you will have a truly unique project. The designs were all digitized with a hand style running stitch. Instead of a single pass, these make 5-7 passes. The stitches look much thicker when they are complete. Even the large designs have low stitch counts so this is a fast running project. We also tried something that we have never done at Anita Goodesign and that isfabric painting. After the designs were embroidered, we went back and added highlights with fabric markers! On the following pages we will tell you everything you need to know about creating this quilt and we will even give you tips on painting fabric!
Steve Wilson
The retail price for this Special Edition Collection will be $89.95 when it is released November 1st, 2011. Orders placed by November 1st will receive the discounted price of only $79.95.
As an added bonus, if you pre-order this collection during this offer you will receive 8 “Prayer Garden Quilt Label Designs” for FREE!
2/11/2012 - Prayer Garden Special Edition Block of the Month (Embroidery In The Hoop)
2/11/2012 - Software Saturday! Brother PE-Design 8 or NEXT Software Training (Removing Parts of a Design Using the Split Stitch Tool & Design Database)
2nd Saturday of each month 11-1 $10.00
11:00 AM
-1:00 PM
Removing parts of a design using the split stitch tool and learning about esign database.
2/11/2012 - Prayer Garden Special Edition Block of the Month (Embroidery In The Hoop)
12-4 pm $10
12:00 PM
-4:00 PM
For our newest Special Edition, we have created something that is completely different from any of our other collections. Prayer Garden consists of 94 different blocks that are combined together to create a beautiful quilt. The designs range from bible verses to cute animals and gardening scenes. Each of the designs is truly different. The unique part is that the blocks are all different sizes. There are large and small squares and large and small rectangles that combine to make large blocks. Sixteen of these large blocks are then combined to make the large quilt. If you create the largest size quilt the top will be 64”x64”. Each of the blocks have a folded fabric border. When they are combined you will have a truly unique project. The designs were all digitized with a hand style running stitch. Instead of a single pass, these make 5-7 passes. The stitches look much thicker when they are complete. Even the large designs have low stitch counts so this is a fast running project. We also tried something that we have never done at Anita Goodesign and that isfabric painting. After the designs were embroidered, we went back and added highlights with fabric markers! On the following pages we will tell you everything you need to know about creating this quilt and we will even give you tips on painting fabric!
Steve Wilson
The retail price for this Special Edition Collection will be $89.95 when it is released November 1st, 2011. Orders placed by November 1st will receive the discounted price of only $79.95.
As an added bonus, if you pre-order this collection during this offer you will receive 8 “Prayer Garden Quilt Label Designs” for FREE!
2/14/2012 - CLASS CANCELLED
Tuesday 6-7 PM FREE
6:00 PM
-7:00 PM
CLASS CANCELLED
This monthly class on the second Tuesday of each month will focus on many aspects of machine sewing and embroidery. A free class with lots of valuable information.
2/15/2012 - No Fear-Basic Serger Class with Shirley Gambero
Wednesday 6-8:30 PM
6:00 PM
-8:30 PM
This is a series of 4 classes for $80 from 6-8:30 PM. Any brand of serger welcome.
So you have a serger, great! Is it out of the box? Are you still using the thread it came with, threaded by the factory, hoping it doesn’t break because you know it’s impossible to rethread? And the manual…it’s Greek, right?
Well have no fear, you can master this unique machine and make it sing! Join this class for step by step instruction on threading, tension and techniques that only your serger can do.
You will need to bring your own serger, accessories, new needles and manual.
2/18/2012 - Cutwork on a Linen Napkin
Saturday 11:00 - 5:00 $10
11:00 AM
-5:00 PM
Come in and learn something new with Kathy Benton while she teaches you a new technique in doing cutwork that will save you tons of time on your projects. Cutwork is to cutaway top fabric and show the bottom fabric in the openings that where cut. Does a satin stitch around cutout and embroiders a design as well. You will be making a linen napkin or trivet with a cutwork design. Can be used in many applications pillowcases, quilts, table runner and clothing. The collection comes with 58 designs, 14 different cutwork designs digitized four different ways each.
2/22/2012 - No Fear-Basic Serger Class with Shirley Gambero
Wednesday 6-8:30 PM
6:00 PM
-8:30 PM
This is a series of 4 classes for $80 from 6-8:30 PM. Any brand of serger welcome.
So you have a serger, great! Is it out of the box? Are you still using the thread it came with, threaded by the factory, hoping it doesn’t break because you know it’s impossible to rethread? And the manual…it’s Greek, right?
Well have no fear, you can master this unique machine and make it sing! Join this class for step by step instruction on threading, tension and techniques that only your serger can do.
You will need to bring your own serger, accessories, new needles and manual.
2/23/2012 - Thangle Table Runner
$15.00 Thursday
11:00 AM
-5:00 PM
Make a table runner 44x17, using thangles and the flying geese ruler. Great for the beginner and intermediate sewer. In this class you will be using the thangles to make triangle/sqaures, and the Quilt in a Day flying geese ruler, and this makes making flying geese a breeze. You will make four blocks using three fabrics per block finishing the table runner with a border and binding. If you have a embroidery machine you can embroider on the borders of your table runner for the quilting.
2/25/2012 - Stipple Seashells
Saturday 10:30-5:00 $62.31
10:30 AM
-5:00 PM
Eileen Roche's One Step Applique' Stipple! Fast...Easy...Flawless. Combine quilting, applique' & machine embroidery in one easy step. 9 block styles give you endless creative possibilities. Ideal for all skill levels. Finished Size 28" x 30". Class fee of $62.31 covers all 3 classes and required CD.
2/25/2012 - McKenna Ryan's All Cooped Up with Kathy Bruce
Saturday 12-3 $38.22
12:00 PM
-3:00 PM
"All Cooped Up" is an exquisitely artistic and cute 9-block quilt created by internationally known designer McKenna Ryan. Consisting of high quality and specially designed Batiks from Hoffman Fabrics, you'll love how easy it is to put these kits together! The All Cooped Up blocks can be configured any way you like; framed and displayed separately, arranged to suit your fancy, or sewn together for a unique multi-block quilt.
Kit includes laser-cut pieces with fusible attached, and background fabric, plus pattern.
This class will be a 9 month class if you would like the whole quilt.
2/28/2012 - Technique Tuesdays- Create Bias Strips for the Binding Foot Morning Class
Tuesday 11-1 FREE Class
11:00 AM
-1:00 PM
Create Bias Strips for the Binding Foot:
Bias strips may be pieced together to form a strip the correct length.
Materials and Supplies
• Fabric for bias
• Cutting mat
• 24” plastic ruler
• Fabric marking pen
• Rotary cutter
• Scissors
2/28/2012 - Technique Tuesdays - Create Bias Strips for the Binding Foot Evening Class
Tuesday 5-7 FREE Class
5:00 PM
-7:00 PM
Create Bias Strips for the Binding Foot:
Bias strips may be pieced together to form a strip the correct length.
Materials and Supplies
• Fabric for bias
• Cutting mat
• 24” plastic ruler
• Fabric marking pen
• Rotary cutter
• Scissors
2/29/2012 - No Fear-Basic Serger Class with Shirley Gambero
Wednesday 6-8:30 PM
6:00 PM
-8:30 PM
This is a series of 4 classes for $80 from 6-8:30 PM. Any brand of serger welcome.
So you have a serger, great! Is it out of the box? Are you still using the thread it came with, threaded by the factory, hoping it doesn’t break because you know it’s impossible to rethread? And the manual…it’s Greek, right?
Well have no fear, you can master this unique machine and make it sing! Join this class for step by step instruction on threading, tension and techniques that only your serger can do.
You will need to bring your own serger, accessories, new needles and manual.
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