Imagine having so much fun that you forget you’re learning new tips and techniques to improve your creative skills. People who attend our events tell us that’s what happens at our wildly popular sewing events. We bring the best sewing, embroidery, and quilting experts in the country—people who are experts with Jenny Haskins, Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff, Hope Yoder, Anita Goodesign and others—with outstanding reputations for delivering intense learning that’s insanely fun. There’s always food, prizes, giveaways, and lots of laughter and excitement. Our events always sell out quickly, so sign up today!
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Basic Machine Thread Painting
Fantastic Free Motion Feats Basic Thread Painting Fee $59 Supply List: FantasticFeeMotionFeats
Free Motion Feet Spotlight
Fantastic Free Motion Feats Free Motion Fee Spotlight FEE $59 Supply List: FantasticFeeMotionFeats
Feet Fetish 9-Patch Sampler
9 Patch Sampler Banner/Pillow/Table mat Foot of the Month Sewing Accessories Banner/Pillow By Marie Duncan This sampler banner/pillow/table mat is made using a variety of feet and techniques included in the Foot of the Month Sewing Series. Lear how to use 12 different pressure feet to create a decorative couch pillow or creative banner for your sewing area. Feet Fetish Supply List: Q3FeetFetish-SupplyList
Embroidery Techniques (Open to Public)
Embroidery in Mini Places. Learn tips on embroidering on sleeve cuffs, collars, napkin corners, ribbons, 0-3 month onesies, and Bibs. Embroidering in Mini Places – Lecture-style class. In this class, we’ll be learning how to position and hoop on the small stuff - cuffs, collars, napkin corners, ribbons, and some newborn items. We’ll learn how to use the smaller hoops and some stabilizer tips.
Feet Fetish 9 Patch Sampler
9 Patch Sampler Banner/Pillow/Table mat Foot of the Month Sewing Accessories Banner/Pillow By Marie Duncan This sampler banner/pillow/table mat is made using a variety of feet and techniques included in the Foot of the Month Sewing Series. Lear how to use 12 different pressure feet to create a decorative couch pillow or creative banner for your sewing area. Feet Fetish Supply List: Q3FeetFetish-SupplyList
Serger 101 Open to Public
Serger 101 - Open to the public Get out that serger, dust it off and learn how to thread it, and do some basic seams in this 2-hour class. This starter class is for 3/4 thread serging only. If you have a 5 thread serger, we will not go into 5 threads or coverstitch. You’ll also need 4 spools of SERGER CONE thread the same colors as the tension knobs: usually red, yellow, green, and blue. Fabric is provided by…
Hooping Techniques Open to Public
Having trouble hooping T-shirts? Wondering how to use some of those specialty hoops you’ve had for years? This lecture-style class will give you tips on hooping knit shirts, using the Endless hoop to decorate tablecloths, and how to use the Viking/Pfaff 360 x 350 hoop. Feel free to bring any of the hoops you own especially the ones mentioned above to hoop during class. Machines used for demos will be the Viking Sapphire 95 and Viking Ruby 90.
Embroidery Techniques (Open to Public)
Monogramming 3 ways – Lecture style class. Learn how to use software to do Knockdown and Embossing style monograms on towels and how to use the Monogram Wizard in Premier+2 and mySewnet software to do expert monograms on any fabric. I’ll also show how to position the monogram on a towel and fabric using the Viking Epic 2 or Viking Ruby 90. If you don’t have software, see how it can make your monograms so much easier to embroidery. …
Feet Fetish 9 Patch Sampler
9 Patch Sampler Banner/Pillow/Table mat Foot of the Month Sewing Accessories Banner/Pillow By Marie Duncan This sampler banner/pillow/table mat is made using a variety of feet and techniques included in the Foot of the Month Sewing Series. Learn how to use 12 different pressure feet to create a decorative couch pillow or creative banner for your sewing area. Feet Fetish Supply List: Q3FeetFetish-SupplyList
Applique on Display with Diana Cedolia
MCDOUGAL SEWING IS HOSTING EMBROIDERY SOFTWARE EXPERT DIANA CEDOLIA ZOOM EVENT— Advanced Digitizing How to create your own Appliqué design with Premier+2 Ultra software. Windows Version of PREMIER+2™ Ultra. Cost: $25 Creating your own appliqué designs is not as easy as it appears but can be a lot of fun. Diana will teach us how to digitize our own placement lines and use the perfect stitch placement. She will be creating several designs in this class. Limit 25 people, so…