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Friday, January 29, 1:00pm Cool Cutwork

Antique cutwork is lovely and treasured. Learn to create your own cutwork designs with the new and innovative Cutwork Accessory from BERNINA. Create, repurpose or ‘add detail to retail’ for baby items, home décor and ladies apparel – and impress the ‘tween’ in your life with some edgy Reverse Appliqué.

Thursday, February 25, 5:00pm Pursenalities

A couple of great patterns will have you designing your own handbags to match your life and occasions. Design in large or small sizes and design handbags with inter-changing handles. A wide variety of cover styles will make this handbag your favorite as you take it from casual to formal.

Friday, March 26, 1:00pm T ransformations

Recycling in fashion is smart and chic. You’ll be surprised at what can be made from previously loved clothing as you create easy styles to match your lifestyle. Simple sewing techniques with unexpected treatments make this a success for everyone!

Friday, April 30, 1:00pm T here’s No Place Like Home

Use your sewing talents to re-make your home décor! Enjoy having the latest styles and trends by working into a room some basics that are easy to make and quick to design. These designer pieces are surprisingly simple and offer satisfaction for the entire family.

Thursday, May 20, 5:00pm Hardly Heirloom

Ruffles, ridges and pierced holes can be retro or refined depending on the fabrics selected. Be fashionable in both. See how much fun you can have with your BERNINA machine and accessories designed to make it all easier and executed with perfection.

Friday, June 18, 1:00pm To the Point

On point or diamond settings are beautiful in home and quilt projects. Learn the easy and successful way to create this dynamic look that appears to be an advanced technique.

No club in July

Friday, August 27, 1:00pm Christmas in August

Get inspired to sew for Christmas with these clever embellishments and techniques in a wide range of projects.

Friday, September 23, 1:00pm I nside Out

Bias bound, bias covered, zippered, and serged – are all seam techniques that make a project look great on the inside, but what about bringing it to the front? Never have an ordinary seam again on your projects as you incorporate the seam into a decorative detail for all to see – on the front!

Friday, October 29, 1:00pm Strip Delights

Earn your stripes with these pieced projects with a striped effect. Easily created from jelly rolls or rotary cut strips we will create some fantastic looks for quilting and easy styled clothing. Decorate the strips with endless embroidery or stitch recipes.

Friday, November 19, 1:00pm The Embellished Table

Set a pretty table for the Holidays. Utilizing a variety of appliqué styles - raw edge, fused, decoratively stitched or embroidered – create table settings plain or fancy for all your entertaining for the rest of the year.

Saturday, February 20, 12:00PM : P roject – Trapunto Needle Cushion: Stitched in the Hoop
Theme – Organize

Create a trapunto customized “pincushion” for saving your specialty needles. You will work with stipple effects, lettering, and learn about creating projects that will finish sewing themselves up in the hoop, as well as information on the specialty needle themselves.

Saturday, March 20, 12:00PM : Project – Monogrammed Sachet
Theme – Personal Luxury / Gift

Create a beautifully monogrammed sachet pillow for yourself, or for a gift, with blank, pre-made cocktail napkins. You will use the monogram features of the software, and learn to create your own monogram ornaments using true type fonts. You will also practice creating placement lines with your software to insure a perfect stitch-out every time.

Saturday, April 17, 12:00PM : P roject – Simple Sleeved Shawl
Theme – Apparel

Learn how to create designs using the new Freehand Tools in Version 6 Software. Practice freehand drawing techniques and complete a floral applique to embroider n the Simple Sleeved Shawl.

Saturday, May 22, 12:00PM : P roject – Sunglasses Case
Theme – Essentials

Finish your project “in the hoop.” Learn a collage technique of creating embroidery in the software. Quilting, applique, and lettering combine to produce wonderful glasses case – pops out of the hoop – ready to use!

Saturday, June 12, 12:00PM : P roject – Backgammon Board
Theme – Fun & Games

Create a portable felt backgammon board on your embroidery machine. Digitize a simple applique project, practice splitting a large design into multiple pieces for stitch out. Project features decorative rotary cut edges and matching carry bag.

July: NO CLUB

Saturday August 21, 12:00PM : Project – Car Organizer
Theme – Organize

Outline Fun! Use our powerful new outlining tool in Version 6 to create echo quilting – let the software do your quilting! Explore Auto Digitizing and Magic wand features to create redwork designs, lettering outlines, etc. Use the designs to embellish a very practical Car organizer.

Saturday, September 18, 12:00PM : Project – Bottle Wrap
Theme – Personal luxury/Gift

Create your own decorative bottle wrap. (Great hostess gift!) Use the Pattern Run feature of the software to create a beautiful decorative edge. Cut in place – or use the cutwork tool to create multiple projects! Embellish with OESD Sayings or monogram.

Saturday, October 16, 12:00PM : Project – Finger Puppet/Pencil Topper
Theme – Craft

Crafting in the hoop! Create a fun character that can be used as a finger puppet or pencil topper. Fun to add to a card pocket! Easily create the design in the software and let your embroidery machine do the rest. Practice an unconventional way to complete an “in the hoop” design.

Saturday, November 13, 12:00PM : P roject – Messenger Bag from Recycled Fabric
Theme – Think Green/Gift

Wonderful gift idea for a ‘hard to shop for’ young adult. Use your embroidery software to create fun lettering designs with the fantastic new capabilities of Version 6. Move and resize lettering within each word to create modern lettering effects. Learn to work with True Type fonts, reshaping existing letters, and shadow effects.

Saturday, December 11, 12:00PM : P roject – Cards/Scrapbook/Gift Tags
Theme – Mixed Media

Work with the tools in Art Canvas to create wonderful holiday cards, gift tags and scrapbook page embellishments with your Version 6 Software! Create projects to print, and embroider, as well as learning how the cutwork tool can create “fabric sticker” embellishments.