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HANDI-QUILTER 2020 - 3 DAY HANDS ON VAN EVENT-COMING SEPTEMBER 10th, 11th & 12th
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HANDI-QUILTER 2020 Taking the Mystery Out of Longarm Quilting
Topics Include:
• Longarm machine and frame features and maintenance
• How to set tension on a bobbin and your machine, needles and thread
• How to load your quilt onto a frame
• Choosing the right thread and designs for your project
• A basic overview of free-motion techniques and ruler work Class
This class is 2 - 3 hour sessions (lunch provided)
Class fee $75.00
Thursday, September 10, 2020 9:00a-12:00p and 1:00p-4:00p
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HANDI-QUILTER 2020 -Building a Free Motion Quilting Design Library
Topics Include:
• Develop a library of free-motion designs
• How to plan out a quilting path
• Exploring different designs based on a basic shape
• Adjusting your quilting path to create your own new designs
• Using a grid to layout your quilting design Class
Friday, September 11th 9:00 am - 12:00pm
Class fee $50.00
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HANDI-QUILTER 2020 - Using Rulers and Templates
Topics Include:
• Ruler safety: Sure Foot, ruler base & the right rulers
• Use ruler markings for precision and accuracy
• How to mark for rulers
• HQ VersaTool®: stitch-in-the-ditch, cross-hatch, piano keys, clamshells, and arcs
• Wave Rulers, modern and classic designs Class
Friday, September 11th 1:00p - 4:00p
Class fee $50.00
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HANDI-QUILTER 2020 - Intro to Pro-Stitcher Part 1and 2
Part 1 Topics Include:
• Overview of support resources available on-line
• Overview of menu and basic functions and design catalog
• Place a block design using Skew, Resize, XForm and Align
• Demonstration of the Pro-Stitcher Simulator
• Overview of Pro-Stitcher Designer
Part 2 Topics include:
• What’s the difference between Reposition, Nudge and Drag and Drop
• The many ways to describe an Area on your quilt
• Using Skew 1 vs Skew 2
• Set up, crop, wrap and advance edge to edge designs
• Quilt straight lines the easy way with Move or Channel Locks
Saturday, September 12th 9:00a - 12:00p 1st Session (Lunch provided)
Saturday, September 12th 1:00p - 4:00p 2nd Session
Cost $75.00 for both sessions
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National Educator Gina Siembieda
Gina started sewing at age 12 when her Grandmother gave her a sewing machine. It was love at first stitch and she has been sewing ever since. Her love of quilting was born in 1985 when she bought her first hand-quilted Amish quilt in Lancaster PA. Soon after, she joined a quilt guild, learned to quilt and began teaching others!
Having purchased her first longarm quilting machine in 2003, Gina has years of experience on a variety of different brands and sizes of machines; but
Handi Quilter is her favorite. She has over twenty million stitches to show for it! She presently quilts with an HQ Infinity® with Pro-Stitcher®. She comes from a long line of teachers and teaches machine quilting on both longarm and domestic machines.
Gina has had quilts entered at Road to California, has received blue ribbons at county fairs and has been honored to be the featured quilter for one of her guild’s shows. She most enjoys making quilts of comfort for charities and gifts for family and friends.
Gina currently belongs to three quilt guilds in Southern California where she lives with her husband. She has two grown children, which, of course, are
her proudest achievements! She is excited to be part of the wonderful
Handi Quilter team and to share her passion of quilting and educating others.
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*This is a hands on event. We will have 6 Amaras on frames. We will, as always, be excercising all the CDC guidelines of sanitzing the machines, mask wear, hand washing and sanitizing. We have plenty of room in our new Event center for social distancing.*
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Store Hours
Monday - Friday: 10-5
Saturday: 10-3
Sunday: Closed |
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We carry the full line of BERNINA sewing machines and accessories. We are also the area’s authorized Handi-Quilter dealer with the Infinity, Forte, Amara, Simply 16, and the very popular Sweet Sixteen ready to be test-driven and/or rented. We also carry sewing, serging, and embroidery supplies; backing and batting; pre-cut fabric, kits, and notions. In addition, we have added the BERNINA LONGARM Q20 AND Q24, Bernina E-16 embroidery to our line of power tools! And we are now the area's exclusive Signature Retailer for Accuquilt!
In addition to a variety of classes, designed for the beginner to the experienced stitcher, we offer free UNLIMITED lessons for any machine purchased in our store. |
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