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STITCHED EMBROIDERED IMAGE TRANSFER
SEE THIS SAMPLE IN OUR HARRISBURG CENTER
This is just an example of what you can do with stitched embroidered image transfer!
Patricia Rogers, Sulky Educator - Full Day - $50 (Includes lunch!)
This is a technique that you will not see anywhere else. You will transpose a color copy image to be used as an applique, and then enhance the image with stitching. This is a great way to use photos of family, pets, or landscapes to enhance fabric, towels, or quilts.
Harrisburg Store
Date: Saturday, September 13, Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
LUNCH IS INCLUDED!!
Mechanicsburg Store
Day and time to be announced |
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CONTINUOUS LINE FREE MOTION QUILTING
...Or Life After Stippling
SEE THIS SAMPLE IN OUR MECAHNICSBURG CENTER
This is just an example of what you can do with continuous line free motion quilting!
Patricia Rogers, Sulky Educator - Full Day - $50 (Includes lunch!)
Here's your rare chance to attend a class that's being taught by a national educator! This class is for all levels including the beginning or frustrated free motion student. Everyone will learn some unique techniques that will make all free motion work easier and more enjoyable. The mysteries of decorative threads will be uncovered and you will be amazed by what you thought you couldn't do.
Harrisburg Store
This event was overwhelmingly popular in our Harrisburg store. Don't miss your opportunity in our Mechanicsburg store
Mechanicsburg Store
Date: Saturday, September 27, Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
LUNCH IS INCLUDED!! |
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SHAG RAG BAG
This carryall bag class will feature opportunities to use techniques not ordinarily used when sewing garments because they add too much bulk. Students will learn wild and crazy fringe, hangie-down parts, scrunching, and other fabric manipulations. The resulting bag can be very elegant or completely outrageous depending on fabric choices.
Patricia Rogers, Sulky Educator - Full Day - $50 (Includes lunch!)
Harrisburg Store
Date: Saturday, October 25, Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
LUNCH IS INCLUDED!!
Mechanicsburg Store
This event is not currently scheduled for our Mechanicsburg store. Please join us in our Harrisburg store. |
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This is one class about which we are VERY excited! Have you heard about the machine that sews with NO thread? This is your chance to see how the magic works. Come and see the possibilities for felting by machine. Whether you're new to felting or a veteran, Pat will show you new and exciting ways to embellish almost anything. This is a fun and creative exercise where there is no right or wrong. Use all those left over fabric pieces, threads, yarns and anything else you can imagine to turn a project from ordinary to extraordinary. Bring your own felting machine or use one of ours!
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Patricia Rogers, Sulky Educator - $30 (includes kit!) |
Harrisburg Store
Date: Saturday, November 15, Time: 12:00 noon-3:00pm
Mechanicsburg Store
Date: Friday, November 14, Time: 5:30-8:30pm |
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Discount Vacuum
& Sewing Center
goes to Baby Lock Tech
It's our annual trip to St Louis, MO
to learn all the new sewing products,
techniques, and more. Don't you want to
learn from experts? So do we! Take a
look at the experts who trained us. |
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NANCY
ZIEMAN
Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's sewing manager Cindy Shultz (left) with Nancy Zieman (right) of Sewing With Nancy and Nancy's Notions |
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ELEANOR
BURNS
Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's president Bob Vasile (right) and sewing manager Cindy Shultz (left) with Eleanor Burns (center) creator of Quilt In A Day. |
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MARY
MULARI
Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's sewing manager Cindy Shultz (left) with Mary Mulari, the queen of applique and expert in sweatshirt embellishing.
Mary has written MANY books on the subject and is one of the most frequent guests ever on Sewing With Nancy. |
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STEVE
JEFFERY
Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's president Bob Vasile (left) with Baby Lock president Steve Jeffrey. |
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BABY LOCK
QUEST
ENGINEERS
Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's president Bob Vasile (center, standing) with the Baby Lock engineers who designed the new Quest quilting and sewing machine with PDQ (precision dual feed).
To learn more about the
Baby Lock Quest, click here. |
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THANKS FOR ALL WHO MADE PROJECT LINUS
"MAKE A BLANKET DAY 2007" A SUCCESS |
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AND THE WINNER IS...
Barb Biddle (left) was the winner of our Janome #3050 computerized sewing machine! She is being presented with her prize by Deb Vasile of Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center. Everyone who donated a handmade blanket earned an entry into the drawing for the free machine. Barb was the lucky winner! |
The date was February 17, 2007. That's the day we held our annual Project Linus National Make A Blanket Day! This is our fourth year of participation in Project Linus and we can't think of a better cause. The event is a benefit for Project Linus, a non-profit organization with a mission to provide love, security, warmth and comfort to children across the country who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. This is a culmination of blanket making workshops that occur throughout the year. Groups and individuals have dropped off blankets to both locations of Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center because of our association with Project Linus. That is something that we do all year. If you have blankets, we'll take them. See us for blanket specifications and information or log on to www.orgsites.com/pa/cdprojectlinus.
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There were so many "Blanketeers that our classroom was full! These ladies are in our showroom tagging the dozens of blankets we received. |
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Making blankets during "Make A Blanket Day". These ladies worked all day to create memorable blankets for children in need. |
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Many of the blankets were so beautiful and thoughtfully made, even the volunteers had to stop and admire them! |
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Each person that made a blanket was entered into a drawing for a FREE Janome #3050 computerized sewing machine valued at $699. Here the winning name of Barb Biddle is selected (see picture at top of page). Pictured left to right are Project Linus Area Coordinators Karen Stetler, Ann Smyser, and Discount Vacuum & Sewing Center's Deb Vasile. |
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Here they are! The dedicated "Blanketeers" who worked so hard to bring comfort to children in need.
Front row L to R: Elaine Dauphin, Jane Holz. Back row: Anita Fisher, Ann Hagan, Bonnie Kozemchak, Helen Boose, Ann Smyser, Ann Huff, Marie Brookes, Karen Stettler
Many of these ladies make blankets all year long. We salute EVERYONE who played a part in Make A Blanket Day and who has made Project Linus such a local success. Congratulations! |
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