Online Registration

Online Registration will begin on January 5.

Go to the website: Sewexpo.com.....click on the "Register" header.

AGAIN -- IF YOU GET AN ERROR MESSAGE -- USE INTERNET EXPLORER.

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY...!!

YES -- IT IS UP. The Registration Brochure is UP on the website. Sewexpo.com

Please go there and let us know what you think. You can download it as a PDF -- then call your best sewing girlfriends and start to PLAN YOUR SHOW.

So -- heads up Helen and Wendy...


And ALL THE OTHER GIRLFRIEND GROUPS -- like Jan and Bonne -- the Inspired 2 Sew team...
And the YA YA STALKERS...Judy and Chris...


It's time to start plotting your strategy -- what vendors you want to shop...

What sewing celebrities you want to meet...

What new techniques you want to learn...


Make sure you schedule your time at Expo so that you see EVERY SINGLE FASHION SHOW...they happen six times a day on the Expo Runway. The schedule repeats Thursday, Friday and Saturday....(the Fashion Shows are a great chance for you to sit in a comfy chair and relax between shopping sprees!!)
Here's a tip -- if you have any trouble getting the PDF of the Registration Brochure to open properly -- be sure you are using Internet Explorer as your browser.

ONLINE REGISTRATION will begin in January...keep checking back on this blog for the exact date...

Registration Brochure

I know you're busy getting ready for Christmas...OF COURSE YOU ARE. That's exactly what you SHOULD BE DOING...

But here at Expo Central -- we've been working day and night to get the Registration Brochure ready. There are sooo many details. Of course, we want every page to be absolutely correct...but, really, at some point -- DONE is better than PERFECT...





Anyway -- as you celebrate your Christmas holiday -- remember that on MONDAY -- December 27th -- we'll put the Registration Brochure up on the web site.

Now -- TO BE VERY CLEAR -- you will NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER for classes at that time.

Registration will not begin until January -- after we've opened the ticket office. (I'll put up the exact date on this blog -- as soon as they tell me.)


BUT -- on December 27 -- you will be able to "Print" a copy of the Registration Brochure. You'll be able to read about the classes, the teachers, the events. You'll be able to figure out your schedule and PLAN YOUR EXPO ADVENTURE...get together with your girlfriends, decide who's going to do what this year...

This will be our first year for online registration -- and we expect a learning curve.

Remember -- if you want to attend events and/or classes WITH A FRIEND OR A GROUP -- the best way to insure everybody getting tickets is to REGISTER WITH ONE CREDIT CARD.

One person would go online, and with their credit card, put the correct number of "tickets" in her shopping cart -- and your group should be good....

So -- have a wonderful Christmas. Then, start to plan for the 2011 Sewing & Stitchery Expo -- because we are gonna ROCK THE HOUSE...

Heads up -- if you have any trouble reading the PDF of the Registration Brochure -- make sure you are using INTERNET EXPLORER... (instead of Mozilla Firefox)...in our trial runs, Explorer worked better...

MERRY CHRISTMAS...

Clover Hall

YES -- the building formerly known as "Expo Hall" will officially become CLOVER HALL. As the official "notions sponsor" of the show -- Clover will be equipping the rooms in Clover Hall with their fabulous Clover Notions...



So -- what does this mean for you? Well -- if you are attending a hands-on sewing machine class -- Clover is equipping our classrooms with standard sewing supplies. While attending any sewing machine class, every student station will be equipped with Clover scissors, seam rippers, flower head pins, rulers, tape measures, marking tools, rotary cutters, mats, etc.

You KNOW the quality of Clover -- which is why this is such exciting news...You don't have to worry about forgetting to pack your favorite seam ripper...



Or, trying to get a scissors through TSA security...

Or, wondering about whether or not you'll need a marking tool or pen...
CLOVER IS DOING THE WORK FOR YOU...

So -- hey -- it just doesn't get any better than this, right? AND -- while you're anxiously waiting for the Registration Brochure to be PUT UP ON THE SHOW WEBSITE -- you could win SOME GREAT PRIZES...like -- over on the Nancy Zieman blog -- you can win everything you need to make a Florida Tote Bag!

Nancy is participating in a gigantic BLOG GIVEAWAY DAY...and her prize is everything you need to make her Florida Tote. INCLUDING some fabric from her personal stash...

The pattern is in template form, Clover’s Trace ‘n Create Bag Template–Florida Tote Collection. To see how this template works, go to Nancy Zieman TV. Nancy posted a new online video this week, so you can see for yourself how EASY IT IS.

In addition to the template and fabric, the prize-drawing winner will receive coordinating lining fabric , Shape-Flex, Create-a-Strap, Shape 'n Create, a Magnetic Snap, Wrap 'n Fuse Piping, and elegant D-ring hardware. (Total value of $89!)

Nancy will choose and post the winner's name and comment on December 17th and ship the prize on or before December 20th.

FUN, EH?? You know Nancy is our Friday Night LIVE entertainment....and it will be fun to keep track of her newest, best new sewing ideas via her blog and website. You know that whatever she's working on with Clover -- they'll BRING IT TO PUYALLUP...

Bonash Announcement

This is a picture of me on the LAST DAY OF THE SHOW -- I'm in Deborah Justice's booth (Labours of Love) -- and I'm wearing my fabulous New York City Circle Vest...which would not have been possible without Bonash...


Here's a picture of the new Bonash booth at the 2010 Sewing & Stitchery Expo. The woman doing the demonstration is "Beryl" -- who has one of those fabulous English accents. I could listen to her talk all day long...

Of course -- I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE NEW PRODUCTS at the show. Isn't that one of the best things about Expo?? I understand "007" bonding agent isn't a brand new product -- but it was certainly new to ME...Beryl shows how you can use it to mend a rip or a tear in any kind of fabric. And that's a GREAT thing, of course...


When Mary & I did our all BRAND NEW MIDWEST YA YA SISTERS ACT in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin -- Mary showed a fabulous new sweater "creature" -- and talked about how she used Bonash to bond the facial features. Unlike the usual iron-on products like stitch witchery, or ther-mo-web -- Bonash doesn't add any stiffness to the project.

When I made my NYC Circle Wrap (using two pieces of knit fabric) -- I knew I could NEVER sew a 50" circle, without having rippled edges. Besides, I wanted to FRINGE it -- remember? Bonash is a powder -- and I just sprinkled it between the two pieces of fabric (wrong sides together) -- the finished result was FABULOUS...

And -- HERE IT IS -- drumroll -- for the 2011 Sewing & Stitchery Expo -- Mary Mulari will be hanging out in the BONASH BOOTH...

It is always exciting to see what new patterns and projects Mary is bringing to Expo. And this year -- you will find her IN THE BONASH BOOTH...