Buy that Holiday Sewing Gift Here

Come join us for some trouble free sewing machine shopping.  We have sewing machines starting at around $100 and up, and this time of year is the best time to get a great deal. We have special no interest financing on select machines too.

So why should you buy from us?

***We'll let you take the machine for a test drive before you buy.

***We'll give you classes free with your sewing machine purchase. We'll teach you how to use your machine, show you what all those attachments can do for you, and get you started on a  lifetime of creativity and fun.

***We'll support you over the lifetime of your machine. Have an issue with the thread or tension? Can't remember what that accessory does? Can't figure out how to thread the bobbin thread? Bring your machine in and we'll take a look and help you get back to your project as soon as possible.

***We service what we sell with our in store service department. No waiting months for a service technician like in some sewing centers!

***We are the sewing experts and we have a whole sewing community built around our store where sewing enthusiasts can get together, sew, learn, create, and share ideas, inspiration and solutions.

So come in, browse, and support a local small business. And rediscover how fun shopping can be when it comes with superior price, selection, and service.              

Surpassing Expectation---another glimpse of the new Designer Diamond Royale!

The Designer Diamond Royale's Touch Screen; Best in Class!          

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	Surpassing your expectations with the Ultimate Interactive Touch Sceen! Husqvarna Viking has made some advancements on the new Designer Diamond Royale like the Ultimate Interactive Touch Screen that provides a higher resolution touch screen that surpasses any other machine available. The new screen is more user friendly than ever before and provides an 180 degree viewing angle on a larger screen. And the customers have spoken! Embroideries can be easily customized and edited right on the screen. Not happy with an adjustment? No problem; you can undo or redo any step. Want to change the stitch out? You can group or ungroup any of the design sequences, sort or merge, color block or resize your designs all on the screen, intuitively. The bright, colorful, touch screen on the Designer Diamond Royale can be controlled by the included stylus or you can add an optional USB mouse---you're in charge here!   **Please see store for complete details for all as additional restrictions may apply.	Highland Sewing Center: 2845 Highland Ave Highland, IN 46322 (219)838-5433 Fax: (219)838-5434 Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5 Saturday 10-2 Closed Sunday Merrillville Sewing Center 7752 Broadway Merrillville, IN 46410 (219)736-7748 Fax: (219)736-7397 Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 Saturday 9-2 Closed Sunday email: mail@indianasews.com Class schedule is subject to change. Please give us a call if the weather is inclement. Add the versatile Fringe or Marking foot to your tool bag: Share and Chat with us:   Follow us:
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Transfer Pattern Markings & Embellish with the Marking Fringe Foot!

During our recent Toolin' Around Two Husqvarna Viking Event, Katrina Walker demonstrated wonderful uses for the Marking Foot, that can also be called the Fringe Foot.

This foot has a couple of different names because of its many uses. Many of you may already know that this foot is useful for transferring pattern markings (like those markings for darts) to your fabric. The magic of this foot is that it creates a wonderful loopy stitch that stays where you want until you pull the bobbin thread to easily remove it. So your pattern markings stay in until you simply pull one thread to remove; no carbon paper or other manual processes to transfer markings.

But the Marking Foot doesn't stop there. It becomes the Fringe Foot when you decide you'd like to add special embellishments or fringe to your project. During her Toolin' Around Two Event, sewing expert, Katrina Walker, wore a lovely jacket demonstrating the beauty and originality the Marking foot can bring to a garment or project. Hurry in to get your Marking Foot, or if you prefer, Fringe Foot, today!

Love that jacket embellished with the Fringe/Marking Foot! 

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Alphabet Helpers

Accuquilt Alphabet Collection Close out prices on our website!

School will be starting before you know it. With a set of Alphabet letters play time can also turn into learning time.

We have a limited supply of Accuquilt Alphabet sets available in our website store. With these alphabet dies you can create more than quilts for your little ones.

Over at the Happy Together Creates.com blog little ones are playing with an Alphabet Rag set of letters. Our Accuquilt set of letters can make it even easier to create this fun play set.  While you're making one set for your little ones why not create two from your scraps and donate one to your child's school? Any teacher would be happy to have this fun classroom activity.

As the kids get older, a sign for that lemonade stand, banners for rooms, or birthday wishes could be fashioned with this versatile Accuquilt set.

Joan has set the date for the No Flagpole Required Patriotic Centerpiece class in Highland Sewing Center---won't you join us on June 26, 27, 28, or 29th from 8:30AM-2:00PM for this fun class?


No Flagpole Required

 

And our Merrillville store has a fresh coat of paint and new carpet and should be ready for new students next month, so watch our calendars for some new and exciting classes. And come by because we're open during construction with some great deals on sewing machines and notions!

 

Merrillville Sewing Center---Construction but plenty of room to shop!

  

   

Exciting Things are Happening---Come by and See Us!

Join us this Thursday in the Merrillville store---we're going to be sewing for the troops again, making quilts of valor. Last month's event was so much fun! Don't miss out on the tips, sewing, camaraderie, and the just feeling good feeling that comes with doing something for a great cause! Won't you join us?

In Highland, we are back to a full schedule of classes and Joan continues to add classes, notions, and special touches to the new classroom and store space. If you haven't been by lately, stop in and take a look at all the new items! And sign up for a new class while you're there. We made cupcake pincushions last Friday---so much fun and oh so cute. This week includes the really fun picnic applique quilt. Don't miss out! Stop by and see us today!

The bright new classroom area with two cutting tables! 

More of the classroom area---with kitchen and projector 

Look at all those machines---stop in and try one out!

An expanded notion wall with that picnic quilt in front

Join us for sewing for a local hospice. These are the latest memorial bears that were made for the families.  

  

    

Aren't they cute? Join us! For a complete calendar of events and classes head on over to our website. 

Merrillville Sewing Center is making a Picnic

We are so excited to be offering this quilting class---the Picnic Quilt. Look how original, bright, and, well, picnic-y it is. Makes you want to pack that basket full of cold chicken, potato salad, and soda's up and set it all up on this quilt at the park to view the 4th of July festivities.

Jan will assist everyone who is interested in getting this quilt done for the fourth. There are some interesting new techniques---making the chicken legs is like magic.

There is a class being held on Saturday, June 16th between 8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Call Jan at the sewing center today and reserve your spot. This one is so much fun!

The many ways of quilting corn

Ant heads for the watermelon

I'll take a hotdog!

Come join us at the Merrillville Sewing Center on Saturday!

Tip of the Week

So you're ready to buy a sewing machine. The options can be daunting and confusing. And like a good customer said today there are sewing machines that cost as much as some cars. But which one is the sewing machine for your needs?

The first thing you should consider is what you are going to use the machine for and how much you will use it.

Singer 8280---Basic Stitches and Features
Great for learning to sew or occasional use

Today you can purchase a decent machine for around $100.00. This entry level machine will come with a few stitches---straight stitch, zig zag, and a couple of decorative stitches. This machine will do average weight fabrics fairly well and, with the right needle will handle light weight denims. If you are planning to use the machine mainly for occasional mending this might be the option for you.

Singer 9960
Heavy duty machine with 600
built in stitches---great all purpose
sewing machine

If you plan on sewing clothes or home fashions and using the machine once or twice per month you may want to go with a little better machine. For $300.00--$500.00 you can get a machine with features that can help you with anything from sewing that 2 year old's wardrobe to sewing drapes and curtains and even quilting. Not only do you get additional decorative stitch options, but several styles of button holes, extra presser foot lift for heavier or thicker fabric applications, twin needle sewing,  and drop feed dogs for free motion quilting and embroidery applications.

Husqvarna Viking H-Class 600E
Embroidery Machine with USB
connectivity makes a great starter
embroidery machine 

If you are mainly interested in home decor ---quilting or embroidery, then a new embroidery machine would be the one for you. Embroidery machines start around $1000.00 and many do regular sewing too. Hoop size drives the cost of the embroidery machines. Hoops start at 4"x4" and can go up to 14" or more. Some machines come with software so that you can make your own designs, use your clipart, or even make embroidery from your digital photographs. One option to look for in an embroidery machine is a USB connection to your PC so that you'll be able to transfer designs directly from computer to sewing machine without special cards, readers, or equipment. These machines also have bigger work surfaces---making quilting much easier.

But even the most expensive machines won't meet your needs until you know how to use them. Free classes like those that come with your new sewing machine when purchased at the Northwest Indiana Sewing Centers, friendly advise, and answers and help with any questions and issues that arise after your purchase insure that you will be satisfied.

And when it comes time to service your machine---we will be right there to provide fast, quality factory certified service too. Come see us and the new line of sewing machines today. 

Back by Popular Demand---Machine Embroidered Advent Calendar Classes

Jan's annual Advent calendar class is always a popular and anticipated event. This is an easy holiday project and can be made on sewing/embroidery machines.

The class is scheduled for 8 AM on November 6th and is filling up quickly so if you're interested, please contact the Merrillville Sewing Center to sign up.

We also carry that cute quilt hanger shown in the picture so that you can take your finished calendar and hang it right up on your wall.

Sew sweet! Call Jan today at 219-736-7397.  

This week only --- 25% off on All Garment Feet!

Have you ever tried to struggle through a project and wish there was an easier way to create your dream garment?  Chances are, having the right foot can make your results beautiful, while making it so much easier!

For this week only (9/12 – 9/18) you can get 25% off all of our Garment Sewing Feet!  Always had a technique you wanted to try or want to learn how to make your garments easier and more beautiful than ever before?  Come on in for a demo and save on the following feet:

Flat Felled Foot 9mm

 

Clear Seam Guide Foot

Clear Stitch-In-Ditch Foot

Invisible Zipper Foot

   

This offer won’t last long so hurry and experience the Joy of Sewing™!

Your friends at Northwest Indiana Sewing Centers

Sew Fun at Northwest Indiana Sewing Center

Northwest Indiana Sewing Center looks like Santa's workshop today as the busy sewing ladies put the finishing touches of embroidery and quilting on projects of all types.   














Everyone is completing projects started at previous classes so this is called a "Mudd Day" where everyone finishes up under the gentle guidance of instructor, Janice.  

There are a couple of Tea Quilts being worked on and even though the same embroidery patterns are used the results couldn't be more unique and individual when the ladies add their special colors, fabric, and personality to the projects.

Working on Tea Time Quilt



Floral Quilt

There are gorgeous floral quilts being embroidered in burgundies and violets that will bring gardens inside for the winter and keep loved ones warm.






The true elves are working on Advent calendars. 





Cindi's is coming along in spite of some technical difficulties earlier in the week at home. Cindi plans to donate her work to the St. Mary's Hospital fund. Last year volunteers raised thousands of dollars for new equipment for the hospital from donations like Cindi's masterpiece.    

Barb's advent calendar was a little further ahead and just as stunning:











And projects were at every stage imaginable; some were being quilted instead of embroidered today:

Almost finished quilt square; very elegant! 

And best of all, everyone had help with advice, supplies, and stitch removal when boo boo's arose (no pictures of those and I'm not telling who!)



 The Northwest Sewing Center is all decked out for Christmas, and has a full schedule of classes planned just like the fun projects seen here. The machines available do the sewing for you, leaving you to be creative and sit back and receive the laurels; just like all the ladies today.

Sample of the Machines available just in case Santa stops by

So tell your Santa that you need a new Sewing Machine, accessories, or a couple of classes as stocking stuffers for Christmas this year and stop by and see all the beautiful things that you can do with a new machine.

     

The next class project is of Santa himself:



Isn't this beautiful? And so easy too







Join the fun and have a Sew Merry Christmas!