Highlight on New Products

The sewing industry is constantly innovating to make your sewing easier, more productive and professional, and so much more creative and fun. And we've just gotten a load of new products in from Inspira that you may want to take a look at:

 
 



Whisper Web Mesh---this 20inch x 10yd stabilizer is perfect for delicate and/or light colored fabrics. This product stays on the back of the embroidery but is so light you'll barely know it's there. It's also great for those embroideries that are going to be in contact with your skin. It can be used in a double layer for denser embroideries but is recommended for light to medium stitch counts.











Water Works Soluble---this is a topper for use with napped fabrics. It has a lightweight gripping surface that is perfect for use with slinky knits. And its surface also will prevent the surface of your corduroy or terry cloth from bleeding through from underneath your embroidery.






Fabric Magic---a product that adds texture to your project. We've used this product in our Picnic quilt class. This is a fun and easy product to use Simply stitch to fabric and then use steam to add as much texture as you want. It's not only great in quilting applications but it's great to add embellishment to a purse, garment, or pillow project for an original affect. It would be great for busy books and toys too.





Come in and see us for all your sewing needs. We'll be happy to show you around the sewing center and help you find the right stabilizer for your needs.    

New Feet just in Time for Winter Sewing

Over the weekend I got a chance to try out one of the new feet in the Husqvarna/Viking line. The Multi-line Decorative Foot is a convenient foot to have. With the small transparent grid that simply glides over your work you can see to sew everything straight and even.

I used it to quilt a mini and it was easy to see where my next line of stitches went. It also is easy to keep stitches even within a distance to any straight line. And it didn't do too bad on curves either.

A regular foot is 5/8 of an inch.  The Multi-Line Decorative Foot extends that width to a total of  two inches to help keep your sewing more accurate and assist you even further from the edge to place your decorative stitches and embellishments.

I really loved this foot and am sure that it is going to be a very useful addition to my sewing room.

Coming Soon---Designer Ruby Deluxe

Husqvarna/Viking is rolling out a new machine soon---the Designer Ruby Deluxe. This new Ruby is sure to please with completely new features to make all sorts of sewing easier, allowing you to spend more time creating.

This new machine has a newly engineered in Sweden Deluxe Stitch System. This new feature controls and adjusts bobbin and top threads so that your sewing is perfect and professional even with sheer fabrics and even when using those sometimes pesky metallic threads.

The new Designer Ruby Deluxe has features that you would expect on one of the top of the line Husqvarna/Viking machines like a large sewing and embroidery area---great when you have a large quilt and super when embroidering---it comes with 2 hoops 120x120mm and 360x200mm.  It has nearly 10 amazing inches to the right of the needle!

And when creating that embroidery the Designer Ruby Deluxe actually allows you to resize your design in your machine and adjusts the stitches automatically for you. How handy is that? You can also reposition, change colors, and make adjustments easily and right on your screen. And this machine will help you re-hoop and position large designs too.

The bright color touch screen allows you to navigate through over 1000 available stitches, including 7mm width, sideways sewing, and 6 built in sewing fonts.

The Exclusive Sensor System adjusts the foot pressure on your fabric and helps the feed of even the most delicate fabrics through the Designer Ruby Deluxe.

The Husqvarna/Viking folks have created a whole trunk show of items created with the Designer Ruby Deluxe. The projects are centered around a dream wedding---wedding gown with embroidery design on top of tulle using metallic thread to make the bride shine, bridesmaid dress, ring bearers pillow,  a tiny dress for the flower girl.  

And for an heirloom for the bride and groom to pull out every anniversary; a flag streamer for the back of the car to make memories of that special day last throughout the years.

 

 

   

Good News---Embroidery Software for Mac Users!

Coming soon to the Northwest Indiana Sewing Centers---embroidery software made for Mac Users.

We will be taking pre-orders between September 1 and October 18, 2012. Everyone that pre-orders will receive an exclusive free gift from Husqvarna/Viking.

Stay tuned to indianasews.com, Merrillville Store or Highland Store Facebook, Pinterest Page and, of course, right here on our indianasews blog for information as we receive it on this great new product.

Sewing Helpers

We just received a shipment from Floriani containing 100's of new colors of thread for you to choose from. We also have a new line of stabilizers for all uses and projects and some really great designs to add pizazz to your projects. Stop in and browse through all the new potential we just added to your holiday projects! 

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