Our Next peek at the Designer Diamond Royale Sewing Machine

Designer Diamond Royale Accessories to Dazzle You!                      

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	Accessories to Dazzle Last week we got a glimpse of the new dimensional stitches that the Designer Diamond Royale creates. This week we glimpse the top of the line accessories that are included with the new Designer Diamond Royale that is coming this month to the sewing center. This machine promises all the ease of use that you've come to expect out of Husqvarna Viking sewing machines and also includes accessories that help with your sewing like the Interchangeable Dual Feed! Labor Day Sale all this week!  Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Stop by the sewing center for some notions or take advantage of some special financing deals we have available this week only.  Embroidery designs on sale at myembroideries.com this month!  Don't forget to tell them that we're your favorite store! Events--Won't You Join Us?   **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. Say yes to a free project and design! From Husqvarna Viking and myembroideries.com  Share and Chat with us:   Follow us:
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July 2013 Classes

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Highland Sewing Center: 2845 Highway Avenue Highland, IN 46322 (219)838-5433 Fax: (219)838-5434 Hours: Monday-Friday 10-5 Saturday 10-2 Closed Sunday Merrillville Sewing Center 7752 Broadway Merrillville, IN 46410 (219)736-7748 Fax: (219)736-7397 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 Saturday 9:00-2:00 Closed Sunday Class schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather and other unforeseen circumstances. Please check our website calendars for updates before you venture out. Most classes require registration in advance so we can be prepared for you.	Our Merrillville remodel is complete and we're scheduling new classes!  Our Merrillville classroom is ready for students. New manager, Wendy, has just received a new shipment of fall and holiday designs and notions. Come in and say hello and take a look at our new store. Register for a class and join the fun to come! We're celebrating Christmas in July all month with special deals on Designer Diamond Deluxe, Sapphire 875Q, notions, and Christmas classes sure to give you a head start on all your holiday gift giving and decor. Classes are filling up fast so come by and register today in Merrillville and Highland!
Computer Classes 5D Group 4-These classes teach everything you want to know about your 5D Extra software! Highland:1st Saturday of the month 8:30-10:30 AM Merrillville:Creative Software Custom Fabric July 24th 10AM-12 Quilt Classes! Shakes and Shivers Family Album Quilt Come build a snow people family quilt. This is a really fun quilt that can brighten your home all winter long.  Highland July 19  8:30-2:00 Tall Christmas Tree This Christmas tree is over 6 feet tall! (smaller version is available) Learn paper piecing with this project. Please call to register in advance. Highland July 10,11,12  8:30-2:30, July 13 8:30-2 Ho Ho Ho the Mistletoe Mini Quilt How adorable is this Santa waiting for a kiss from a loved one! Great holiday gift! Please call to register in advance. Merrillville July 31 9:30-4:30 Sewing Classes Beginning Sewing Want to learn how to make a PJ pant from a pattern? Gwen will teach you all you need to know to get started sewing! Highland and Merrillville---Call for schedules Holly Leaf and Noel Decorations Everyone spotted these last holiday season in Highland's store window and wanted a class to make their own. And Joan has added them to this year's schedule---our exclusive.   Highland---July 17	Embroidery Classes Holiday Scrubbies by Dakota Designs  Scrubbies make great holiday gifts to have on hand for hostess gifts, gift basket stuffers, and when you need a little something for a coworker or gift exchange. Everyone can use a holiday scrubbie!   Highland July 27 8:30-2, July 31  8:30-2:30 Merrillville July 26, 30 9:30-4:30   Holiday Recipe Towels Bring your embroidery machine and embroider some holiday towels. These make great gifts and there are a number of holiday recipes in this design pack---candycane cookies, gingerbreads, and eggnog to name a few. Call to reserve a spot so we'll be sure to have the designs available for you. We also have towels that are great for embroidery available for purchase. Merrillville July 11, 16 9:30-4:30 Stop in and meet our new Merrillville Manager! Wendy Frevert joins the  Merrillville Sewing Center with a love of the Viking line of  Sewing Machines!! Wendy's comes from a multi generational sewing family (her mother is a retired Husqvarna Viking Dealer).  She began sewing at an early age, continued on to competing in 4-H sewing for many years, and even had a large Panda Bear stuffed animal compete at the Iowa State Fair.  For the last 12 years she has worked in Husqvarna Viking dealerships.  She is an expert in all levels of the current model machines and many of the older versions too.  Her true passion is the Embroidery and all the fun things that can be done within the 5D software.  She looks forward to bringing her experience, creativity and support to the newly redone store.  In her spare time away from store, she enjoys living out in the country with a kennel of showdogs. Welcome Wendy! Share and chat with us:

Sizzling Hot Summer Deals and Projects!

Sizzling Hot Deals!                                                                          

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	Get a free H|Class 100Q with the purchase of a Designer Diamond Deluxe! Our summer of sizzling deals is heating way up with this deal---a free machine---that's a $499 deal! 24 equal monthly payment 0% financing!  Get a Designer Topaz, a Sapphire 875Q, or select editions of 5D Embroidery software for 24 equal monthly payment 0% financing My Embroideries---50% off!   Don't forget to tell them that we're your favorite store! Join us for a class: New class at our Highland store: Come join Joan and stitch this Anita Goodesign project and show your pride in the stars and stripes! This design has a multitude of uses---from a door decoration to placemats or a centerpiece for that 4th of July table! Joan is firming up the class schedule now so call the sewing center to reserve your spot.   **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. Having issues with your sewing machine? Whether it's bobbin thread in the wrong place or thread breakage---the first order of business is the needle. Use the right kind for your project and a new needle with each new project. View all the options by clicking the picture: Get the free monthly project---a humbug bag! Click the picture: Share and Chat with us:   Follow us:
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The Best for Mom

Have a Spring Fling!

We have special no interest financing of up to 48 months---4 years on selected models for a limited time---hurry in before this deal disappears.

 Only the Best for the Best! 

Now through May 17, 2013 get a deal on one of the Opal models. With all the best features, Mom would simply love to get an Opal for Mother's Day. The Opal is a Consumer's Digest Best Buy. The Opal features the exclusive SEWING ADVISOR---a built in program that puts advice and expertise at your fingertips---like having an assistant in your sewing room. Other features include: long arm for big projects, built in fonts, sew without the foot control, programmable stitches with memory, needle up/down, threader with automatic bobbin thread pick up. And the machine speaks 12 different languages including Spanish and French.  

 Embroidery designs on sale at myembroideries.com starting May 1st! 

Don't forget to tell them that we're your favorite store!

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Stitch recipe cards---what a wonderful shower gift for a new bride! Get the design today.

Sewing a Bit of Love...

I once asked a new Designer Diamond owner what she embroidered when she first took her Diamond home. She said she embroidered pillow cases, towels, and just about everything she had in the house. And when she ran out of household items she embroidered hearts on her husbands underwear.

The hearts could have been a private moment of love between a husband and a wife except that the husband was a fireman who had to dress in front of other fireworkers sporting his snazzy shorts!

Such is life with Husqvarna Viking Sewing enthusiast! We just love Valentine's Day and the projects are being sewn at our classes at the sewing center. We have so many---make sure you check our calendar because we are adding all sorts of wonderful projects.

If you can't make it to a class we often have the patterns of projects in the store. Come see us, email, or visit our website. And if you need even more inspiration don't forget the holiday scrubbies---the Valentine's scrubbie and matching towel applique are favorites!

And adding lips to a pillow, bedside caddy, or other project places a kiss just where someone will need it like in our caddy project shown here.


And there are plenty of inspirational projects from around the web so shoot over to our Pinterest page and be inspired.

And while your at the store picking up a pattern, design, or taking a class be sure to pick up the tools to make your project go smoother---like one of the new small (80mm x 80mm)hoops for those tight spots in smaller areas where you need those lips and kisses to go.

And for those binding projects----make it easier with a binding foot---watch this video to see just how easy sewing binding to a project can be:

 

Come in and see us for your sewing supplies for all your hearts and kisses.

         

New Sewing Classes!

A New Year means some great new classes planned by Joan, our manager in Highland, Indiana and Jan, our manager in Merrillville. We are so excited about these brand new classes.

Merrillville 

In Merrillville Jan is starting classes in an applique quilt called the Teapot Applique. This is an exclusive design featuring quilt blocks with a teapot, teacup, and a really wonderful tea related saying on each. As always, if you don't have the time and/or resources to invest in making a quilt, you can always use the design in other ways and still attend a couple of classes. This design looks wonderful in hoop frames for a kitchen wall or would be a great gift pillow for a friend. Or use one of those wonderful blocks on a tea cozy, mug rug, or appliance cover for your Kitchen Aide.  This is a class and a design that you won't want to miss. You'll need to see Jan at the Merrillville store to pre-register for this class and receive a list of items to bring to class.

Class is currently scheduled for January 23rd and, as always, is dependent on required participation before it's fully scheduled.

Are you interested in 5D software skills? On the 1st Saturday of each month Jan holds classes on how to use 5D, another on digitizing designs with 5D, and digitizing photographs with 5D photo digitizer. You must have the software to attend the class and registration in advance is required to attend.

1st Saturday of the month: Software 9:30--10:30, Digitizing 8:00--9:00, Photo 10:30

Have you always dreamed of making a quilt of your very own? The third Tuesday of the month is the day for you---our Beginning Quilt Class! Join us to learn how to quilt as we guide you through all the steps from beginning to cuddling your favorite loved one up in the dreamy warmth of your own home sewn creation. It's easy once you know all the inside tips of the trade.

3rd Tuesday of the month: 1pm---register in advance please 

Highland

Joan, in our Highland, Indiana store, has been busy planning some really wonderful classes for you too. We're putting the finishing touches on our Applique Quilt. What a run through our sewing machine feet and decorative stitches this quilt was and we all learned so much!

Wed Jan 9th 8AM

A holiday center piece, table topper, or wall hanging, the Seeing Double all in hoop embroidery design class is a great class to get your feet wet with beginning embroidery and applique. This is a proven design---so easy with some eye catching pizazz. Simple, fast, and easy this design is fully reversible and the sewing center's sample is being done with Valentine's on one side and St Patrick's Day shamrocks on the reverse. So versatile and beautiful! Advanced registration is required. Stop in at the sewing center to sign up, get the design and project list today!

Scheduled for Wed Jan 16th at 8:00AM

Winter days require warm cups of tea and we're sewing up teacups. The design, called Fill 'er Up, has patterns for placemats, table runner, and table topper. Add elements to your tea cups and serve coffee or cocoa instead to make your finished teacups your very own.

Schedule TBD

And, finally, Joan is so excited to announce the beginning of the Picnic Quilt Class. This quilt is so adorable and can be finished just in time for picnic season. Covered with appliqued corn on the cobs, pies, sodas and chicken legs it is as fun to sew as it will be to picnic with. And what picnic isn't complete without ants? And this quilt is covered with ants. Checkerboards complete the quilt---and once you learn Joan's secret you'll be making those checkerboards in no time at all. This is the most fun you'll have all year making a quilt and you'll be cheered with thoughts of picnics to come as you stitch the quilt this winter. You'll need to pre-register and buy the design. A table runner that is just as fun is included in the design packet if you don't have the time to make the entire quilt.

Schedule TBD

Come join us this winter! New classes are added every week---check our calendars for all the details and subscribe to our calendar feed so you don't miss an opportunity to get together, sew, and celebrate life.

See you soon!

    
   

Tweaking the Design

Sometimes designs could use a little tweaking like the Holiday Poinsetta center piece on the left. Jan at the sewing center decided it could use a little more pizzazz and so she added some leaves of green and a bigger flower. And it looks much better; don't you think?

That is why attending a class at our sewing centers can send your sewing skills to a new level. Sewing center staff can help you with color selection, new skills, fix some of your existing bad habits that slow down your sewing or make it less rewarding and fun.

And if you're sewing machine isn't running up to par or if you're running into the same problem over and over again, the sewing staff can usually listen and watch the machine and know what the problem is; whether it's a needle that needs replacement, a thread problem, or that the machine really has a boo boo, our knowledgeable staff can help you out.

So bring your sewing to a new level, meet some fellow sewing enthusiasts, and learn some new skills from the staff. Come join us. We'll be waiting to serve your sewing needs.
      

Quilts Presented to Hospice

Last Friday the Highland Sewing Center presented the first batch of quilts to the hospice in our sewing for a cause benefit.

Alan Risberg on the right, the owner of Highland Sewing Center provided the space, materials, and in some cases the sewing equipment. The ladies, customers and employees of the sewing center, provided the sewing expertise under manager Joan's gentle tutledge. (Joan is on the left answering the telephone.)

We've been quilting for the hospice for a couple of months now and this coming Thursday morning we'll be gathering together for more quilting fun. Bring your sewing machine and sewing kit---the center has all the fabric and supplies ready. You'll learn new quilting skills for free at the same time you'll be feeling good about giving your time sewing  for families in need of comfort.

In other news at Highland Sewing Center there are two applique quilt blocks this month and there are some real beauties. Just look at these blocks:

What talent! Love that choice of fabric and embellishments! You can make this lovely quilt too. 

Come join in the fun!