Dawg Daz of Summer at Sew Bizz

     Here at Sew Bizz we are experiencing a lot of rain. Our gardens are full of fruit but they are mildewing! On the upside, the moisture is great for our skin, keeps us glowing! And guess what we are doing while it's raining outside? Sewing our hearts content out.
     While it's been unusually wet this summer, we hope you have been very productive inside with sewing!
We sure have at Sew Bizz. Our first trade show of the year was in May, "Second Annual Applique Conference" at the BJCC. We had a great time seeing everyone from around the country. There was a
winner from Florida that won our donation machine, one of the new V-Series XE2200 Embroidery Machine by Brother, a value of $4999! Next, it was off to Oak Mountain Middle School for "QuiltFest 2013" with the Birmingham Quilters. They are a great group of ladies. If you would like to become a member go to
www.bhamquilters.com to check them out. We gave away a PQ1500 Quilt Club by Brother and a member of the guild was the proud owner.
     In July BERNINA University closed out with a bang! So many exciting new products and classes that it will take a whole blog to itself ! So stay tuned for a blog on everything that was shown!
     August will bring a day long sewing program with BERNINA's "  Super Sew Day". There will be a webinar presented by a BERNINA Educator on the uses of the newest software DesignWorks. Call and
sign up as space is limited.
     We will host our very first "Embroidery Retreat" in September 13th through 15th. It will be held at Magnolia Park Retreat, "Home of Alabama Quilts of Valor", in Moody, Alabama. A fee of $185 will
take care of your meals and snacks for all day Friday, Saturday and a half day on Sunday. An additional
$50 is needed to cover the kits for all the projects. You may pay half of the fee by August 1st and all is required by the 15th of August. There will be a list of projects and also "Over Achievers" classes too. We
hope this will be a great success so that we can plan a  semiannual retreat for the spring of 2014.
Happy Sewing,
Carol
     

Time is flying by like a freight train! Can you believe it's June, almost half the year has gone by. The old saying, time flies when you are having fun. And we really do at SEW BIZZ. If you are feeling down and don't know what to do with yourself, come in and try a new hobby, or a new pattern. Better yet, why not update your old sewing machine. Did you know we give classes on your new sewing machine for as long as you have that machine? And if you trade up within the first 6 months, you get full credit from your machine and pay only the difference between the retail price of the new machine! So you can't loose, come in and look at the latest machines.

If you noticed the calendar for June you will see it better by going to the website www.sewbizz.net

Take a closer look at the show dates for the Quilt Symposium 2012, Celebrate Quilting, presented by the Evening Star Guild of Birmingham. There will be quilt show - classes - vendors, at the old Hoover High School Freshman Campus - now Bumpus Middle Show located at 6055 Fleming Parkway, Hoover, Alabama. The dates are June 7th thru 9th with teachers Elly Sienkiewicz, RaNae Merrill, Karen K. Stone, Irena Blum, Diane S. Hire, Terry White, Pat Sloan, Kim Brackett and Karen Linduska.

We will also give a lecture demo on "Quilting with Sergers". There will be a donation drawing for a

"Laura Ashley" NX800 Sewing/Quilting Machine (Valued at $1400) made by Brother and donated by Sew Bizz. Come by the store and we will be happy to demo this machine for you. To get more information go to www.qsai.org or www.esquilters.com or eveningstarquiltguild@gmail.com

Also this month we will be having the 830LE Sewing/Embroidery party again. The dates are June 15th and the 16th. We will furnish 830's for a few select guest so call and book your machine. You can get more information on the web site's calendar. There is also Serger Classes, the Christmas

Block continues, the Cottage Calendar continues and now the Nativity Quilt Block wall hanging is in progress. We have a lace "in the hoop" Patriotic project for Embroidery Club this month (7 different times).