Updating Fabric on Sew Bizz Online Store

If you haven't checked out the web site lately, you are in for a big treat. MORE FABRIC !!! We are working hard to get all of our products on the web site so that you can just look up the new fabrics and order the amount you want. We do ask for your patience as it is very time consuming, but we are determined to get everything that is in the store on the web site.

June's classes are up on the calendar. We have several new classes, such as, Foot Notes. This is a class for Brother and Bernina feet, but could apply for most sewing machine feet.

We have several promotions going on for June. OESD has a Spring Collection available for FREE, if you shop with us and spend at least $50, a value of $75. We have a large selection of OESD and Sulky stabilizers, by the yard and by the roll.

We have a special discount on all feet during our class on Foot Notes. You will be amazed at the different uses for some of your feet.

Sew Many Designs has a new Spring collection. It is called, Song of Spring 5x7 designs. It has a cute Lady Bug that goes great with some of the new lady bug fabric.

Lots and lots of new patterns, such as Pink Fig. We have just about all of their patterns. Wendy Schoen, Dasiey May, has new packaging and is back in stock.

Hurry and come see all the new "stuff". Hope to see you soon.

Oh by the way, we are up to date on all machine repairs. There is a quick turn around at present. If you need to know how fast you can get your machine back, just call the number for the tech on the web site and he will answer. How great is that!!
Keep Stitching,
Carol

New Fabrics

We just want to take a moment to thank all of our customers that came out to see the trunk show by Joy Welsh, "Applique for Kids" with her great embroidery designs. It was neat to see all of you so excited over the garments. Most of the fabrics you saw used in these garments are now available at Sew Bizz. Hope you enjoy seeing them, but why not come in and see them up close..

These are two of the samples for the new classes which are both a knock off of the boutique fashions you see in the magazines. One has a round neck and the other is a square neck.

Go to the calendar at http://www.sewbizz.net/ to see the dates for the classes

Here is a garment made by a Michie' pattern using some of the new fabrics.

Hope to see you soon. Keep stitching,

Carol

Twitter

Twitter is new to me, but all my friends say it is a must! So today I'm, updating my website, blogger, My Space, Twitter and did I leave any out? Oh yes, Face book, which will be done shortly or NOT. Computer's are suppose to make life faster, easier but to be honest, I could have made a jacket or stitched out a design by now. I do resent computers a little but we must stay up with the times. I'm not sure what I'm doing with all this technology, but I'm having fun learning it.

Sorta like learning the first computerized sewing machine or sewing software. Ahh, now there's a challenge. Who out there remembers the first Paduca software party? Any oldie but goodies reading? Well, let me tell you we stood Japan on it's ear. Why are they meeting to play with our software, they asked? They even sent Mr.M to see and did he ever. He went home with all the buzzz! We were designing with little or no tools. By gosh it was almost as comparable as "the time we went to the moon without a computer mapping the way", well not exactly but you get the idea. And now the progress that has been made is incredible. Truly this is the information age.
Keep Stitching

New Products

First an apology!

I'm new at this blogging, so yes it's been awhile, but I promise to try my best to stay on top of blogging.

New topics today includes new Brother products and deals, new Bernina products and deals, Appliques for Kids Trunk Show and Classes. These are just a few:

All the garments are simply beautiful. I hope you don't miss this trunk show by Joy Welsh, Appliques for Kids. All of her embroidery designs stitch out perfect and they match the fabric so well. We do have design packets, but you can also go to her website.We have most of the fabrics so you can make your very own one of a kind garment or duplicate the same garment. Hurry as this trunk show will be leaving for another part of the country soon. And there is nothing like seeing them up close.

MARY LOU NALL'S CLASS

Recently Mary Lou Nall came to the store and we had excellent participation! Mary Lou has been doing her classes for some 40 years. And, boy she really knows her stuff! She held four classes and everyone was so excited to learn about the sewing machine feet and what to do with them. Since most of you have shown an interest in learning more, we will start a new class called "Foot Notes". It will be like the classes that Mary Lou gave in that they will be lecture demo. So no need to bring a machine. It will start in May. So check it out on the events calendar.

OESD

New from OESD is the "Spring Collection" and just like the collection at Christmas, if you purchse $50, you get the embroidery disk FREE! The disk is valued at $75, and it's a variety of spring designs. Be sure to come by the store and look at the samples.

BONNIE BLUE

Bonnie Blue has two new patterns and a remake of Lauren.

Bailey Boy's Magazine

We have two new classes in May for the "look" of the popular boutique garments, one with a square collar and one with a round collar.

Cargo Pants

This coming month in May, we will offer a class using Pintucks & Petticoats, "Luke" to make this adorable pair of pants. It can be for girls and boys.

Monthly Purse Class

Last month was huge success! Everyone loved the "Swing Purse" by Am Butler. Go to the photo gallery and check out all the different looks from just one pattern. This coming month we will make the 2Hr.Tulip Purse. Hopefully, I get a picture of it so you can see how cute it is. There are four sizes on one pattern.

EMBROIDERY CLUB

Everyone loved April's class where they made the Topsey Turvy Kitchen Towel. In May there will be hands on embroidery class to learn the steps of cutwork. You can go to the events calendar to see the seven times it will be offerred.

Black Friday

Thanksgiving is over and so is Black Friday, and so it begins... Christmas of course. Now that it has officially begun, due to the shopping tradition, let the merry making and Christmas cheer begin. To start the month off right, on December 5th from 10:00am until 12 noon we will have our annual Christmas Party. Last year we didn't have an evening party and some felt left out. So this year we will have a special party just for the night group. It will be the following Thursday, December 11th, at 6:00pm until 8:00pm. You may bring something sweet/salty and we will furnish everything else.

Plan to bring a Christmas ornament (some of you ambitious people will no doubt bring those beautiful OESD designs) that you made or could have made and describe how it was done. Also share your favorite snack recipe with us if you like, and any show- n -tells. There will be sales, fun and lots of laughter. Hope to see you there.

Keep Stitchin,
Carol

Off to See The Wizard.....

Yes, we are off to see the Wizard, the Bernina 830E in North Carolina. It will razzle dazzle you and cast all kind of spells on you saying, "You know you want me"! Truth is you WILL want this wonderful machine and it will be in the shop on Monday November 24th. It will be amazing to see this beautiful machine in action. Plan ahead to come and see this state of the art, sleek and oh so quiet Bernina 830 in all its glory.

Our tech, Michael, will be there to get his certified training and be ready to explain the new bobbin, the new dual feed and much much more. So if he is there, sadly this means he is not at the store. He will be back Monday.

And this brings us to the Thanksgiving Holidays. We will be closed Nov. 27th through Saturday. We will reopen on Monday, December 1st. I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving and thank you to our customers for shopping at Sew Bizz this year. I am most grateful of all for your friendships and support.

See you soon and keep stitching.
Carol :)

Happy Halloween from Customers

We are having a ball today, come by and show us your Halloween costumes! Here is Sharon and Michelle looking mightly fine.