Current Promotions Sewing in the Southwest A Collaborative Sewing Experience Featuring Linda Lee and Louise Cutting July 30-August 2, 2008 Tulsa, Oklahoma Come to Tulsa and Vacation/Sew for 3 whole days! Make up as many of Linda’s and Louise’s patterns as you can pack into the time with Linda and Louise right there to coach you every step of the way. Begin your sewing vacation Wednesday afternoon with High Tea and Trunk Shows by Linda Lee from The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection, and Louise Cutting from The Cutting Line Designs Pattern Collection. For three whole days, you will be cutting, sewing, fitting and finishing, and meeting others who enjoy the sewing experience just as much as you! The event will be held at B-Sew Inn, Tulsa’s premier Sewing Machine Store. B-Sew Inn’s fabulous “Tech Center” has great sewing spaces, and wonderful new Baby Lock machines will be provided for all participants! Fabrics will be available right on site through The Cloth Merchants, Tulsa’s unique, fine fabric store. Our schedule is as follows: Wednesday, July 30: 3:00 pm, training on Baby Lock machines 4:00 pm, High Tea and Trunk Show by Linda and Louise Thursday, July 31: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, sew all day with lunch provided (expect something yummy) 7:00 pm, Dinner is served in the home of Nancy Cain (One of the Cloth Merchants) Friday, August 1: 9:00 – 5:00 pm, sew all day with another great lunch provided Saturday, August 2: 9:00 – 5:00 pm, another great day of sewing, eating and visiting! Dates: July 30-August 2, 2008 Price $550 Registration: Contact Melanie at B Sew Inn (Melanie@Bsewinn.com) What’s Included: 3 Full Days of Sewing, Dinner, July 31, Lunches all 3 days, High Tea/Trunk Shows, Sewing Machines, Lots of fun and sewing camaraderie! This event is limited to 26 participants, so don’t delay! Accommodations are available at Hyatt Place, conveniently located near B Sew Inn. Suites in this beautiful hotel are being held for us at the amazing price of $109 per night, breakfast included. For Hotel Reservations contact (918) 491-4010. Further information available at these websites: www.TheClothMerchants.com www.BSewInn.com www.SewingWorkshop.com www.CuttingLineDesigns.com San Francisco Sewing Workshop Getaway with Linda Lee in San Francisco, California August 21-24, 2008 $475.00 Experience the best of Linda Lee, back at home at The Sewing Workshop Sewing School, 21st and Balboa (Richmond district) in San Francisco, for a 3 1/2 day sewing getaway. This is your chance to immerse yourself in some serious sewing and to work with Linda to develop a wardrobe of clothes that really works for you and your lifestyle. Here’s what you can expect and is included in the price: • Sew to your hearts content on any garment or garments from The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection. Linda will help you fit any of your favorite patterns and will assist you in choosing the right fabric for you and your pattern selections. Then, of course, she’s on hand, one-on-one, to help you work through your sewing dilemmas. • Linda will demonstrate many of her signature sewing techniques that pertain to your project and others and spur you on to experience even more. • Trunk show of garments from The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection. • Lunch everyday. • Shopping excursion to Satin Moon Fabrics – Linda’s favorite fabric store in the city. • A small, intimate working environment – only 10 students. • A sewing machine and work/cutting table is provided for each student and sergers and pressing equipment are there for your use. You may bring your own sewing machine if you prefer. • Linda will communicate with each student for a pre-getaway consultation. Here’s what is not included: • Your travel or lodging. Recommended Hotels: Please make your own reservations as soon as possible, as rooms aren't reserved. • The Seal Rock Inn • Hotel Del Sol • Laurel Inn To sign up: • Send a $225.00 deposit to: Linda Lee The Sewing Workshop 813 SW 6th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66603 or •Call 800 466-1599 to give us your credit card number The balance of $250.00 is due by July 1, 2008. 4 Women of Design California Retreat 2008 with Bobbi Bullard, Linda Lee, Louise Cutting, Nancy Shriber in Sacramento, CA April 25-29 Come to Sacramento for inspiration, joy, fun & excitement. Join us for a 4-day retreat extraordinaire or a single day trunk show or a single day shopping tripinto San Francisco. TEACHERS Bobbi Bullard Award-winning Bobbi Bullard is known for her wearable art that’s really wearable. She has developed unique methods for individualizing garments with a variety of embellishment techniques and new ways of using machine embroidery. Bobbi has an extensive line of incredible embroidery designs and a line of rubber stamps designed specifically for fabric embellishment. She uses these and other techniques to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces. She is a contributing editor to Machine Embroidery Journal and Designs in Machine Embroidery and has written for Creative Machine Newsletter, Fitting Tips, Threads and Total Embellishment Newsletter. Bullard Designs Louise Cutting Louise is a contributing editor to Threads and the spokesperson for Rowenta Irons and is the creator of Cutting Line Designs patterns. Her One Seam Pant© pattern has sold over 40,000 copies. She owned Fabric Collections, a designer fabric store in Winter Park, Florida, was the Fashion Design Department Head at Prospect Hall College and Art Institute and taught Interior Design at Marymount College. She has appeared on Sew Much More for HGTV, and America Sews with Sue Hausmann, and with Martha Pullen for PBS. Louise has written 11 booklets on various aspects of sewing techniques and numerous articles for Threads, Creative Machine Embroidery, and Sew Beautiful. Fabric Collections Linda Lee Linda Lee is the owner of The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection, a group of patterns for distinctive garments using innovative sewing techniques. She is a licensed interior designer and member of ASID since 1974. Linda is featured in the Bernina “Portrait of the Artist” national advertising campaign. She travels the country teaching fine sewing techniques and the art of combining beautiful fabrics and distinctive design in garment and home decorating creations. She has written thirteen books and writes for Sew News, Sew Simple, Threads and Adorn magazines. A recent book, Sew Sensational Pillows, won the Independent Book Award in the Craft and Hobby category. The Sewing Workshop Nancy Shriber Nancy Shriber is the originator and operator of Contemporary Sashiko™, a custom design studio where she produces one-of-a-kind garments, accessories and patterns featuring creative, innovative design techniques highlighting the ancient Japanese art of Sashiko. She is the author of Sashiko Handbags: 14 on 14 and has designed and produced The Garment Series, a series of garment-inspired pillow and tote bag patterns and Boutique Style Bags, a series of unique designer handbags. A nationally recognized artist, teacher, lecturer and writer, Nancy is a frequent contributor to Threads magazine and has appeared as the featured artist on HGTV’s Sew Much More. Contemporary Sashiko CLASSES List of Classes by Teacher: Bobbi Bullard Louise Cutting Linda Lee Nancy Shriber A class signup sheet will be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to you after signup. For more information on classes contact Bobbi Bullard at: bobbi@bullarddesigns.com or Linda Lee at: linda@sewingworkshop.com FRIDAY TRUNK SHOWS Enjoy the visual treat of magnificent clothing, wonderful accessories and even some quilts as 4 Women of Designs presents an incredible day of trunk shows. Imagine four 90 minute trunk shows, a day of incredible inspiration. •breaks and refreshments provided •optional box dinner available for trunk show only attendees; dinner included for full conference attendees. ON THE ROAD to San Francisco Join Linda on this shopping extravaganza and see her favorite haunts. From years of owning The Sewing Workshop sewing school in San Francisco, she knows the people and places that are interesting, the hidden treasures that are not necessarily mainstream. Meet clothing, jewelry and accessory designers in their own studios whose raw materials and finished products will be for sale, and shop for fabric, buttons and ribbons of all kinds, from funky to high-fashion. Bring an extra bag, you won’t go home empty-handed. The bus leaves and returns from the Governors Inn in Sacramento. Lunch and drinks included. Accommodations The Governors Inn has spacious rooms at a reasonable rate. The hotel is located off I-5 at the Richards Blvd. exit, convenient to the Sacramento airport. We have been given a special event rate of $80 a room per night. Make sure you mention 4 Women of Design to get this special rate. The Governors Inn 210 Richards Blvd Sacramento, California 95814 916 448 7224 or 800 999 6689 www.governorsinn.net Itinerary Friday, April 25 1-9 pm Four 90 minute Trunk Shows Saturday, April 26 9:30-3:30 pm Classes 4-5 pm Bonus Session Evening Field Trip to Tayo's Fabrics Sunday, April 27 9:30-3:30 pm Classes 4-5 pm Bonus Session Evening Nancy Shriber will present a hands-on small project class for everyone that includes the materials to make a small coin purse. Monday, April 28 9:30-3:30 pm Classes 4-5 pm Bonus Session Evening Master Class - the student's time to casually sit with the teachers and brainstorm. Tuesday, April 29 On the Road to San Francisco Shopping Tour with Linda Lee Meals Included: Friday night box dinner (extra cost for those who attend the trunk shows only) Saturday night dinner Sunday night pizza Lunches everyday Retreat Package and Prices California Retreat $650 ($300 deposit due at registration) • Friday Trunk Shows • 3 Days of Hands-on Classes • Transportation by bus to Tayo’s • Box Lunches and Snacks • Bonus Sessions • Evening Sewing Introductory price $550 (register before Aug. 30) Early bird price $595 (register between Aug. 30 - Oct. 15) 60-day refund policy; Balance due March 1, 2008 Friday Trunk Shows Only $45 • Optional box dinner $16.50 Shopping Tour to San Francisco $85 • not included in retreat To Sign Up: • Contact The Sewing Workshop at: 800.466.1599 or 813 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66603, patterns@sewingworkshop.com OR to register online go to: 4 Women of Design We accept Checks, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express For More Information: Contact Linda at linda@sewingworkshop.com OR patterns@sewingworkshop.com Asheville, North Carolina Sewing Getaway with Louise Cutting and Linda Lee in collaboration with Waechter’s Silk Shop October 26-29, 2008 Experience the best of Louise Cutting from The Cutting Line Design Pattern Collection and Linda Lee from The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection. For three days and nights, immerse yourself in sewing, collaboration, inspiration and total fun. For more information, please contact: Waechter's Silk Shop 94 Charlotte Street Asheville, NC 28801 info@waechters.com Or call Waechter’s at 828 252-2131 Orlando Sewing Getaway with Linda Lee and Louise Cutting in Orlando, Florida January 15-18 or January 22-25, 2009 It’s your time! The original retreat for next January was reserved by the ladies from last year. They had such a grand time! Linda Lee and I have been asked, as we taught around the country, if we were going to be having another Retreat sometime soon? We have just scheduled an additional Sewing Retreat for all who are interested. Sometimes we just need to do something for ourselves. For three and one-half days and three nights, immerse yourself in sewing, collaboration, inspiration, & learning. You will have a hands-on sewing-oriented learning opportunity. Give your work that polished look. Create the right finishing details for hems, bindings, miters and more. The goal of this getaway is to have enjoyable days of personal consultations with Linda Lee from The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection & Louise Cutting from The Cutting Line Design Pattern Collection. Experience the fashion & wardrobe-building trunk shows from these two companies, each with its own unique design features. Come and enjoy the days of sewing while working on a pattern of your choice from the two companies. Receive the help you need to make the right pattern adjustments for good fit. Throughout the days Linda & Louise will demonstrate easy & time-saving sewing techniques. You will find that many ideas will transfer to your other garments. Enjoy and benefit from being with others who share your passion. I hope you will join us in this wonderful way to spark your creativity. Check back here for more updates! RIBBON SALE! All our Ribbons are on sale now! 50% OFF! Ribbons Product Page