Workshop Planner
Melanns' workshop planner includes upcoming classes and events, it can be viewed from the link below and if you wish to be added to the mailing list to recieve future workshop planners via post, as well as the important Newsletter, send an email to melanns@bigpond.com with your address details.
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All Embroidery Should Be Fun!
Melann’s Fabrics and Sewing Centre are pleased to confirm that Darlene Pollard, International Educator for RNK Distributing, exclusive distributors of Floriani Products, will be visiting us from the USA in July 2010.
Darlene will remove the mystery of stabilisers and show you the way to perfect results. Does this apply to you or your friends - I have ruined so many garments - my embroidery machine performed so poorly; I became so frustrated that I stopped embroidering? If you don’t know how to stabilise correctly for the fabric or design density then yes, you could ruin your work. As with most things, the foundation or preparation of a project is the secret to a perfect finish. You will learn how to enhance your sewing, quilting and embroidery forever!
Book Now so you don’t miss this excellent opportunity
Sunday 11th July 3.00pm – 6.00 pm
Monday 12th July 9.00am – 12noon
Monday 12th July 1.00pm– 4.00pm
Cost: - $25.00
Bookings essential (RSVP 9th July – places limited)
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Jenny Haskins: When Dreams Flower magazine now available
Includes Accompanying Instructional DVD.
When Dreams Flower is a quilt that combines patchwork, embroidery, and quilting, along with many of Jenny’s other unique techniques.
These explained with easy step-by-step pictorial directions and for the first time you can also follow along with Jenny as she personally shows and explains how easy each technique is in the accompanying Instructional DVD – it is like having Jenny as your personal instructor, right there in your sewing studio. How cool is this? Along with the DVD When Dreams Flower will include a full size pattern sheet to make two jackets and a coat – using Jenny’s amazing Faux Knitting ® fabric technique as well as free embroidery designs to be used for embellishments.
No matter what level your sewing or quilting skills are at, When Dreams Flower will inspire, instruct, and make your dreams flower. So join Jenny, Simon, and Robbie as they guide you on the amazing journey of making your dreams flower along with pillows and stunning garments.
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Fabulous Christmas Panels are available to order for Stockings and Advent Calenders. The panels to create these are $16 each and we ship internationally. Email to find out more melanns@bigpond.com
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Come in and see the brand new PFAFF Creative Vision 5.5
With many new features and functions
Texture Hoop
Set your imagination free with the creative™ TEXTURE HOOP. It will turn your special embroideries to spectacular! With this new hoop you can weave ribbons, fibers and yarn to add texture and dimension to your embroidery. Update your CREATIVE VISION™ sewing and embroidery machine and it will show the creative™ TEXTURE HOOP as well as all other available hoops in the Hoop Selection list.
Enhanced Dynamic shaping
With the Shaping feature you can create the most fantastic embroidery combinations using stitches and/or embroidery designs. You can now choose between different shape line positions, shape side positions and design angle. These new functions will together with the already great shaping feature give you even more creative possibilities.
More stitches
The CREATIVE VISION™ sewing and embroidery machine has the most beautiful 9mm stitches and by updating your machine you will get 6 new border stitches, 2 new stitches to be used with the optional Beading foot and 4 new stitches made especially for the brand new Three Hole Yarn Foot. You will also get a new MAXI alphabet and 15 new MAXI stitches which are all excellent to use together with the Dynamic shaping.
Tapering in embroidery mode
You can now save a tapered stitch in sewing mode and use it as an embroidery design in embroidery mode.
Update with the USB-stick
After this new update you will be able to do all further updates by using the USB-stick.
Precise positioning
The fabulous precise positioning feature is developed even further. A new button takes you automatically to the maximum zoom and pans to the hair cross. This will make precise positioning even easier to use!
Basting in the hoop
With the new basting function it is not only possible to baste around the embroidery design but also to baste as close to the hoop edge as possible. You can select to have one or both basting options active at the same time. This new function will give you even more freedom in your creative process.
Zoom
There are now three extra zoom possibilities! You can not only use the + and - to zoom in and out in the embroidery field, but you can also use your stylus to drag and drop on screen to ”zoom to box”, there is a quick ”zoom to all” icon as well as an quick ”zoom to hoop” icon. Everything done to make it easier to be more precise in the creative process.
Software improvements
A number of software changes have been done in this new version from consumer requests.
If you have the Creative Vision 5.0 you can upgrade the machine at Melann's Fabrics and Sewing Centre.
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