Rays 2011 Retreat

2011 Sew Easy

Sewing and Embroidery Retreat

at the

3800 South Virginia Street

Reno, NV 89502-6191

July 17 - July 21, 2011

RAY’S SEWING MACHINE CENTER

Presents

JANOME & ELNA

This retreat is especially for Janome & Elna Embroidery Machine Owners! This retreat is a

consumer development show, open to quilters, sewers, embroiderers and those who want to

become educators. The sessions feature talented educators, software designers and authors

who are well-known in the sewing industry. These instructors will be sharing techniques

and personal tips while participants work on projects designed to help them use their

machines to their fullest potential.

Registration: Participant Registration & Support Sunday, 3 pm – 6 pm and Mon-Thurs, 7:45 am – 8:15 am Reception: Sunday Evening, 7:00 pm Opening Hat Competition (bring a hat from home that YOU made, embroidered, or

decorated) Sessions: Sewing, Quilting, Embroidery and Digitizing Lunches: Provided Daily Shopping: Vendors Exhibits Open Daily Competitions: Embroidery & Sewing Competitions Patriotic Ball: Thursday Evening Cocktails at 7:00 pm Dinner at 7:30 pm Final Parade Competition – Individual Projects

Events

545 Meridian Ave, Suite F San Jose, CA 95126

(408) 295-6901

A Patriotic Celebration

Session Fee, Due Dates: Deposit of $150 is due with your Session Registration Form by June 15, 2011. Your final payment is due by July 15, 2011 Select your Sessions and return with your registration form. Registration Packet includes:

• Your Sessions Schedule • ATA PC card or USB Memory Stick • Lunch Vouchers • Raffle Tickets

Required Sewing Items: Janome Memory Craft Embroidery Machine or Elna Embroidery Machine with the following accessories:

• Embroidery Foot (P) • All other standard feet • All hoops • Machine needles • Threaded bobbins • Empty bobbins • Hand sewing needles • Fabric shears • Paper & Embroidery scissors

• Rotary cutter • 24” ruler • Small cutting mat • Straight pins • Seam ripper • Seam gauge • Tweezers • Fray check

Required Computer Supplies: • Laptop computer with Janome software • Digitizer, Elna including dongle (Don’t forget your

DONGLE) and/or Customizer and an ATA PC card and adapter, extra CD’s or USB Memory Sticks for 11000 for storage, wired external mouse.

Other Important Information: Participants must provide their own sewing

machines. Notebooks, pens and paper will be

provided at Participant Registration & Support.

Participants will receive one raffle ticket at lunch and must be present to win.

Be sure to check the Daily Announcements Board at Participant Registration & Support.

If you need assistance moving your supplies from Session to Session, please be sure to make arrangements with the Retreat Staff at the Participant Registration & Support.

Sessions are designed for all skill levels. Sessions are filled on a first-registered, first-

served basis up to the maximum participant level of 18, unless otherwise noted in Session descriptions. If a session is full, participants will be placed in their next choice session.

Sessions with enrollment of less than 8 will be cancelled.

Tell us who you would like to be in your sewing group. We’ll do our best to keep you together throughout the week.

Open Project

Competition Select your favorite project from your sessions and

embellish it with item you brought from home –

embroidery designs, buttons, beads, trim, etc. or purchase

supplies from vendors. Wear or bring your finished project

to the Final Evening Dinner Party and compete for the

following:

Best Embroidery

Best Embellishments

Most Creative Overall Thursday, July 21th

Ray’s Sew Easy Embroidery Retreat 2011

BOBBI BULLARD

Bullard Designs [email protected]

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. She has been

entertaining sewing enthusiasts for years, teaching around the country, inspiring

people wherever she goes. She is a contributing editor for Embroidery Journal and

Designs in Machine Embroidery and has written for Quiltmaker, Threads, Fitting

Tips and Total Embellishment Newsletter and contributes to ASG’s Notions.

MARY JO GABEL www.sergeandsewwithmaryjo.com Gabel Enterprises

Mary Jo Gabel has developed and successfully taught serger sewing classes for the past

twenty-one years. In her hands on classes she has worked with all makes and models of

sergers. She has put together a series of serger instructional DVDs to share her knowledge

with home sewers everywhere. Her step-by-step instructions can be followed by the novice

sewer and/or the accomplished seamstress. The great close ups in all of her dvds make for

private lessons in your own home!

Mary Jo's knowledge of the serger and her gift to teach makes this series of serger instructional

DVDs a must have for those who wish to get the most from their home sergers. She holds a

B.S. Degress in Home Economics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis

Obispo. For the past thirty years, she has taught all aspects and levels of sewing: community

college, adult education, College for Kids and 4-H programs. At present she teaches at Allan

Hancock College in Santa Maria and for the Lucia Mar Adult Education program in Arroyo

Grande, California as well as teaches at sewing shows and for sewing groups.


GAY GERLACK Sewabration www.sewabration.com

Gay Gerlack, Martinez, California, is the owner of Sewabration. She has a line of patterns

and booklets, and is available to teach and/or speak at educational seminars. She is a

member of the Sewing Educators Alliance and the American Sewing Guild.

Gay has taught for the Original Creative Festivals, San Mateo, CA, Reno, NV and Tucson,

AZ; the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; the Sewing and Stitchery Expo,

Puyallup, WA; the International Embroidery Conference, Columbus, IN; the Creative

Embroidery Conference, Las Vegas, NV; the Machine Enthusiasts Embroidery Conference,

Las Vegas, NV and Phoenix, AZ, the Janome Sew Easy Retreat, Reno, NV and South Lake

Tahoe, NV; the Sparkle Cruise; the Sew, Quilt and Embroidery Festivals, various locations;

the Valley Stitcher’s Guild, Walnut Creek, CA; an independent two-day retreat in Indiana;

various chapters of the American Sewing Guild and a variety of sewing centers. Gay was

the key note speaker for the Indianapolis, IN Chapter of the American Sewing Guild in

November, 2009.

Her designs have been featured in Threads Magazine, Sew Stylish Magazine, Designs in

Machine Embroidery, and the Embroidery Journal. She has also written articles for Pattern

Review.

Gay is now semi-retired and will donate her teaching skills on a “as time permits” basis. If

your group would like to make arrangements for a FREE class or seminar contact Gay at

[email protected] for details and arrangements.

The classes and projects are part of a simplified sewing series designed to make sewing

fast, fun and creative…a Sewabration!

mailto:[email protected]



http://www.sergeandsewwithmaryjo.com/





http://www.sewabration.com/





CINDY LOSEKAMP Sew Artfully Yours, Inc.

JACKI MCNEIL

Jacalyns Joys www.jacalynsjoys.com

Jacki has been sewing for 16 years. She loves quilting, home decorator projects, wearable art

and sewing for her grandchildren. She is active with the American Sewing Guild, Placerville

Gold Country Chapter. Jacki’s goal for her students is that they leave each class with a sense of

joy knowing that they have successfully completed their projects.


DINI Momo-Dini Embroidery Art www.momodini.com

Momo & Dini are sisters who come from Beijing, China. Their artistry has been recognized in both China & International competitions, in which their paintings were praised with many awards. Not only are they breathtaking artists, but they chose to pass on their talents and knowledge to students as professors. Dini taught at Fine Arts Institute of Northeast Normal University and Momo taught at the Central Academy of Arts & Design in Beijing. The aim of Mom-Dini’s Embroidery Art is to produce the best designs with the highest standards and quality control. Their embroidery artistic mission encompasses the complex movement of merging the different cultures of the East and the West to give embroidery a new life and energy. Since Mono and Dini have exquisite computer literacy, they created their design patterns and digitize them themselves. Beautifully crafted embroidery designs configured from Momo-Dini do not only have intricate patterns, but they also radiate with musical and poetic inspiration, which sweet dreams are being dreamed. The fine lines, the satins, the different stitches of their designs are not merely elements showing compositional skills, but also reflect their ability to communicate their artistic truth.

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[email protected]

Is a fun and enlightening teacher known for her incredible amount of samples and ingenious

way of creating. She has written numerous books and patterns and created many beautiful

embroidery design CD's. Cindy has been creating her entire life. She started learning at her

Grandmother’s knee and then continued at singer sewing classes and in 4-H. Cindy also is

known for her ultra creative ideas and methods for using embroidery machines and the

decorative stitches that most people never use. Cindy has been a guest on many of the popular

TV shows and she has traveled extensively. Her love of sewing, crocheting, embroidering and

painting is the driving force behind her company, Sew Artfully Yours.

You will enjoy learning from this exciting and empowering sewing personality

A former technical writer and instructional designer, Connie Mantini has won awards for

designing and developing courses and guides that explain complex technical concepts in a way

to make them easily understood. She worked for many years in Silicon Valley, CA where she

wrote and presented instructional materials for high-tech firms. Learning sewing skills as a child

from her mother, she has been sewing for years and began quilting more than 10 years ago as a

way to use up her sewing scraps. Uniquely qualified to create this book (Shatter and Sew!), she

spent six-years researching and exploring this technique. She aimed this book to those who

appreciate the fabric arts. Shatter and Sew! has been selected as an Editor's Pick by McCalls

Quilting magazine and Staff Pick by Quitler's Newsletter magazine.

Momo and Dini’s designs have been thoroughly tested to produce impeccable results that allow customers to purely enjoy the embroidery itself by diverging them from the frustrations of constant adjustments. Their products will resonate within you and your lifestyles. With Momo-Dini’s designs you can uplift your homes atmosphere by using their designs on your pillows, curtains, drapery, table cloths, bed sheets, nightgowns, fashion clothing, and anything your imagination can conjure up. Although their designs are for home décor, it will eventually become a vital part of enjoying your life.

CONNIE MANTINI

Shatter and Sew

http://www.jacalynsjoys.com/





http://www.momodini.com/








CAROL MCKINNEY

Janome America

Carol McKinney is an educator for Janome America. Ever since she taught herself to

sew, Carol has been perfecting her skills. She went from making clothing for herself

and her family to designing and marketing wearable art vest patterns and teaching

classes on the appliqué cut-work construction. In 1997 she won first prize in the Sulky

Challenge and had projects featured in two Sulky concepts books. In 1996 Shirley

Adams featured Carol’s Cherokee Nations vest on her program. Two of her Peek-a-

Boo Pleats garments were included in Serger Art by Diane Bossom, published in

1997. In 2002 Threads Magazine featured her machine embroidery lace technique.

Carol has had numerous projects featured in Janome Digest, is a contributor to

Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine, and has taught at Janome Institute three

times.

MARGO SHAW

Janome America

Margo Shaw lives in Rockvale, TN, just south of Nashville. She has taught at

Janome Institute, AQS Quilt Show Paducah, other quilt shows and dealerships

across the country. Her work has been featured several times in Janome

Digest Sewist Showcase. This garment sewer from the South also delights in

making dolls and unique articles of home decor.

VALORA HAMMOND

Janome America [email protected]

Valora Hammond joined Janome America in 2002. She started sewing when

she was 8 years old. She has been doing custom sewing since she was in high

school, expanding to creating garments for contests, stage, and special

occasions. She is a graduate of Colorado State University with a secondary

teaching degree major and a minor in apparel production. She loves to share

her passion and enthusiasm in a classroom setting, allowing the consumer a

chance to grow with their art. Valora is a contributor to Creative Sewing

Techniques by Machine.

JANOME INSTRUCTORS





Stitch & Bag Session BB101 8 hours

Spend some quality time with your embroidery machine and stitch up a

beautiful and useful totebag.

Tired of totebags that only hold things when they’re upright? This tote

has a drawstring top as well as a lot of style. Easy to make, finished

inside and out, this tote can do service as a purse or just hold your most

important items. You will stitch out an elegant and graceful design from

renowned digitizer, Bobbi Bullard. Then Bobbi will guide you into

putting together the Yamaguchi Tote Bag using her tips and techniques

Sessions with Bobbi

The R Words Session BB102 8 hours

"I never thought that that could look like that!" Back by popular demand! Everyone who took this class last year asked if Bobbi would give

it again. This is one class that’s fun to take over and over again. There’s always something

new for you to do!

Be frugal and green! Learn to use your embroidery machine, embellishment tools you

already own, and your artistic mind to rework a denim jacket. Bring a denim jacket from

the thrift store or that forgotten part of your closet to class and we’ll transform it into a

work of art that you’ll want to wear with everything. We’ll begin by embroidering designs

on separate pieces of fabric. Next we’ll insert the embroidered piece into the jackets.

You’ll learn a variety of embellishments and then choose which ones to add to your

personal work of art. In addition to creating your own master piece you’ll enjoy a parade

of samples, a compendium of ideas, and detailed instructions for some of the projects.

Learn to take the old, the plain, the buyer's remorse items, and re-work them to make them

spectacular. You can look at the picture for an idea, but everyone’s finished work will be

unique.

Full Day


Supply list:

• Bring a denim jacket that fits to the class as well as embroidery thread and basic sewing

supplies. Bobbi will supply everything else including embroidery designs for your use.

Consider visiting a thrift store for your jacket, then you won’t be shy about trying new

techniques on it.

(Yes, I gave this last year but the people in the class asked me to give it again)

Sessions with Bobbi

Luxury Personified: The Scarf Class

Indulge yourself, unleash your inner hedonist . Create a luscious silk

scarf finished with cutwork ends created on the embroidery

machine. And.. you'll finish your project in class!

Learn the skill of machine embroidery cutwork while creating this

work of art. You'll want to make one for everyone you know.

Spend a day at a sew-in and go home with a new, splendid silk scarf.

Quicky /Quirky Casserole Carrier: Session BB104 4 hours

Practical, beautiful and fun! This casserole carrier is quick to

make. Whip one up to carry your dish to your next pot luck and

leave the carrier as a hostess gift! No one will know how easy it

was for you to make! So easy that you’ll finish one in a single

morning! It’s a sew-in with a great end product!


Bobbi Bullard, queen of machine embroidery, is offering a crash course to elevate your machine

embroidering to the next level of expertise. The course starts with color theory for embroiderers

and follows with the importance of the thread path, how to succeed with metallic threads, and the

perfect formula for perfect stitch-outs. You'll be an expert at perfect hooping by the end of the class

using Bobbi's special tricks. And Bobbi will share her amazingly simple way to get perfect

placement; whether for multi-hoop designs, continuous designs or just to get your design precisely

where you want it. Want the truth about stabilizing? Cover it with Bobbi who will tell you in an

unbiased way which stabilizers to use when. Lastly, you will look at the big picture: how to arrange

designs aesthetically for the most eye-catching projects. The class includes the theory behind good

embroidery with samples of each technique; a smorgasbord of information and inspiration.

Success Factors Session BB105 2 hour evening

How to Make Your Machine Embroidery Easier & More Successful

Session BB103 4 hours

Sessions with Dini


Elusive, delicate, whispy . . . .dragonflies and the georgette they’re

embroidered upon are each known for these beautiful but challenging

characteristics. Discover how to create nearly reversible embroideries on

sheer fabrics and leave class with a glorious, feminine scarf to wear in a

multitude of ways. Learn to hoop sheer, drapey and delicate fabrics, and

leave with confidence to embroider on them at home.

Dragonflies Session MD101 4 hours

Soft, Reversible 100% wool scarf:

For years people have asked Dini for her secrets to impossibly soft

embroideries. Time for the answers! Get these results yourself on a soft

wool scarf. Prerequisite: Embroidery experience.

Butterfly Scarf Session MD102 4 hours

Hands-on Class

Silk umbrella with 100% UV protection from sun

Discover new excitement in your embroidery skills with this

unusual and whimsical project: an umbrella! You'll learn to

prepare the umbrella for embroidery; embroider one of Dini's

wonderful 'reversible' designs; and finish with style.

Leap Frogs Session MD103 4 hours

Kit Contains:

• 1-Silk Umbrella with 100% UV protection from sun

• 1-Ribbit! Ribbit! Embroidery design

• WET N MELT Stabilizer

Sessions with Dini

For years, people have asked Momo-Dini for secrets about the unbelievable soft, elegant embroidery

designs.

How to make beautiful embroidery designs;

Why are they named Embroidery Art;

How to choose threads color to match with fabrics;

How you can make a project soft;

How to make embroidery on soft delicate wool sweaters;

How to make embroidery on sleeves;

How to make design on collars;

All these questions and more will be answered here.

Beautiful Embroidery Session MD105 2 hours seminar


Something Without Stabilizer:

Elegant embroidery chosen to compliment the woven jacquard fabric

is completed completely without stabilizers! Learn when stabilizing

is unnecessary, how to choose designs and fabrics for more “thread

only” projects and complete your beautiful embroidery in the

process. Counts as 3-4 sessions.

Table Cloth Session MD104 4 hours

Sessions with Cindy


Two Hour Jacket…then We Embroider! Session CL201 4 hours

Floral Elegance Hand Bag Session CL202 4 hours

Bring your favorite piece of fabric and leave with an awesome jacket! This is

square construction but the finished jacket is anything but square! You can

come early on Sunday and cut out your jacket before the class. Take it to all

the classes and embellish on it or add your embellishments in your room so

you can compete in the Thursday night festivities. Bring a little extra fabric

and use it to make your Floral Elegance Hand Bag so you will have one

amazing outfit! :o)

Make this gorgeous bag to complement your Lola jacket and you will be ready for the evening festivities!

We will cut out your bag and then begin the embroidered flap. You’ll be doing dimensional embroidery

and then we’ll assemble the bag. It’s a snap and you will love making this one and many more for gifts

because you get the pattern in the class! :o)

Stuffed Embroidery Session CL203 4 hours Cindy has developed a different kind of applique embroidery that gives an amazing dimensional

quality unlike any you’ve seen. You will use yarns, wool felts, fiber, roving…all the cool stuff

you’ve bought but haven’t gotten around to using. Since developing this technique, she has created

new collections of simple and quick designs so you can be Über-creative in just a moment of time.

These sew so quick you won’t believe it. Add these to your other collections and do embroideries

along with the new “Stuffed Embroidery” for unique creations. Join us and see what the “Stuffs”

about! :o)

This is a totally different method for dyeing fabric. You will get mottling and strong color in this class

since we will be using procion dyes. So don’t think you’ve done it before…this is different and can be

used for dyeing other types of fabric…not just silk. If you want…you can even dye your jacket! :o)

Dyeing cloth is an age old passion. Even if you’ve tried it before or you are just the slightest bit

interested in how it’s done…you will love this “hands on” excursion into the world of dye. Our project

is a silk scarf…beautiful in its own right but we will enhance it with color. We’ll be using procion dyes

for an amazing vibrancy you just can’t get with other types of dye. Cindy will lead you through the

process of mixing the dye, making the solutions and helping you to dye one scarf. If you love it…then

you can get more scarves to dye in class. Everything will be mixed up…all you have to do is pick

your colors! This is a great way to experience the excitement and fulfillment dyeing fabric brings.

Cindy gives you the stepping stones to dyeing your own fabric for garments and quilts. Truly Exciting

Sessions with Cindy

Cut And Paste Collage Session CL205 4 hours

What comes first…the collage or the shirt? You will find that

each process will lead naturally to the next, from initial concept

and fabric selection to surface design, stitching, fusing and

embellishing. You will love creating your one of a kind

masterpiece with Cindy’s kind and gentle encouragement. You’ll

have your choice of several kit combinations. Bring a denim,

linen or cotton shirt, or even a jacket that needs some

embellishing. Bring your favorite bits…not too many…just a

few to make it your own. Simple stitching and a little

embroidery make your work come alive! Come and join in the

fun! :o)

DYE ONE ON Session CL204 2 hour Evening

Creating Your Own Silk Screens In 30 Minutes Or Less

Session CL206 2 hours Evening Cindy will show you how easy it is to make your own silkscreens using the sun or a light box. You

don’t need lots of equipment to create long lasting screens. Use your own art, clipart, or geometric

shapes to create your “one of a kind” silk screens. After you create your screen, you will be able to use

it to silk screen on a linen hand towel. Cindy has the blank screens to create more after class or the

already completed screens should you just want to “use em”, not “make em”.


Phoebe Lucille Vintage Linen Appliqué Pillow Session CL207 2 hours Evening

Sessions with Cindy

With vintage linens as its inspiration, Cindy’s embroidered

appliqué design and a hemstitched tablerunner work

perfectly to deliver this simple, elegant envelope pillow.

Hooped embroidery makes detailed appliqué designs a

breeze; material and design choices create the illusion of

linens from grandmother’s closet.


Sessions with Gay

This wallet can be used as a checkbook cover, has six slots for credit cards, and has

two deep side pockets for “lots of cash”. The kits will have a variety of fabrics

available. A free pattern for the projects is included.

Wallet / Checkbook / Credit Card Holder

Session GG101 2 hours

Anything Bags Session GG102 2hours

The kits come in a variety of sizes and fabrics. They are quick and

very easy to sew and are the perfect project to make one for yourself

and one for our troops. A free pattern for the project is included.

Large Reversible Purse Session GG103 4 hours

This roomy purse is approximately 9” X 12” and has a double pocket, perfect

for a cell phone on one side and a handy place for your keys in the other. The

kits will include a “designer” fabric that will be pieced for one side and the

reversible side will be a solid fabric that can be embroidered or embellished. A

free pattern for the project is included. Four Hours class

Rolled Thread Session MG101 2 hours

Come learn the proper adjustments to achieve that perfect rolled hem. You will be making a set of six

napkins as well as a fun and simple Japanese tote bag that you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Kit includes:

• precut fabrics for the napkins and the bag as well as one woolly nylon thread.

Bring to class:

• Tweezers

• Small sewing supplies: pins, scissors, etc.

• Two cones of dark serger thread

Thread Scarf (using the Cover Pro 1000) Session MG102 2 hours

In this hands-on class we will be using Janome’s Cover Pro 1000. We will be

making an all thread scarf. Mary Jo will also show you threading the cover

stitch as well as tips for hemming, etc. If you own the Cover Pro or are

thinking you might like to own one, join this class and you will be glad you did.

Kit includes:

• Stabilizer and a decorative thread.

Bring to class:

• Four different colors of embroidery threads (your color choice)

• Small sewing supplies to include: pins, scissors, etc.


Sergers are provided by Ray’s Machine Sewing Center

Do not bring your sewing machine to this session

Sessions with Mary Jo

Cover Pro are provided by Ray’s Machine Sewing Center


Scarves and More Scarves Session MG103 2 hours

Hands on class with sergers provided by Ray’s Sewing Center

Kit will include all precut fabrics for the infinite scarf, a cowl bias cut scarf, and others.

Scarves are a popular way to accessorize any time of the year. We will be making a variety of scarves. You’ll

want to make them for gifts and to update that favorite outfit. The infinite scarf is so popular as well as the bias-

cut cowl scarf, the flouce sheer scarf and Mary Jo will have others to share with you. We will be using the

balanced overlock stitch as well as the rolled hem in this class.

Bring to class:

• Tweezers




Serge A T-Shirt Session MG105 4 hours

Master the Cover Pro:

We will be making a t-shirt from cutting it out to finishing your hems with

the Cover Pro. Fabric will be provided, however if you want to bring your

own fabric please bring 1½ yards of a suitable knit fabric (prewashed).

Students need to bring along (do not wear it) a t-shirt or knit top that they

like the fit. Using measurements from that shirt, you will determine which

size to make from a master pattern, cut out and construct a t-shirt. Your

shirt will have a crew neck, a lowered neckline or a V-neckline using self

fabric for the ribbing.

Pretty Party Bag Session MG104 4 hours

This cute little lined bag will teach you the fun things you can do with the

serger. To make this bag, students will use a decorative thread to do a wide

wrapped stitch, flatlocking, and a rolled hem in addition to the basic balanced

stitch. You will also be serging over fishing line to make a sheer, edged and

gathered flower for the bag. This is the perfect project to learn all the

capabilities of the serger and produce a bag that everyone will want.

Four hour class - (Intermediate to Advanced)


Cover Pros are provided by Ray’s Machine Sewing Center




Kit includes:

• All precut fabrics and lining

• A decorative thread.

Bring to class:

• Tweezers



Bring to class:

• Two cones of dark thread or if you are bringing your own fabric, two cones to match or

blend with your fabric

• Small sewing supplies to include: pins, scissors, thread scissors, tape measure, pencil

Basic Serger Techniques Session MG107 4 hour class


In this hands-on class, you will leave knowing more about the serger than you ever thought you would.

Mary Jo will take you through proper threading techniques, adjusting tensions for a balanced overlock

stitch using serger thread and woolly nylon, turning corners (inside and outside), differential feed, as well

as adjusting for a rolled hem. This will take you to new levels with your serger. She will have tension

sheets for you to write down your settings along with your samples. A must have serger class.




In this hands-on class we will be using Janome’s sergers to make the

jacket. Each student will need to bring a t-shirt that you like the fit (do not

wear the shirt) or your favorite t-shirt pattern. We will be changing a t-

shirt pattern to make the jacket. You can use this jacket to embellish for

the contest or just make it to enjoy wearing with your favorite jeans,

palazzo pants or that little black dress!! You will want to make one in

every color!

Jacket Fun Session MG106 4 hours

Kit will include

• Fabric (and a pattern we will alter), and the pattern paper for making the new pattern for this

fun jacket.

Bring:

• Three dark colors of serger thread, rotary cutter or dressmaker shears, a t-shirt that you like

the fit or your favorite t-shirt pattern

• Small sewing supplies to include: pins, scissors, fabric marker or chalk marker, pencil,

paper scissors

Bring:

• Two different colors of cone thread (not white)

• One cone of woolly nylon

• Small sewing supplies to include: pins, scissors,

etc.

Sessions with Jackie


BOOK SYNOPSIS Shatter and Sew! introduces the Shattered Image™ technique, which is a

way to cut identical images into squares, and re-arrange them to create a

new image with the illusion of movement, expansion, or magnification. This

book introduces people to the Canadian award-winning designer Ellen

Adams who passed away in 2001. It:

• Describes the technique and provides proven instructions for 3

technique variations: 4, 9, and 16 repeats (simple to the complex)

• Gives you proven, step-by-step instructions with illustrations.

Presents a variety of projects in different motifs, to see what does and does

not work!

Sessions with Connie Mantini

Shatter and Sew Placemat Session CM101 6 hours

Introducing the Shattered Image™ Technique

Project at a standstill? Get your designs moving! Learn how to

shatter an image to create an illusion of movement, expansion, or

magnification. Shatter and Sew! introduces the Shattered Image

technique, which is a way to cut identical images into squares, and

re-arrange them to create a new image that appears to move. This

workshop introduces you to the basic 4-repeat technique and to the

Canadian, award-winning designer Ellen Adams, who developed

and named her technique. See the various ways you can impress

your friends by incorporating this technique into sewing and

quilting projects.

Our troops make sacrifices that most of us can hardly imagine. They leave

behind their friends and family and put their lives on the line for us every day. That's why we work so hard to share a touch of home with them wherever they serve. Come join Jackie and make a donation gift for our troops. These masks will help keep the daylight out, as they work around the clock and share quarters with those still on duty. All the materials will be provided, so just bring your machine.

A gift for our Troops Session JM301 2 hours & 2 hour Evening

The doily class

You will look at those built in decorative stitches in a

totally different way. Who knew you can make lace using

these stitches? We are using the circular sewing attachment

for this project, and it will be provided in class

Sessions with Carol

Round & Round We Go Session CM201 4 hours

This is a smaller scale of the Quilted Centerpiece in

“Creative Sewing Techniques” You will be paper piecing,

making your own pleater to pleat a strip of fabric, and use

piping to keep from sewing any curved seams.

Make a “fabric” overlay using yarn, thread, and water soluble to

embellish a plain shirt. The panels will jazz up a plain denim shirt. We

will accomplish this using free motion.

*please bring a denim shirt in any color

Goose Me Session CM202 8 hours

Jazz It Up Session CM203 4 hours

We are embellishing a plain shirt with appliqué. Using the ruffler

to pleat fabric strips, and the hemline uses bias fabric strips shaped

into a Celtic design, cut away background fabric and satin stitch

the edges.

Celtic Cutwork Session CM204 8 hours


Digitizer for Beginners Session VH401 8 hours

Sessions with Valora


Want to know what else Digitizer can do? Come find out how to take a

design and enlarge it and make it work in the Macrohoop or Gigahoop. Plus

you will learn all the new features of Digitizer v.3. We will work with

lettering and some advanced digitizing techniques.

Class requirements: Computer, Digitizer ProMB installed on your

computer, Digitizer dongle and an auxiliary mouse (not wireless!)

Digitizer MB-Advanced Session VH402 8 hours

Come find out the power of Digitizer, how to enlarge a design to

picking a design apart. Learn the icons so that you can use the

program when you get home. You will also find out why all designs

are not created equal when you enlarge or reduce.

Class requirements: Computer, Digitizer installed on your computer,

Digitizer dongle and an auxiliary mouse (not wireless!)

Sessions with Margo

Diamond Pillow ©

Session MS101 4 hours

If the glimpse of a brilliant diamond doesn’t get your attention

perhaps the ease of creating your own will. This genuine, 4-

carat diamond harbors a secret technique; four circles stitched

in a unique fashion taking us straight to the gem without all the

fuss. This beautiful pillow cover, “set” with a girl’s best friend,

easily slips into an 11” x 14” pillow form with ties on either

end. Your 4-carat diamond pillow, adorned with a decorative

button and tassel, is sure to inspire a conversation and provide a

sparkle to your surroundings.

I would be delighted to have you join me in this no-fuss

diamond hunt . . . actually; we’ll skip the hunt and indulge in

our real passion which is sewing.

Sessions with Valora Hammond

Artistic Sewing Suite Session VH403 8 hours

Take your designs to a new level with the Artistic

Sewing Suite. This unique program allows you complete creative

freedom – and the ability to control many different facets of sewing

and embroidery with one comprehensive product. The Artistic

Sewing Suite is an exclusive software bundle that allows you to

unite all of your sewing loves – and explore new ones! Applique,

cutwork, embroidery, quilting, decorative stitching, heat transfer,

and more.

Great for beginners, this software makes design creation easy – but

still allows you to get powerful and professional results. With 3,500

built-in designs, you can get started right out of the box.

• Easily convert True Type Fonts to stitch out or cut for appliqué.

• Use the cutting needles to turn your embroidery machine into an

amazing new tool – cut out intricate appliqué or quilting shapes, or

use the cutting needles to save time on a variety of applications –

from crafting to scrapbooking

• Over 350 built-in stitch patterns allow you to create unique effects

on your appliqué and quilting projects.

• The unique Heat Transfer tool allows you to take any artwork and

iron it onto fabric – you can even add embroidery accents to the heat

transfer image right in the program.

• Can be used in conjunction with a variety of other

computer programs – from Quilt Layout to Quilt

Finishing, other digitizing programs, even use your web

cam to import designs! It’s versatile enough to keep

creating easy.

• The Artistic Sewing Suite has a powerful graphics

program built into the software, so you can edit,

manipulate, and personalize artwork from anywhere,

including a webcam, and then turn it into the perfect

accent for your next sewing project.

• Crafters will love the cutting capability! It can be used

with a wide range of substances, from felt to foam to

balsa wood for cutting any shape you can imagine.

• Reverse appliqué is easy with the Artistic Sewing

Suite – no more tedious cutting! Don’t worry about

small corners and intricate designs - let your

embroidery machine do the work.

• Combine traditional and reverse appliqué with

embroidery designs with just a few mouse clicks.

Elegant and innovative design is that easy.

• Use with virtually all brands or styles of embroidery

machine.


• Note: Demo software will be provided

• Just bring your laptop

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Ray’s Sew Easy Embroidery Retreat ~ Redefining the Art of Sewing

Sunday, July 17 – Thursday, July 21, 2011

2011 Registration Form

Mail Registration Form with deposit before June 15, 2011

to:

Ray’s Sewing Machine Center

545 Meridian Ave, Suite F

San Jose, CA 95126

Questions? Call Lindsay at Ray’s 408-295-6901

Or email [email protected]

Sign me up! 3 Days ~$599 4 Days ~ $699

$150 non-refundable deposit due 6/15/11 Final Payment due 7/15/11

Tuition discount available for ages 12-17. Call Ray’s! (ask)

Reserve meals for Spouse/Guest All Guest meals and parties must be paid in advance 4 Lunches at $xx each Total Lunches ______ x $xx = $ ___________ 2 Cocktail Parties at $xx each Total Parties ______ x $xx = $ ___________ Payment: Check Visa MC Discover CC # _________________________________________ Exp. Date & Security Code: _______________________

Atlantis Room Reservations: 1-800-Atlantis

Special Group Rate $59 Reg $149 Hotel Group Code Number: 2011 Ray’s Janome Retreat


Do you want any evening classes? Evening classes are Tues and Weds from 7-9:00 pm

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