Atlanta, GA Stage Presentation Schedule

Stage Presentations are FREE with your General Admission ticket! Check out the schedule now, and again closer to the show, as more presentations are added from time to time. Usually located near concessions, these entertaining and informative presentations go really well with a cup of coffee, lunch or a snack! These presentations and times are subject to change. You will find the Final Stage Schedules posted at the EXPO.

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Hat Pizazz
with Dawn Anderson of Dawn Anderson Designs
Learn to add pizazz to your favorite hats: sew on silk flowers, beaded appliques, ribbons, netting, feathers and more. See how to make bows and flowers from ribbons or fabric, and add custom hatbands to match any garment.
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Hanger Fashion Show: “Lingerie Secrets” and more
with Jan Bones of Lingerie Secrets
Get acquainted with the best fabrics to use for lingerie and how to use them to create a fanciful, comfortable “Lingerie Secrets” wardrobe. Then see the same patterns created in beautiful day and eveningwear garments. Functional and practical, or luxurious and elegant, you’ll see fabrics and design combinations to create fantastic results.
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Ten Quick Embellishments
with Barb Callahan of Barb Originals
See Barb’s top ten quick and easy embellishment techniques to add personality to all your projects.
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Software Made Simple
with Emily Carter, Baby Lock Educational Consultant
You have an embroidery machine and have stitched out every design you own. What do you do next? Purchase more cards? Have you considered embroidery software but are just not sure what it has to offer? Discover the complete package of software tools from Baby Lock and unleash the artist within. See how they work together to give you the most complete, comprehensive and creative software package, from basic to auto-digitizing, from quilting to sizing.
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No Fit? Don’t Fret!
with Shelley Doyal of Wild Ginger Software
Get a look at Wild Ginger software with Shelley, then participate in a Q & A.
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Because I “Felt” Like It!
with Shelley Doyal of Wild Ginger Software
See new and interesting ways to use felting. A trunk show including the “no-sew felted quilt”.
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Kick It Up a Notch
with Barb Hartman of Design Citi
Discover how to turn an embroidery design into an appliqué, and see other extraordinary appliqué samples and techniques.
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Troubleshooting the Fit Hot Spots
with Lorraine Henry of Conselle
Meet the “fit troubleshooter” and ask any question you want about any area of the body – hips, abdomen, buttocks, bust, arms, whatever! Pattern alterations will be shows for any figure variation discussed. We know of 86 different variations (they’re not problems, they’re variations), and each of us probably has more than one of them. Some you may not have even identified, so this could be an enlightening half-hour of fun and facts.
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Star Quilts Trunk Show
with Shirley Hummel of Morganton Sewing Center
See a trunk show full of ideas as Shirley demonstrates the ease of making star quilts.
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Diamond Blocks, Long Pointed Stars and More
with Shirley Hummel of Morganton Sewing Center
See samples and demonstration of NEW diamond blocks, creating long pointed stars, plus triangles to make your sewing easier.
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Japanese Silk and Kimono: An Honorable History
with Samuel Lysinger of Global International Trading
Japanese silk is the finest in the world. Garments produced from it have an interesting history and social relevance it is an honor to share.
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Bringing Passion Back to Fashion
with Lyla Messinger of LJ Designs
Take a look into a highly wearable, easily sewn and distinctive closet FULL of clothes as you discover the latest highlights from Lyla's three pattern lines: LJ Designs, A 'La Mode and Eclectic Treasures.
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Embroidery for Profit
with Jeff Miller of SewingMachine.com
Learn how to make money with a part-time business, working from home. Questions and answers with commercial embroidery machine demonstration.
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Notions Roadshow
with Maggie O’Reilly of Bolt Over
See some of the newest tools and help your quiltmaking process. Learn about notions for piecing, sewing, storing, pressing and creativity, including the fabulous new “Miter Quick”. They’re items no quiltmaker should be without!
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Sweatshirt Fashion Show
with Donna Robertson of Fabric Café
Forget saggy hems and off the shoulder sloppy! You really can take a sweatshirt and turn it into a fashion statement! Pick up Fran’s sweatshirt secrets as you see lots of sweatshirt ideas.
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Comfortable Clothes That Camouflage
with Kathy Ruddy of Unique Patterns – Kathy Ruddy
The right style and fit can take 10 or more pounds off of the way you look! Come see Kathy’s “Quik-to- Sew” jackets, dresses, skirts and pants with designer details and adjustable fit at the bust, waist and hipline giving you extra inches when you need them. Learn how successful designers shape their clothes so they are easier to fit and sew. See clothes that allow you to gain or loose 30 pounds and still fit! Kathy Ruddy, the "stripping teacher", uses her body as a human coat hanger to show you clothes that make you look good and feel good, including NEW UNIQUE, SIMPLICITY & NEW LOOK patterns.
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New Designers Fashion Show
commentated by Peggy Sagers
See the latest designs and creative interpretations from designers exhibiting and teaching at the Expo. This runway fashion show featuring live models shows the diverse flavors of the Expo. Showing garments suited to all lifestyles and figure types from classic, closely fitted clothes to easy-flowing, sometimes whimsical garments, it's a true fashion event!
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Silhouette Patterns Customer Appreciation Fashion Show
with Peggy Sagers of Silhouette Patterns
Come join the fun! Silhouette Patterns is offering an opportunity for customers to strut their stuff.  We know you’ve made great Silhouette Patterns, we know you love the clothes and we want everyone to see how fabulous a Silhouettes wardrobe can make you feel. So bring your Silhouette Patterns outfit to the show, model it and your name will be entered into the drawing for a Fabric Buying Trip to NYC*! It’s a $299 value, and one trip will be awarded at the conclusion of the Fashion Show.  
*Here’s how it all works:  On Friday, come to Original Sewing & Quilt Expo wearing a garment made from a Silhouette Patterns pattern. (You can carry additional outfits, of course!)  Check in at the Silhouette Patterns booth by noon, where you’ll be asked for some basic information (your name, pattern style, fabric, etc.).  Model your outfit in the fashion show at 2:45. For each garment you model, you’ll get a chance to win the drawing. At the end of the fashion show, one of the models will win the chance to go to New York with Silhouette Patterns and 52 other women for a one-of-a-kind fabric buying trip on April 3 & 4, 2008. This year enjoy a special feature with Armani, Inc. (Winner will be responsible for getting to New York and to pay for her own fabric, but Silhouette Patterns will pay for two nights’ hotel accommodations and transportation to and from the shops.) Trip value:  is $299. Don’t wait, get busy, start sewing and see you looking good at the Expo!
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Sew Sweet Youth Fashion & Trunk Show
Sponsored by American Sewing Guild
commentated by Nancy Shriber
This fashion and trunk show featuring students ages 9 – 18 years of age will be SEW much fun! Get an insight into the interests and talents of our newest sewing enthusiasts as they show off their latest accomplishments. Whether it hangs in the closet, hangs on a wall or hangs out on beds and sofas, the creativity involved will inspire audiences of all ages. Don’t miss it! (If you know a young person who might like to participate, please call 800-699-6309 or click here for more information.)
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Success with Fusibles and Appliqué
with Connie Spurlock of Sew Wonderful Dreams
Do you stiffen up or bubble and refuse to fuse? Successful fusible appliqué can be fun when you know how to choose the right fusible, what makes satin stitching perfect and when to reverse your pattern. Discover all this and more, as you learn to have more fun with fusible appliqué!
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What Can I Do With This Sweatshirt?
with Connie Spurlock of Sew Wonderful Dreams
Using a sweatshirt and some short-cut tips, you’ll be able to make a one-of-a-kind designer jacket ideally suited to you – so easily, even a beginner can do it!
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Knocking It Off – More Fantasy Gowns
with Jim Suzio of Husqvarna Viking
Slip into fantasy as you watch Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Rosemary Clooney, Audrey Hepburn and others model “their” gowns on the runway accompanied by commentary from Jim Suzio, knock-off and re-creation master.
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Super Prize Drawing
Win fabulous prize packages worth hundreds of dollars! You could win a sewing machine, plus patterns, books, videos, fabric, embroidery designs, notions, tools, and more from the exhibitors you'll meet at the Expo! Click here for details.
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