Tampa, FL 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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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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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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The Fashionable Embroiderer
with Laura Haynie of Jenny Haskins Products
Achieving impressive, high-fashion embroidered garments is part artistry, part technique and part inspiration. See a wardrobe of samples as you discover how to choose fine details and broad strokes that work for you. Includes step-by-step fearless decorative buttonholes; creating a garment using only silk organza, lace and embroidery; fashionable placements (including hoop examples and templates); a trunk show of award-winning garments including exquisite suits, evening gowns and jackets; professional ideas and how-tos; touches of heirloom for grown-up girls and more.
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Appliqués are Everywhere!
with Mellany Lieuwen of The Picket Fence
Join us for fun and creativity! Learn to create quick, easy and accurate appliqué with "stitch and turn" and fusible web techniques. We'll show you how to create appliqué's delicate and bold and of all shapes and sizes. You'll learn how to "recycle" apparel, design fabric for garments, create unique home décor, wall and floor art and so much more. It's not just your Grandmother's appliqué anymore!
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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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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 Mac Berg
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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Sew Sweet Youth Fashion & Trunk Show
Sponsored by American Sewing Guild
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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Fusible Techniques for Sewing & Quilting
with Judi Baker of Ozark Crafts
Fusibles make it easier to get professional looking results than ever. From appliqué techniques to a flawless watercolor quilt, you are certain to get some great ideas from this presentation.

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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