Expo Stage Presentations
See what's new and trending with presentations on the Expo Stage. FREE with general admission.
Thursday
10:30 |
Heirloom Quilts with EasyPiecing Grid | Carmen Geddes for TenSisters Handicraft |
11:15 |
4 Core Patterns, One Great Wardrobe | Carrie Emerson for Fit for Art Patterns |
12:00 |
Fit After Forty (and sometimes younger!) | Lorraine Henry for Conselle |
12:45 |
Sublimation vs Digital Transfer | Richard Bloedow for SewingMachine.com |
1:30 |
Shortcuts & Quick Gifts | Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams |
2:15 |
What Else Can You Do With Your Longarm Machine? | Amy Walsh for Shirt Off Your Back Quilts |
3:00 |
Less Than Traditional | Julie Luoma for Off the Wall Quilt |
3:45 |
Eat Cookies Clothes | Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com |
4:30 |
The Pop Top Jacket: A Perfectly Easy Fit | Jennifer Amor for The Designers Workshop/Jennifer Amor Designs |
5:15 |
Super Prize Drawing |
Friday
10:30 |
Create a Wearable Art Jacket | Jennifer Amor for The Designers Workshop/Jennifer Amor Designs |
11:15 |
Why Didn't I Think of That! | Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com |
12:00 |
Fashion Friday – Runway Fashion Show | Rae Cumbie for Fit for Art Patterns |
1:00 |
Fussy Finder | Dianne Springer for Dianne Springer Designs |
1:45 |
Sew Many Projects – So Quick! | Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams |
2:30 |
Sublimation vs Digital Transfer | Richard Bloedow for SewingMachine.com |
3:15 |
Swivel Our Seams: Pattern Alteration SOS | Lorraine Henry for Conselle |
4:00 |
What Else Can You Do With Your Longarm Machine? | Amy Walsh for Shirt Off Your Back Quilts |
4:30 |
Quilt Binding Techniques | Carmen Geddes for TenSisters Handicraft |
5:15 |
Super Prize Drawing |
Saturday
10:30 |
Less Than Traditional | Julie Luoma for Off the Wall Quilt |
11:15 |
Striped and Plaid Fabric | Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com |
12:00 |
Height Adjustable Workstation and Precise Cutting Techniques | Joallyn Cartwright for Martelli |
12:45 |
Applique This! | Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams |
1:45 |
"Practice" the Four-Letter-Word | Dianne Springer for Dianne Springer Designs |
2:30 |
Sewing's Next Generation: Youth Fashion & Project Show | Hosted by Liz Fredrick of Original Sewing & Quilt Expo |
3:00 |
Cosplay Runway Show & Contest | Commentated by Casey Renee of Casey Renee Cosplay |
4:00 |
Quilts of Valor Award Ceremony | Karen Trombley for Quilts of Valor Foundation |
4:30 |
Super Prize Drawing |
4 Core Patterns, One Great Wardrobe
Carrie Emerson for Fit for Art Patterns
Be energized to sew your own wardrobe starting with the 4 Core Wardrobe Patterns from Fit for Art Patterns. Use these patterns to develop contemporary wardrobe staples...Jackets, Knit Tops, Pants, Dresses and Tunics...with a personalized fit and lots of design options. We would love to show you how!
Applique This!
Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams
Discover many easy tips to make your fusible applique fun and successful. Enlarge or reduce the pattern, easiest way to clean your messed up iron, mastering the pressing sheet and much more!
Cosplay Runway Show & Contest
Commentated by Casey Renee of Casey Renee Cosplay
Casey will share her Cosplay experiences and narrate you along a journey of costume art created by fellow Expo attendees – Cosplayers, Reenactors, and Costumers. Click HERE for complete details and to learn how you can participate.
Create a Wearable Art Jacket
Jennifer Amor for The Designers Workshop/Jennifer Amor Designs
Use Jennifer's Pop Top Jacket pattern as a blank canvas to create a flattering work of art that you will be thrilled to wear.
Eat Cookies Clothes
Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com
Are you heavier than your ideal weight? Has your body morphed from an hour glass into a sausage? Kathy uses her body as a human coat hanger to demonstrate how her garment's shapes and details keep the eye away from your trouble areas and looking at your best features. See how different fabrics can shorten the construction process and affect how you look and feel in your clothes.
Fashion Friday – Runway Fashion Show
Rae Cumbie for Fit for Art Patterns
Join Rae for a celebration of fashion sewing. Rae will showcase her designs and host this special event. You are invited to participate! Walk the Expo Runway to show off the fashion you have been sewing. From jackets and tops to dresses and pants...give your favorite creation its moment in the spotlight. To participate in the Runway Fashion Show, click HERE to register. All participants will receive FREE General Admission on Friday.
Fit After Forty (and sometimes younger!)
Lorraine Henry for Conselle
As we age, our bodies have some predictable changes. Bustlines drop, shoulders round forward, tummies enlarge, a dowager hump may appear...and more. A good fit will help camouflage figure imperfections. Listen and learn from an enlighting, sometimes entertaining, and realistic discussion on our ageing figures and how to get our clothes to fit. It happens to everyone!
Fussy Finder
Dianne Springer for Dianne Springer Designs
Come see Dianne's fun approach to using Quiltsmart, using a template for fussy cutting the components. The end result is stunning! After seeing her technique, you'll never look at fabric the same way.
Height Adjustable Workstation and Precise Cutting Techniques
Joallyn Cartwright for Martelli Enterprises
Learn how to cut with 100% accuracy, slice your cutting time in half and experience pain free cutting with our ergonomic height adjustable workstations and tools.
Heirloom Quilts with EasyPiecing Grid
Carmen Geddes for TenSisters Handicraft
This may change the way you make quilts! Fun, fast and accurate. Endless possibilities and patchwork made easy.
Less Than Traditional
Julie Luoma for Off the Wall Quilt
It's unbelievably easy to make a tradtional orange peel quilt in this non-traditional way. Best yet, each section is completely complete! No need to go back and quilt & bind. Each section can stand alone as a finished project or be increased as needed.
"Practice" the Four-Letter-Word
Dianne Springer for Dianne Springer Designs
Toss the fears and rules of free motion out the window and let Dianne take you on a journey that will elevate your quilting skills. Once you learn her way of free motion, you will never send your quilts to a long armer again.
Quilt Binding Techniques
Carmen Geddes for TenSisters Handicraft
Come and see some great tips for a fantastic finish to your quilts. Bonus demo on piping for award winning bindings.
Quilts of Valor Award Ceremony
Karen Trombley for Quilts of Valor Foundation
Join us in acknowledging the service and sacrifice of those who are serving or have served in the Armed Forces, as we award comforting and healing Quilts of Valor to those whose lives have been touched by war.
Sew Many Projects – So Quick!
Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams
The 10 Degree Ruler is still inspiring lots of projects. Come see our exciting trunk show and discover how quickly we are piecing fabric to make many different gifts. If you like speedy, you will like this!
Sewing's Next Generation: Youth Fashion & Project Show
Hosted by Liz Fredrick of Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
This fashion and trunk show featuring students ages 18 and under 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, click HERE for more information.)
Shortcuts & Quick Gifts
Connie Spurlock for Sew Wonderful Dreams
Sometimes just knowing a few tricks and tips will speed up the process. Choosing some of our quick gift projects using those shortcuts will make the journey a joy.
Striped and Plaid Fabric
Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com
Striped and plaid fabric can become your new best design friend. Not only can it be used to extend your creativity and ability to design unique statement pieces, it can also (and this is the best part for most of us) take pounds off your visual appearance. Join Kathy as she shares her techniques to cut, sew and construct.
Sublimation vs Digital Transfer
Richard Bloedow for SewingMachine.com
Explore the exciting world of Sublimation and Digital Transfer. See the latest equipment and techniques to decorate your fabric and apparel.
Super Prize Drawing
Fabulous prize packages and sewing machines are awarded daily at this drawing. You will receive your Super Prize Drawing Ticket at the Expo. Drawings are held at 5:15pm on Thursday and Friday, and at 4:30pm Saturday on the Expo Stage inside the Exhibit Hall. Winners must be present with a photo ID to claim their prize.
Swivel Our Seams: Pattern Alteration SOS
Lorraine Henry for Conselle
Tired of slashing your pattern into puzzle pieces and trying to put it back together to "kind of fit"? Have you ever wanted to just pull out your seam allowances and magically fit your figure? It is almost that easy with the seam method of pattern alteration! Have an "Ah-HA" visual experience as you watch how seams can swivel in and out to accommodate your changing figure!
The Pop Top Jacket: A Perfectly Easy Fit
Jennifer Amor for The Designers Workshop/Jennifer Amor Designs
The easiest jacket you will ever make – just three pattern pieces, with no facings, no darts, no button holes! Getting a perfect fit for all sizes XS to XXL is fast and easy with Jennifer's tips for using her pattern as your blank canvas.
What Else Can You Do With Your Longarm Machine?
Amy Walsh for Shirt Off Your Back Quilts
Longarms aren't just for quilting anymore! We will show you a number of examples of projects that you can make using your longarm machine, that aren't quilts!
Why Didn't I Think of That!
Kathy Ruddy for kathyruddy.com
Join Kathy as she shares random techniques to perform sewing skills faster and easier with better results than the traditional approach.