Accessories, Aprons, & Applique - Mary Mulari

Collect inspiration for your next sewing projects with Mary's collection of clever bags and accessories. See the projects from her books, patterns and tv appearances on "Sewing with Nancy." She will share techniques for embellishment and adding your own signature style. Got scraps from quilting? You'll learn lots of ways to use them as parts of aprons, totes, and accessories you'll want to sew.

Life Is Not A Dress Size - Rita Farro

Rita Farro wrote the book, Life Is Not A Dress Size and created a CD Rita Farro's Embroidery For All Sizes for Designs in Machine Embroidery magazine. In this one-woman style show, you'll learn how embroidery can add the all-important vertical line. You'll learn how to analyze your own body type and choose the most flattering styles. Can you wear a belt? Is a short jacket better for you than a long tunic? You'll also get instructions for one of Rita's favorite projects, a tunic top with bridge embroidery at the shoulders, which can be a stylish short top or a long caftan. You will also see up-close-and-personal -- her special embroidery technique, the Lazy Harry Ð (hint: applique embroidery with fringe).

Find Your Creative Center - June Mellinger

If you've been following June on her blog here at AnnTheGran.com, you'll know she can create beautiful items out of almost anything. June will take you on a tour of the Brother Creative Center, where you'll download learn how to choose images that are perfect for greeting cards, scrapbooking and more. You'll then see how to combine these images with the any design from your existing collection to create unique images that will wow everyone who sees them. June will also cover how to embroider on paper or print on fabric, including tips on how to find success with the right kind of stabilizer (from Brother, of course!).

Sweatshirt Makeovers & MORE - Mary Mulari

Mary's back to the topic that got her into the sewing business in the early 1980's -- sweatshirts made better by alterations and trims. Learn ways to change and improve sweatshirt necklines for both comfort and style and watch the easy steps of creating a neat, professional front placket and also a cardigan. You'll find ways to repurpose sweatshirts you're no longer wearing. Mary will also share a sampling of sewing projects beyond sweatshirts.

Dress Your DREAM Bed - Rita Farro

Rita is an avid collector of vintage bed linens, and she learned some surprising things when she wrote the book, Dress Your Dream Bed. In the old days, they went way beyond monograms to embroider on bedding -- but how can you embroider new sheets and hide the stabilizer? Do you really know what to look for when shopping for new sheets? It's NOT all about thread count. Rita will show you two vintage bed linen ideas that look awesome on today's beds - a flat shams and a quilt cuff. You'll get instructions for both, and learn how to use embroidery to personalize your bed linens and create one-of-a-kind gifts. We spend 1/3 of our lives in bed, so using machine embroidery to dress a beautiful bed is the perfect way to send a message of love.

The Power of the Embroidered Word - Diane Brown

Everyone loves to receive a gift that includes their name, monogram or a heartfelt sentiment. With BES Lettering software you can use beautifully digitized lettering and monograms or your favorite True Type fonts to express just about anything. Join Diane to learn the art of expression from teeny-tiny to really big. Perfect fonts, perfect size, perfect positioning, we'll cover it all from beginning to end. You'll be surprised how many different looks you can get by just adding a little bit of text and go home with more ideas than you ever imaged.

Bling is a Good Thing - James Raymer

Color your world with crystals. James shows how to embellish your artistic creations using applique, various techniques and crystals for embroiderers and quilters, and even picture framing. All participants will have the opportunity to have a hands-on using crystals and fringe and loop, and will receive an information sheet on 3D techniques, and a fringe and loop sheet. Over 50 samples, quilts and accessories will be presented in this lecture, demo and trunk show.

Profit From Your Passion - Pat (The Avid Embroiderer) Snyder

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. Perhaps you are considering a home-based business to add to the family income. You will want to learn some tips, tricks and those terrible traps to assist you in creating a profit-generating enterprise of your very own. Also, learn to use the wholesale directory that you receive as part of the event package. Not planning a business? You will still gain important organizational, negotiation, and computer skills for everyday use. She Blogs here