Heirloom Sewing Celebration! We Are Coming • Marriott Columbia 1200 Hampton St

M a r t h a Pu l l e n Pr e s e n t s Columbia

HeirloomCelebration Sewing September 9-12, 2009 Check-in Tuesday, Sept. 8, 4-6pm or Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7:30-9am Columbia, South Carolina Un d e r w r i t t e n b y Ba b y l o c k USA a n d Cr e a t i v e Se w i n g Ma c hi n e Ce n t e r

• Meet television host, Martha Pullen! • Martha Pullen will teach a seminar “You Can Make Money From Your Hobby!” Martha Campbell Pullen, Ph.D. • Evening activities! • Publisher of Sew Beautiful magazine • Author of 50 books • Each student takes seven “Sit and Sew” classes! • Host of international PBS-TV series, • Optional Sit and Sew Class – Tuesday Night, Sept. 8, 5-8pm ($60)! Martha’s Sewing Room • American Sewing Guild Sewing • Wonderful kits of 100% cotton, silk or Martha’s Classic cotton Hall of Fame 2005 including Martha’s Favorite batiste, Victorian batiste, French laces, Victorian embroidered edgings, insertions and our “soft as butter” knit for each student! • Each student will sew on a new Baby Lock sewing machine and serger! • Internationally famous teachers, all certified by Martha Pullen! • Steve Jeffery will be there to visit with each student! • Banquet entertainment will be Martha’s funny sewing stories! Steve Jeffery President of Baby Lock USA

Kathy McMakin Dody Baker Missy Billingsley Pam Mahshie Executive V.P. Martha Pullen Educator • Martha Pullen Licensed Teacher • Martha Pullen Licensed Teacher Martha Pullen Company • Educational Consultant • Director of Education Baby Lock USA Baby Lock USA When? • Optional Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 • Check-in: 4-6pm Yo u ’r e In v i t e d To At t e n d ... • Optional Sit and Sew Class ($60) 5-8pm • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 • Check-in: 7:30-9am • September 9-12, 2009 • Sit and Sew Class Times: Wednesday - Friday Se p t e m b e r 9-12, 2009 9am-12pm & 2pm-5pm Saturday 9am-4pm Saturday 7:30-8:30am Optional: Dear Friends, Devotion Time with Martha I am beyond excited to bring some of the world's best teachers Where? to Columbia for an Heirloom Sewing Celebration! We are coming • Marriott Columbia 1200 Hampton St. September 9-12, 2009. I cannot wait to come to Columbia!! You Columbia, SC 29201 are welcome to come in Tuesday, Sept. 8 to register, 4-6pm. If you What? can't wait until Wednesday morning to start sewing we are offering • A Sewing Seminar! an optional Sit and Sew class, 5-8pm, "Little French Bonnet," 1. Table Top Clinics Wednesday for $60. This optional class is perfect for the early arrivers to get (5:30-7:00pm) warmed-up for the "big event" and brush up on your heirloom sewing 2. A business seminar “You Can Make Money From Your Hobby” by Martha Pullen - techniques. Actually no heirloom experience is required and we promise Thursday (5:30-6:45pm) you a finished bonnet at the end of the class. 3. Casual banquet Friday night with Martha Pullen (5:30 - 7:30pm) 4. Four lunch meals at the hotel This Sewing Celebration will include four days and nights of classes and fun, all of your fabu- lous kits will be furnished, as will four lunches and one evening banquet meal. Wednesday night we Who can come? will hold fabulous tabletop clinics, where you will see many different techniques demonstrated, table- • Anyone who loves to sew! • Women and Men aged 16-105! by-table. On Thursday night I will present “Turning Your Hobby Into A Business” in case you are interested in beginning a business or growing a business you already have. And finally, Friday night When to register? is our banquet, where I will share my many sewing stories. You are invited to join me on Saturday • Quickly, since registration is limited! • 1-800-547-4176 ext.105 or 131 morning before your sewing class begins for a short devotion time. • 256-533-9586 ext.105 or 131 What type of sewing? We have four of the world's best heirloom sewing teachers, all of whom will teach you a class. • Primarily heirloom sewing which Kathy McMakin is Executive Vice President of Martha Pullen Company and has authored three is so EASY! books. Two of her books are about heirloom sewing by serger. Kathy is one of our lead teachers and curriculum developer in our licensing program and has taught heirloom serging and sewing all over the world. Dody Baker has worked with me for over 20 years as a writer, designer and teacher. Table Top Clinic Classes Dody’s teaching skills are beyond compare. She has a wonderful lingerie bag planned for you that (Wednesday night 5:30-7:00) could also be used as a pillow. I know you will love it. Pam Mahshie is the Director of Education Everyone will walk around to differ- for Baby Lock USA. She is very creative and a most talented sewing teacher. Pam’s class is a beauti- ent tables to see live demonstrations of ful version of my very favorite nightgown style. Missy Billingsley, a Baby Lock Education Con- many different things. There will also sultant, is a dynamic teacher with lots of style. She specializes in heirloom sewing by machine and be tables where you will find very quick projects that can be finished almost serger. Missy has been featured in Sew Beautiful Magazine and teaches regularly at the Martha instantly. Some of the demonstrations Pullen School of Art Fashion. Pam and Missy are both Martha Pullen Licensed Teachers who have include: appeared on the Martha's Sewing Room, many times. 1. Shark’s Teeth & Cathedral Windows 2. Wingin’ It (wing needle techniques) We will have a retail store in the hotel with big discounts on most items such as lace, batiste, 3. Serger Pintucked Smocking 4. Fancy Footwork embroidery CDs, books, patterns, and much, much more. We always have this type of store at our 5. Smocking Twist by Serger schools in Huntsville and we are shipping everything to South Carolina for you to enjoy! Creative 6. Software, Software, Software Sewing Machine Center, the Baby Lock dealer in the area, will have a store with great shop- 7. Personalize It! ping and discounts also. We have seven fabulous projects with wonderful kits planned for you. We 8. Machine Embroidery Made Easy have lovingly called our schools, "from can until can't." This school will certainly be jam packed 9. Pleating and Smocking by Hand 10. Cute Socks with what we hope will be more fun and learning than you have ever packed into four days! Please 11. Much More!! come join the fun! We can't wait to see you!

You Can Make Money From May God Bless You and Those You Love, Your Hobby Seminar (Thursday night 5:30-6:45) Martha will present a seminar on how to start a sewing business. Actually this seminar is about starting and growing any business and Martha will share how women and men all over the world earn money, with a home based business, us- ing their sewing machines and sergers. Martha Pullen Sewing Celebration — Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday classes — Columbia, South Carolina

Kathy McMakin Dody Baker Sewing Organizer and Pincushion by Serger Lingerie Bag, Gift Bag or Boudoir Pillow with Keep your notions and sewing tools at your fingertips in these handy Customized Embroidery sewing accessories that are perfect for classes. You will love the quilted Is it a pillow or is it a bag? The answer depends upon what you stuff it base - one long edge of the caddy slides under your sewing machine or with! And in this case, your nightgown will be a perfect fit. This convert- serger. The pocket of embroidered insertion and French lace hangs out ible envelope is created using gorgeous silk dupioni, French laces and of the way of your work while holding all of your tools at ready. Never lovely silk satin ribbon. You will enjoy getting better acquainted with go looking for notions again! When you’ve finished serging, tuck the specialty accessory feet as you learn to bring in customized embroidery pincushion into one of the lovely heirloom pockets, fold the organizer and designer detailing. So in answer to our question, stuff your finished and tie it with matching grosgrain ribbon to keep everything neatly project with a pillow form and it's a pillow. Make it a home for a few organized. A great gift for all crafters! pieces of heirloom sewn lingerie or your heirloom nightgown and the envelope converts to a lingerie bag or you can insert a special card or Kathy McMakin note and give it as a gift. Many uses in the time it takes to make one Knit Pillowcase or Drawstring Bag by Serger project. Now that's good stuff! Afraid of serging with knits? Then fear no more. This is the class for you. Fill the bag with your favorite things or stuff it with a travel pillow Missy Billingsley – it can also be a great baby pillow! Whichever you choose, you will Garment Bag not only love these techniques, you will be planning more serged knit Coordinating fabrics of gingham and solids are the base for this projects before the class is over! Your quick and easy creation will have garment bag. The top panel of the bag is decorated with the three “P’s” Victorian beading, silk ribbon, edging, knit fabric and more. This will of heirloom sewing - puffing, pintucks and piping - all created on your be a great warm-up project before you tackle the baby gown. serger! Large covered buttons with serger-made button loops close the front of the bag. This garment bag will keep your precious hand-made Kathy McMakin garments safely tucked away or it might be just about all you need to Knit Baby Gown by Serger carry for a quick overnight trip. What a fabulous and practical addition Unbelievable! Create a baby gown in a jiffy? No way! Yes, way quick to your travel accessory collection! and easy, and all done with your serger. Our lusciously soft Martha Pullen knit is combined with its dyed-to-match ribbing to make the perfect outfit for your favorite baby. Learn the tricks for serging knits and watch your project take shape before your very eyes. Optional Tuesday Night Class Pam Mahshie 5:00 pm-8:00 pm ($60 including kit) Heirloom Nightgown Many of you have requested that we make a nightgown - so here we go on a day’s journey of machine magic with Pam. This 100% cotton heirloom Kathy McMakin and Dody Baker nightgown gives you a chance to make sleepwear that is functional, yet Little French Bonnet elegant. The yoked nightgown has an embellished overlay that includes “Little French Bonnet” is loved the world over and is one of tucks, beautiful machine embroidery and very special lace techniques. our very favorite classes to teach. This sweet bonnet is the Baby Lock will provide the Ellisimo embroidery and sewing machines for perfect project for those who have never done any heirloom you to use in this class. The features of the Ellisimo will make all these sewing, those who need a refresher course, those who can’t heirloom sewing techniques simpler than you ever dreamed. wait until Wednesday to sew or those who need a precious baby gift. The techniques used to create the bonnet are basic, Missy Billingsley but each one is necessary for all heirloom sewing projects. Zippered What Not Bag Tips, tricks and techniques for attaching Swiss batiste, French How can you put in a zipper with your serger? EASY! Of course, Missy lace, Swiss embroidered insertion, entredeux and silk-satin makes everything easy. Your cute little bag coordinates with your garment ribbon as well as gathering and attaching a ruffle are all bag and it’s designed to hold that assortment of things that must travel demonstrated in this little baby bonnet. If you don’t have with you. So wherever you plan to travel – be it sewing classes or trips anything to do on Tuesday night, come sew with us. We far and near, we guarantee this will be one of your favorite projects of promise a fun time and a completed bonnet. all time. But please don’t tell anyone how quick and easy this bag is to make. Let’s keep that secret zipped up just between us! How Much? Ma r t h a Pu l l e n ’s Co l u m b i a He i r l o o m Se w i n g Ce l e b r a t i o n Cost $525 ($100 fee holds your place - Yes, please enroll me in the Celebration ($525) Roommate list $25 non-refundable registration fee and Please add my name and send me a list of $75 payment, non-refundable if cancel- Yes, I want to take the Optional Tuesday Night Class ($60) students who want a roommate. (you must be enrolled in the Celebration to sign-up for this class) ling after Aug. 3, 2009). Includes all Call 1-800-547-4176 ext. 105 to register classes, all kits, four lunches, Wednes- Please print or type. day night’s Tabletop Clinics, Thursday Name______night - Martha’s business presentation, “You Can Make Money From Your Hob- by,” and Friday night’s banquet meal. Street Address______Tuesday night’s optional class ($60) will be an additional charge. Final payment City, State, Zip______must be made by Aug. 3, 2009. Limited number of reservations available. Please Home Phone______Work Phone______register as soon as possible. How Do I Register? Cell Phone______E-mail address______• To register call What machine do you own? (brand and model #)______1-800-547-4176 ext. 105. Heirloom Sewing Registration is limited. Pa y m e n t In f o r m a t i o n (US Funds only): • Sis Hutchison is the School Executive Director. Check Money Order Visa MC Discover AmEx

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Columbia Heirloom Sewing Celebration September 9-12, 2009 Check-in Sept. 8, 2009 Columbia, South Carolina Featuring... 1. Martha Pullen Teaches 2. Seven Sit and Sew Classes 3. Evening Entertainment 4. Stores with DISCOUNTS! 5. Optional Tuesday night class ($60)

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