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QUILT MARKET PHOTOS
Lots of booths with children's clothing.
Lots of pastels, yellows, golds, pale greens.
Abundance of teals, browns, and lime greens everywhere.
Michael Miller's award-winning booth was filled with gnomes and trees.
Latest PBS TV Show
On the set of Fons & Porter's "Love of Quilting" PBS-TV program, Eric Drexler, National Sulky Educator, shows Liz Porter the magnificent "Living Color" Three-Dimensional Leaves wallhanging, which was designed by Heidi Lund. This project is shown, step-by-step, in our most recent book, An Updated Supplement to Sulky's Secrets to Successful Stabilizing (#900B-17).
Heidi has used this fabulous 3-dimensional technique on one of the magnificent garments that she made for the prestigious Bernina Fashion Show. She is a well-known fiber artist, and is one of the designers featured in our new "Sulky Designer Thread Collection Series". For more information on all of the fantastic Thread Collections, see below.
Heidi received rave reviews as she demonstrated this technique in our booth at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston earlier this month. Her 3-D project is also featured in our Sulky "Sew Exciting" Seminar called "Sulky Creative Art of Stabilizing". Click here to see if one is coming to your area:
Visit Heidi's website and see her incredible creations: heidilund.com
Sulky 12 Wt. Cotton For Counted Cross Stitch
Here is an enthusiastic, unsolicited testimonial from Sherry Bouchard, Alberta, Canada. She shared this photo with me that shows Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Blendables being used for her beautiful Counted Cross Stitch work:
"I just wanted to show you my little Sulky thread 'experiment' I did! I was in our local quilting store a couple of weeks ago and saw your beautiful threads. I'm not a quilter but I Cross Stitch and had a thought...these might work perfectly for Cross Stitch! And oh boy, do they ever! I stitched this on 25-count lugana fabric ... using the 12 wt. (Sulky Cotton Blendables) and it turned out so pretty. I was so excited I shared it on my favorite Cross Stitch board and, my gosh! So many ladies loved how it turned out, too, and are ordering your beautiful threads like crazy!
I just finished a really pretty Christmas pattern with the Blendables and love how it looks! I see lots of your beautiful threads in the future of us Cross Stitchers. I just wanted to share my experience and say 'thank you' for such a wonderful thread even us non-quilters can use! I love this thread and it is stunning when used in Cross Stitch."
... Sherry
Thank you, Sherry, for your enthusiasm and for sharing your beautiful work with us. Lots of people are discovering that Sulky 12 wt. Solid Color Cottons and Cotton Blendables are perfect for many forms of handwork.
"I have recently started playing with Punchneedle, and the Blendables are just spectacular for that, adding dimension and texture just because of their random color changes. I met Marinda Stewart at Quilt Market in Houston, and found out that she has just written a book called, Punchneedle, the Complete Guide, by Krause. This book contains some really spectacular Punchneedle projects and Marinda recommends many of our threads for this handwork, too.
It is so convenient to use because the thread winds so easily off of the spool of thread, rather than having to continuously deal with tangled floss and skeins".
... Patti
Announcing The Locations For The 2010+ * Sulky Certified Teacher Training Events
*(2010 plus, because we have continued the events into early 2011 in the "warmer climates" for the snowbirds.)This year's events have been so successful and well received that people are already signing up for the 2010+ events without even knowing exactly where they will be or what will be taught! We are very flattered and grateful - thank you! As Michele and Kathy work to book the hotels where these events will be held, there may be some minor changes to these locations; but they should generally remain in the areas shown.
We are very grateful for your input via our questionnaires and our web survey, and as a result of what you told us we have added 8 additional locations this year.
| Nov, 2009 | ||
| 11/18 - 11/20 | Kennesaw, GA Hilton Garden Inn | Educators Ellen Osten Nancy Sapin |
| * Includes a tour of the Sulky warehouse. Almost filled for 2009! * Special evening class by Loralie - Sneak preview of 2010! | ||
| Apr, 2010 | ||
| 04/14 - 04/16 | Kennesaw, GA | Educators Ellen Osten Nancy Sapin |
| 04/29 - 05/01 | Austin, TX | Educator - Diane Gloystein |
| May, 2010 | ||
| 05/13 - 05/15 | Lincoln, NE | Educator - Diane Gloystein |
| 05/20 - 05/22 | Novi, MI | Educator - Linda Simmons |
| Jun, 2010 | ||
| 06/03 - 06/05 | Dublin, OH | Educator - Pat Welch |
| 06/03 - 06/05 | Salem, MA | Educator - Ellen Osten |
| 06/16 - 06/18 | Albany, NY | Educator - Diane Gloystein |
| 06/16 - 06/18 | Chicago Area, IL | Educator - Pat Welch |
| Aug, 2010 | ||
| 08/26 - 08/28 | Baltimore area, MD | Educator - Diane Gloystein |
| 08/26 - 08/28 | Seattle, WA | Educator - Linda Simmons |
| Sep, 2010 | ||
| 09/16 - 09/18 | Denver, CO | Educator - Pat Welch |
| 09/16 - 09/18 | Sacramento, CA | Educator - Lee Fletcher |
| 09/30 - 10/02 | San Diego, CA | Educator - Lee Fletcher |
| Oct, 2010 | ||
| 10/26 - 10/28 | Indianapolis, IN | Educator - Linda Simmons |
| Nov, 2010 | ||
| 11/18 - 11/20 | Kansas City, MO | Educator - Lee Fletcher |
| Dec, 2010 | ||
| 12/01 - 12/03 | Kennesaw, GA | Educators Ellen Osten Eric Drexler |
| Feb, 2011 | ||
| 02/02 - 02/04 | Orlando Area, Fl | Educator - Ellen Osten |
| 02/02 - 02/04 | Phoenix, AZ | Educator - Lee Fletcher |
We are working on an even more dazzling curriculum for 2010, and as soon as the prototype projects are ready, they will be photographed and posted on our website: sulky.com.
Sulky is proud to announce - the long-awaited...
"SULKY DESIGNER THREAD COLLECTIONS"™
from some of your favorite Sewing Stars!
Make your projects look just like theirs!
All 8 Collections are VALUE PRICED at 12% to 15% off the price that you would pay if you purchased each spool separately, and you get the PERFECT threads that you KNOW will work with your favorite designer's fabrics or designs, without the agonizing, decision making.
Each collection offers a free, downloadable project or design, or numerous coordinating free projects on the designer's website.
LOOK FOR ALL OF THEM AT YOUR LOCAL SEWING OR QUILTING STORE, or go to www.sulky.com to find a store near you or a web source.
SUE HAUSMANN'S "Vintage Quilting" Collection
Article #733-07 - Sugg. Retail $99.95
Her Sulky 30 wt. Cotton "Vintage Quilting" Designer Thread Collection includes twenty 500 yd. spools of the highest quality Sulky 30 wt., Long Staple, 100% Egyptian Cotton Thread in Solid and Blendables® Colors. Use all of the thread in this collection to create beautiful Vintage Quilts, and as the companion for Sue's Inspira Embroidery Design Multi-format CD EL 19, Vintage Quilting with Sue Hausmann (sold separately).
Instructions for the quilt pictured on the box are in the Inspira CD, or they can be downloaded using the code that is inside the Collection.
You are going to love the three following collections that Lynette Jensen handpicked to coordinate with her signature Thimbleberries color palette:
THIMBLEBERRIES "Flying Colors" Solid Color Cotton Collection
Article #733-08 - Sugg. Retail $49.95
By Lynette Jensen
These sophisticated solids are perfect for all of your quilting and sewing needs. Experience the superior strength and quality of Sulky Threads.
THIMBLEBERRIES "Flying Colors" "Blendables" Collection
Article #733-09 - Sugg. Retail $49.95
By Lynette Jensen
There is something for everyone in this gentle range of earth tones. Enjoy the subtle variation, added interest and quality of Sulky Cotton "Blendables" to give your quilting and sewing projects a very special touch.
THIMBLEBERRIES "Flying Colors" Rayon Thread Collection
Article #942-20 - Sugg. Retail $69.95
By Lynette Jenson
Visit thimbleberries.com to download FREE projects.
MCKENNA RYAN'S "WILLOW BLENDERS" Collection
Article #733-11 - Sugg. Retail $99.95
"I love Sulky's colors. They blend beautifully with many of my designs. What I like most about Sulky's "Blendables" Threads is the soft, gradual gradation of color" - McKenna
Code for downloadable Embroidered Owls (from the "Forest Hollow" Collection - "Leap of Faith" Block) is inside the box.
LIFE IN THE TROPICS Collection - By Award Winning Designer, Heidi Lund
Article #733-13 - Sugg. Retail $49.95
Heidi is a multiple entrant and winner of the prestigious Fairfield/Bernina Fashion Show.
Code for Downloadable Leaf Designs is inside the box.
PREFERRED GREENS Collection - By Joyce Drexler, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Sulky of America
Article #942-18
Sugg. Retail $34.95
Code for downloadable Quilt Layout Instructions is inside the box.
LORALIE DESIGNS™ Collection - Touching the Heart with Fun Art!
Article #942-21 - Sugg. Retail $$69.95
"All of my digitized designs stitch out amazingly full and shiny using these Sulky 40 wt. Rayon Threads,
which supplies the ease and reliability that is needed to relate the fun intended for user and viewer."
- Loralie
Hoffman Announces Winners Of Their 2009 Challenge
As most of you know, we discontinued the Sulky Challenge several years ago mostly as a result of the direct hit that our Florida facility took from Hurricane Charley. We are really delighted that Sulky is now co-sponsoring the prestigious Hoffman Challenge, which has a long, rich history of encouraging and rewarding creativity. Since numerous past entrees in the Hoffman Challenge have featured extensive and often-dramatic uses of Sulky Decorative Rayon, Metallic and Cotton Threads, we love being able to co-sponsor this Challenge so that we can acknowledge and reward the best of future entrants who use Sulky Products. Consumers know they can Quilt with Confidence with Hoffman Fabrics and "Create with Confidence" with Sulky Products. Now, they can do it all in one big contest. Go to hoffmanchallenge.com to see the 2009 winners and get your entry form for next year.
Sue Moats, Freelance National Educator for Sulky of America, and well-known long arm quilter, made the vest shown here out of the Hoffman 2010 Challenge fabric. This vest was proudly displayed in the Sulky booth at the International Quilt Market and Festival.
IN 2009 - IT'S TIME TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAM...
BECOME A SULKY CERTIFIED TEACHER -
ONLY A FEW OPENINGS LEFT IN THE REMAINING EVENTS
"SULKY TECHNIQUES GALORE AND MORE!"
Are you asking yourself, "Why would I want to become a Sulky Certified Teacher, NOW of all times?". Click here and learn more!
Some Things Of Interest On Our Website
TV On DemandAt your convenience, watch Sulky's newest TV programs.
Sulky Co-Sponsors 2009 Hoffman Challenge!
Our newest Seminar
"The Creative Art of Stabilizing"
Sulky of America Announces A New Book By Joyce Drexler
An Updated Supplement to Sulky's Secrets to Successful Stabilizing Book
Visit Our "Free Projects" Section Of Our Website For More Than 60 Free, Downloadable Projects
RECENT SHOW WINNERS
Linda Heier
Loveland, CO
Congratulations on winning the Sulky door prize drawing during the recent Rocky Mountain Quilt Show in Loveland, CO.
And
Jeannie Nelson
Oak Ridge, TN
Congratulations on winning the Sulky door prize drawing during the recent AQS Quilt Expo in Knoxville, TN.
Thanks for stopping by our booth and signing up for the drawing. To find out where and when Sulky will be exhibiting, check our website, sulky.com and click on Shows with Sulky
Upcoming Sulky Consumer Shows
| DATE | SHOW & LOCATION | CITY |
| 11/05/09 - 11/07/09 | Original Sewing & Quilt Expo | Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/12/09 - 11/14/09 | Original Sewing & Quilt Expo | Schaumburg, IL |
| Here is a complete listing of all of the upcoming consumer shows where Sulky will be exhibiting and the classes that will be offered at each show. | ||
Be sure to sign up at the Sulky booth for a chance to win a door prize.
Some Thoughts for the Month
"Life is tough... but even tougher if you're stupid" - John Wayneor to paraphrase him, my friend Carol Ingram says...
"If you're gonna be stupid, you've gotta be tough!"
and here's my favorite:
"If stupidity got us into this, why can't it get us out???"
FREE Project of the Month
No Pins! Faux Paper Piecing - by Suzy Seed of Houston, TX, Freelance Sulky National Educator
A crazy-patchwork, "paper-pieced" block, from the book, Sulky Secrets to Successful Stabilizing #900B-11, using Sulky Super Solvy.
Suzy shows us how to use Sulky Super Solvy to make a "paper-pieced" crazy-patchwork pattern that is fun, quick and easy, with no paper to tear away when the block is done. Since this book was published, we have also introduced Sulky Paper Solvy, which can be used when you want one or many patterns for paper piecing. Paper Solvy can be run through an inkjet printer and dissolves quickly away in warm water.
If you are ever unable to find any of the Sulky Products or put-ups that you are looking for locally, there are 2 Mail Order/On-Line sources that have, in stock, every Product and Put-up that Sulky makes. They are www.speedstitch.com - 1-866-829-7235 and www.uncommonthread.com - 1-877-294-5427. Either of these sources will have the books and other Sulky products you will need to make this project.
VISIT OUR "FREE PROJECTS" SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE THAN 60 FREE, DOWNLOADABLE PROJECTS: www.sulky.com/project/index_project.php
There is also a Consumer Newsletter Archive on our website so you can read back issues. For more information on any of our products or programs contact me at asksulky@sulky.com or visit sulky.com.
Kind regards,
Patti Lee
Vice President
Consumer Relations
Sulky of America, Inc.
Patti.lee@sulky.com
www.sulky.com
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