Baby Lock Ovation Serger Video

Guest blogger Rita Farro sergers ahead at Baby Lock Tech: 
My video skills are still in the development stage. (Yes both sarcasm and understatement.) But regular pictures did NOT tell the story about the new Baby Lock Ovation serger. In this first little video -- you see how different the Ovation is from any other serger on the market. Kelly explains some of the features...

And in the second little video -- you will get to see and hear the Ovation at work. GREAT JOB, Kelly!!

 

 

Thanks Rita for your Baby Lock Tech updates.  I will also add that the new Baby Lock Ovation uses a SCHMETZ ELX705CF available in sizes 75 and 90.  This is a special needle with a  chrome finish, slightly larger scarf and a long groove on the front AND back side of the needle.  SCHMETZ ELX705CF needles are available from your local machine dealer.

 

Let's give Rita Farro an ovation for checking out all the goodies at Baby Lock Tech.  If you want to know more about Rita, check out her Rita's Sew Fun blog.  Rita has a creative soft spot for refashioning t-shirts and loves to blog about her life in Iowa. 

Sew SCHMETZ!

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www.ritassewfun.blogspot.com

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Baby Lock Tech: Famous for BREAKS and SERGERS!!! Part 3

Rita Farro continues with her report about attending Baby Lock Tech in St. Louis.

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Of course, any sewing machine convention is ALL ABOUT THE SEWING. But Baby Lock also understands how important the EATING can be.  The dealers are working hard, attending classes from early in the morning until late at night. THEY NEED A BREAK. So, every day, at 10:00 AM and again at 3:00 PM -- the food is phenomenal....

 

 

 

 

 

But, of course -- as extraordinary as the food was at BLT -- the thing Baby Lock is most famous for is their INCREDIBLE SERGERS. And the real reason everybody was so happy in St. Louis was the launch of Baby Lock's brand new, ground-breaking serger -- the OVATION.

It was SO EXCITING to be a part of this exciting event. And words and pictures really don't do it justice. So in my next post, I hope to share a video demonstration...YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT...

Sew SCHMETZ!
Rita Farro

www.SCHMETZneedles.com
www.babylock.com
www.RitasSewFun.blogspot.com

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Baby Lock Tech: Look Who's at Baby Lock!!! Part 2

Guest blogger -- Rita Farro, has a lot more to say about the 2013 Baby Lock Tech in St. Louis, Missouri...

Rita continues.... One of the BEST THINGS about Baby Lock Tech is seeing all the great outfits!! Baby Lock dealers from all over the country come to BLT -- and they can be kind of competitive. But THIS OUTFIT stopped me cold. I was trying to take a secret picture of the back of her jacket when I realized I knew the woman wearing the embroidery!!

The woman in the great embroidered outfit was Margaret Moorhead. Rhonda Pierce (who normally writes this blog) was recently a guest at Margaret's Virtual Sewing Guild webinar...

Margaret Moorehead Virtual Sewing Guild

Margaret was so interesting, and our visit was so animated -- I wanted to do a video...I am sorry that I talk too fast...but Margaret did a GREAT job...

Sew SCHMETZ!

Rita Farro

www.SCHMETZneedles.com

www.Babylock.com

www.margaretmoorehead.com

www.RitasSewFun.blogspot.com

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Baby Lock Tech: Party in St. Louis!!! Part 1

Welcome to Rita Farro, our guest blogger for a few upcoming posts.  Rita recently attended the annual Baby Lock Tech in St. Louis -- and this is her unofficial report...

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The opening night of Baby Lock Tech is a HUGE PRODUCTION. The Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel in downtown St. Louis is a beautiful venue. Steve Jeffery, President of Baby Lock Sewing Machines, used to be a member of Up With People. So he ACTUALLY DOES SING AND DANCE...

Baby Lock takes over the Hyatt Hotel. They set up tons of classrooms and bring in the finest teachers in the industry. Eleanor Burns was there, Mary Fons, Sue Hausmann, Mary Mulari and many more. It really is a STAR STUDDED event.

Baby Lock headquarters is in St. Louis -- so the entire staff moves to the Hyatt Hotel for the dealer training.

They COMPLETELY SOLD OUT of the limited edition 2013 Baby Lock Tech t-shirts.  There were TWO different designs...and I think they should have a t-shirt-recreation contest!!

My job was to set up the SCHMETZ needles booth in the vendor hall. Of course, Rhonda sent a beautiful, perfectly organized pallet from Chicago which made my job EASY. See the posters hanging in the back of the booth? THAT WAS SO EXCITING..

You can't quite read the poster -- but the big news was that SCHMETZ will be COLOR CODING needles. And the dealers were all delighted to hear that because customers have wanted it for a long time...

The dealers were very busy during the day taking classes. But when they came into the vendor hall, they all wanted to have their picture taken with the giant SCHMETZ "SUPER" NEEDLE...

From Sew News -- Beth Mauro (in blue) visiting with one of the Baby Lock reps at the reception

It was fun to hook up with some friends I've known for a long time -- like Sue Hausmann.  And then, too, making NEW friends. Here, Sue is smiling with my favorite vendor neighbors (who I called Marie #1 and Marie #2.)

Kris and Terri, the original DIY Dish duo, insist they are not related to Marie Osmond.  But it really is hard to believe!

SEW SCHMETZ!
Rita Farro

www.SCHMETZneedles.com

www.BabyLock.com
www.RitasSewFun.blogspot.com

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