2010 Sewing & Stitchery Expo - We Have a Winner . . .

Congratulations to Agnes Mazur! Her name was pulled from the SCHMETZneedles.com Coupon Drawing held Sunday, February 28, 2010 at the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA. Agnes won a variety of SCHMETZ needles in a collectible SCHMETZ tin - a retail value of over $50!




Thanks to everyone who attended the Pink & Red Fashion Show in support of the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association. Special thanks also to everyone who participated in the SCHMETZ drawing.

We know you can never have enough SCHMETZ needles!

http://www.schmetzneedles.com/

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ABC Pocket Guide . . . A Wonderful Reference

Going to your (SCHMETZ) lecture last year . . . took the confusion out of "which needle" and I became more familiar with all the different ones. That's why I signed up again this year -- using it as a "refresher course." The pocket guide will be wonderful to keep next to each machine as a reference.

Barbara C. - Petaluma, CA

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Why I Love SCHMETZ Needles . . .

My name is Carla Marienau. I started embroidering about 6 years ago with my cousin, Peggy Gliot. Peggy called me one day and told me I had to come over, she had something to show me. When I arrived at her house, she took me downstairs and she had a whole basement set up for sewing and embroidering. I had never used an embroidery machine before and I was hooked. My mom was an expert seamstress ( and my mom was Peggy's daycare while her parents worked)and taught Peggy and I how to sew when we were kids. Peggy's father had a sewing machine repair shop before both of us were born. All Peggy could say to me as I was experiencing embroidering for the first time is"Wow, would your mom and my dad be excited about these embroidery machines." Both our parents have been gone for many years.

Peggy and I started meeting one night a week at her house to embroider. My niece was having her first baby and Peggy and I sewed the entire nursery from the crib blankets and bumpers to the curtains on the window. We did this all long distance with my niece's sisters running over to her house to measure for us while she was at work! Peggy and I have enjoyed spending so much time together doing something we both enjoy. She is truly an expert at embroidering now and last April, for my birthday, my husband surprised me with my own embroidery machine.

Peggy is my "answer person" whenever I have a question and she told me that the only needle to use for your machines is Schmetz. I recently placed my first order for needles because I have moved to a different state and Peggy always had me just purchase needles from her because she bulk ordered.

Because of your fantastic needle, I have created some very beautiful gifts. I am currently working on a fleece blanket for our 95 year old aunt's surprise birthday party. It is so wonderful being able to create one of a kind gifts for special people and the best part is rekindling a passion for sewing with my cousin Peggy. We talk long distance all the time discussing new patterns or projects.

Sincerely,

Carla Marienau

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RECYCLED JEANS DAY @ Sewing & Stitchery Expo, Puyallup, WA

FRIDAY, February 26, 2010 -- Is “WEAR YOUR RECYCLED DENIM DAY" at the Sewing & Stitchery EXPO in Puyallup, Washington. If you're coming to the show -- c’mon – it’ll be fun!! You simply wear something you’ve made out of recycled DENIM. Here's a skirt made out of recycled denim that Rita Farro admired last fall . . . .

The first thing you do is go to the SCHMETZ Needle Booth in the Pavilion (#144) – and we'll take your picture (for our official Recycled Jeans Slide show) and you’ll enter your name in the SCHMETZ Recycled Denim Prize Box.





















You will also go to the Junk Jeans booth (#711) – to enter your name into a second “Recycled Challenge Prize” box. Here's a picture of the talented Luveta Nickels -- one of our SCHMETZ DESIGNERS -- and the MASTER of recycled jeans. Be creative – think out of the box!

You could win SCHMETZ Sewing machine needle collections, Junk Jeans books, patterns, and one of those fancy pink DRILLS!!

REMEMBER -- WEAR YOUR RECYCLED JEANS ON FRIDAY . . . THEN visit the SCHMETZ booth and Junk Jeans.

At at 5:30 PM on Friday – we’ll get a group shot of the Recycled Jeans Challenge Group. So – weather permitting – we’ll all gather outside – at the fountain for our OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH. The prizes will be drawn and awarded at that tiime.

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RECYCLED JEANS DAY @ Sewing & Stitchery Expo, Puyallup, WA

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SCHMETZ Testimonial - Christine Spencer

Christine Spencer is from Detroit, Michigan. When asked the question, “When did you learn how to sew?” She replied, “I was in 7th grade and taking sewing in home ec. My grandmother gave me the machine that my grandfather used before he passed away. It was an antique black Singer electric machine. I practiced what I learned in class at home. I had a Zen experience while I was making a pair of lime-green hip hugger pants appliquéd with a moon and star: I felt like I was one with the universe while sewing on the machine. I have spent the rest of my life sewing because of that experience.”

While attending college, Christie apprenticed to tailors, first in a menswear store and later in a uniform factory. After graduating, she worked as a tailor and then as an instructor at a technical school (Institute of Merchandising and Design). Eventually, she started her own business -- custom sewing and embroidery designs. Sewing has always been part of her working life, and she has owned many sewing machines over the years – but she has relied on one sewing machine needle company – SCHMETZ.

Whether she is using her antique Singer sewing machine to sew the perfect straight stitched seam in a wool suit -- or a brand new embroidery machine to create an intricate embroidery design – Christie always uses a SCHMETZ sewing machine needle. “I’ve had a commercial embroidery business and I’m in love with free motion embroidery. My favorite needle is the SCHMETZ GOLD Titanium needle because of how long it lasts!! The difference between the titanium needle and other embroidery needles is that when embroidering on rayons, silks and bamboo (my favorite fabrics) with the SCHMETZ Gold, I never worry about making a hole and then a run in the fabric. I count on SCHMETZ for perfect results every time.”

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SCHMETZ Testimonial - Phyllis Krogman

Phyllis Krogman is a farm wife and mother of six children. “My mother taught me to sew and I always loved it. Sewing has taken me through the stages of my life. Because of certain fitting challenges, I always had to sew my own clothes. When my girls were small – I enjoyed making their special occasion dresses. I don’t know when I started to sew for other people…but it’s always been a way for me to make some extra money.”

Phyllis is a well known seamstress, who takes on sewing jobs as her time and life permits. She has taught sewing classes at a local sewing machine dealership. Even though she lives way out of town on a gravel road – sewing customers bring her all the business she can handle.

Her most recent project was sewing dresses for two of her daughter’s weddings. She made nine dresses for Andrea’s wedding – and 11 for Beth’s wedding. “I’ve been a garment sewer all my life. Making clothes that truly fit is a joy for me -- and I would never consider using anything but a SCHMETZ sewing machine needle. After investing all that money into the fabric and patterns – not to mention my TIME – why would I use an inferior needle and risk puckered seams or shredded thread that would ruin the garment? SCHMETZ has never let me down!”

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