I'm So Excited
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I'm So Excited
I attended an Anita Goodesign Embroidery Party this past Friday and Saturday. It was loads of fun and I'm getting a new Brother/Innovis NQ1400 emb machine. It came with lots of freebies including a free rolling case. I also won a really neat pair of curved emb scissors. The tips come down to a very fine small point. It's hard to explain but I had never seen any made quite this way. Other things I got were two free mini collections. One for buying a machine and another because one of the ladies in my group also bought one. We were grouped three people to a machine and took turns using the machine. The last drawing I won an Embroidery Party CD that sells for $560. We learned a lot of new techniques and the other two ladies at my machine were really great and we had a lot of fun. I also bought an "Art of Digitizing" CD for $99 that normally sells for $499. There were lots of giveaways and some really good prices on some things. Everything was furnished including pastries for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch. Snacks and drinks were also included. I think it was well worth the money I paid for the workshop. This workshop was put on by Brother and hosted by Triad Sew & Vac in Winston-Salem, NC. Triad did a great job of hosting and their staff was super. They were always ready to help or answer questions. I think other machine manufacturers also sponsor these workshops.
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 19,127
It is good to have the support of a dealership when buying a new machine for classes and technical maintenance support. I never win anything but my friend won tickets to the PBS Antique Roadshow so I am finally getting to go!
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I had never used any Anita Goodesign designs and was familiar with them by name only. But if you've never used them give them a try. Their directions for their projects are some of the best I've seen. I was really impressed by how easy the directions were to follow. They show each step and tell you what to do and when. One thing I really liked was they stitch an outline on the stabilizer of where the design will go. It makes it easy to see if you need to change something. I really like the way they did their projects. We did a zipper pouch, a printed fabric block, trapunto block, towel end, folded fabric block, embroidered paper card and confetti block in the workshop.
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