Sandra's SEWAPALOOZA Adventures 2014: Janean's BERNINA Pasco, WA

October 10 and 11 brought Carrie Wells and me to Pasco, Washington to Janean's BERNINA. It was a great event with lots of people and great machine sales. Including one for my daughter! She loves her new 710. Janine and Dewey hosted the event in the adjacent spaces next to their store. We had a large suite for our class room and even a "Sewapalooza Café". Carrie did all of the embroidery projects and I did the sewing projects. The catering was amazing and the café was decorated with many, many beautiful quilts. The photo booth was a great hit and we got a ton of pictures. 2 of the best ones are from Todd. He has a large flat bed truck and loaded it up with all of the machines to drive them down the parking lot to the classroom.... yes he tested the durability of the 880...it fell off of the truck! He picked it up and dusted it off and we plugged it in and guess what??? Yep sewed like a charm! It did have a few bumps and bruises:) Below I have I photographed the shopping lists Janine put together. I thought it was such a great idea. There was a picture of the project and then listed below it was all of the items that related to that set. The ladies put their name on it and turned them in after each set. Then the merchandise magically appeared in their bag at the end of the day. The best seller of the day was the drapery hemmer. It is a flat metal rectangle that you lay over the fabric and then fold the fabric up over the edge to press. It is made by Dritz. We used them to iron the top edge of the serger back pack. I think they had special orders for 25 of them. Janine definitely had the best remake of the Sewapalooza T-shirt! She turned it in to an apron! Sew cute. A good time was had by all.