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Western Sew, Quilt & Textile Expo
Reno, NV - June 21 - 23, 2012
Grand Sierra Resort
(Silver State Pavilion)
Located on the Arcade level of the hotel
2500 E. Second Street
Reno, NV 89595
(775.789.2000)
Parking: FREE
Directions
Official Show Hotel
Grand Sierra Resort
2500 E. Second Street
Reno, NV 89595
$69/night plus tax -
Grand Sierra rooms / single or double occupancy
$90.00/night plus tax -
Luxury Summit Rooms/ single or double occupancy
An additional person charge of $20.00 will apply beyond two guest per room.
CALL: 800-648-5080
Reservation Deadline May 21, 2012
To qualify for special rate call before Monday, May 21, 2012, identifying Western Sew, Quilt & Textile Expo 2012.
$50.00 fee for early check-in.
Online Reservations - coming soon
If you enjoy learning, shopping . . .
and going home with projects made by you; then we have three days that have been
designed specifically with you in mind!
The Western Sew, Quilt & Textile Expo will include a large vendor mall,
seminars, workshops, make-it-take-it projects, demonstrations, daily prize
drawings, traveling quilt exhibits, FREE stage presentations and MUCH MORE.
Get Ready to Shop for:
Fashion Sewing
Longarm Quilting Machines
Embellishments
Fabrics & Notions
Quilting Supplies
Knitting & Yarns
Craft Supplies
Buttons & Trims
Appliqué Patterns & Designs
Quilt Frames
Stitchery
Home Decor
Cutting Systems
Embroidery Machines
Sewing Machines
Digitizing Software
Doll Making Supplies
Specialty Tools
Quilting Machines
Decorating Ideas and Solutions
Plus many more products for the Sewing, Quilting, Crafting and Embroidery
Enthusiasts!
Admission & Show Hours
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
June 21 - June 23, 2012
Workshops begin on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Vendor Mall Hours
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
10 AM - 5 PM
Admission
$8 with coupon $7
Print $1 OFF Coupon (PDF)
SUPER SAVER
3-Day Pass $15.00 (Coupon does not apply)
Bus Loads are welcome
Special Group rate is available for 20 or more $5 ea.
Bus Trip Info (PDF)
Young Adults under age 16 FREE
Grand Prizes
 GO!
Baby Fabric Cutter
The AccuQuilt GO! Baby Fabric Cutter is a fast, precise, affordable fabric
cutter that allows quilters and fabric crafters to cut fabric up to 90% faster
than scissors or rotary cutting. Perfect for the beginner and occasional
quilter.
Sponsored by accuquilt
2011Threads Magazine Archive DVD-ROM
26 years of instruction, tips, techniques, and tools to make you a better sewer.
The Threads Magazine Archive is a tool no sewer should be without. In one
amazingly easy-to-search disc, you’ll enjoy 26 years of content from America’s
most trusted sewing magazine. That’s all 158 issues of Threads, starting with
issue #1 and including all the issues from 2011.
You'll get the classic articles, timeless techniques, a wealth of information on
the hottest topics, plus insight from our most popular contributors – all the
expert advice you need to sew well-made clothes that fit and flatter. And with
the 2011 Threads Magazine Archive, that information is right at your fingertips.
It's a breeze to search through, and you'll know that every project, technique,
and tip you find here comes from a credible source, including iconic designers,
renowned instructors, and industry professionals.
Sponsored by the editors of Threads Magazine.
 Threads Sewing Guide
A complete reference from America's best-loved sewing magazine
From the editors of Threads.
Readers who love to sew – especially those who know Threads magazine – will have
to have this definitive sewing encyclopedia. An incomparable collection of the
best sewing information available, this book promises to explain, with trademark
thoroughness, the full range of garment sewing techniques. It covers all the
bases for anyone who delights in sewing: tools (from sewing machines and sergers
to pins and needles); materials (fabrics and threads of all kinds); basic sewing
(from seams and seam finishes to hand-sewn stitches); garment construction (top
to bottom, inside and out); tailoring techniques (for a professional look); even
lingerie techniques, pressing tips, embellishments, and much, much more. Without
a doubt, this is the complete sewing answer book.
 Couture Techniques Workshop Basics with Claire
Shaeffer
2-disc DVD - Sponsored by the editors of Threads Magazine
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Fashionistas, rejoice! At last, the techniques of couture sewing are
demystified. This 2-disc DVD is a well-organized and easy-to-understand visual
workshop and will appeal to both home sewers and professionals -- anyone who
appreciates fine workmanship and takes pleasure in creating beautiful clothing.
See an expert at work as Claire Shaeffer illustrates the basic techniques that
take sewing to the next level -- from hand sewing and machine stitching to
marking methods, pressing, and hemming.
This best-selling author and teacher shares insider tips and secrets, walking
viewers through the process of creating high-end couture garments, as well as
home accessories. This unique DVD set, the first in the COUTURE TECHNIQUES
WORKSHOP series, is based on years of professional experience. Just like a
precisely tailored garment, sewers won't find anything like it anywhere else.
Special Guests
FEATURED: Award Winning Contemporary Quilt Artist
David Taylor
David Taylor Quilts
David Taylor was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1963. As a Navy brat,
he had the opportunity to live in many parts of the United States, attending
high school and college in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. He currently makes his
home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where he began his journey into the
quilting world in 1999. Since then he has been the recipient of the Fairfield
Master Award for Contemporary Quilt Artistry from the International Quilt
Association (2006), the Brother Machine Workmanship Award from the American
Quilters Society (2008) and has twice received Best of Show honors at the Spring
International Quilt Festival in Chicago (2007, 2008). In the summer of 2008,
David held a solo exhibit of his work at Les Jardins de Magali in Provence.
more about David Taylor . .
FEATURED Fiber Artist, Writer & Designer
Heather Thomas
Wild Heather Designs
I’m a mixed media fiber artist who got her start with traditional quilt making.
I designed my first pattern more than 20 years ago and have published more than
100 designs. After more than 12 years of teaching color & design I wrote my
second book, A Fiber Artists Guide to Color & Design which came on the hills of
my wildly popular first book, Fabric Embellishing; the basics and beyond. In
2011 I was a guest writer for Quilting Arts magazine with a six part feature on
Free Style Machine Quilting, a technique that I think is the most fun you can
have with a sewing machine. I continue to create and design and write about new
and unusual fiber based techniques. My greatest passion however is teaching. As
an instructor it is my goal to help each student realize his or her potential as
an artist. I think that knowledge is freedom and that freedom gives us wings.
FEATURED: Traditional and Contemporary
Quilting Designer
Ami Simms
Mallery Press, Inc.
My name is Ami Simms (Ami rhymes with salami, but I'll answer to any lunch
meat!)
I am the author of eight books on quilting including my newest, Picture Play
Quilts. My other books are How To Improve Your Quilting Stitch, Invisible
Appliqué, Every Trick In The Book, Classic Quilts: Patchwork Designs From
Ancient Rome, How NOT To Make A Prize-Winning Quilt, Creating Scrapbook Quilts,
and Fun Photo-Quilts & Crafts. I am also the creator of the WORST Quilt in the
World Contest® and the founder and executive director of the Alzheimer's Art
Quilt Initiative.
more about Ami Simms
. .
FEATURED Longarm Quilting Expert
Pam Clarke
Designs with Lines
Pam Clarke has been quilting since the late 1960's and sewing for 46 years. She
lives in Spokane WA and grew up in Sacramento CA. Pam has been machine quilting
and teaching machine quilting, piecing and appliqué classes since 1988. She is
the owner of Homes Stitches a professional machine quilting business that was
started in 1988. Her work can be seen in several published magazines and books.
She quilts for Debbie Mumm, K-P kids, Fiber Mosaics, Mary Lou and Company,
Fabric Sales, Kaufman, Bernantix, Retta Weirheim and Martingale. To this date
she has quilted over 7000 quilts and has made several hundred. Pam has appeared
on Quilt Central and with Linda Taylor for PBS. She has also been featured in
Fons and Porter as a Celebrity Quilter.
more about Pam Clarke . .
Also appearing at the Expo, national and internationally sewing and quilting
designers and educators sharing their tips and solutions that include, Kathy
Ruddy, Lorraine Henry, Roxanne Langan, Cindy Walter, Carol Bledsoe, Connie
Spurlock, Julie Gutierrez and more to be announced.
The educators and vendors offer more ways to learn and have fun at the same
time; make-it, take-it projects, FREE ongoing demonstrations, fashion and trunk
show on the FREE stage, traveling quilts and dolls exhibits, lots of shopping
opportunities in the vendor mall, daily prize drawings and a chance to WIN Grand
Prizes on Saturday .
Special Exhibits
SPECIAL Visiting/traveling Quilt Displays from all across the United States and
from the UK:
 “GATES”
A Collection of Quilt Art for Exhibit By Quilts on the Wall: Fiber Artists
Gates lead to gardens, dreams, ideas, heaven, and hell, places whimsical or
real. A collection of twenty-three quilts from Quilts on the Wall artists
explore the idea of a gate's use, each in the artist's own particular idiom of
fiber art and personal viewpoint. Embellishments, computer modifications, inks,
acrylics, beads, pearls, fusing, cottons, silks, wools, roving, organza, canvas,
felt, tulle, metallic threads and paints, discharged and rusted fabrics, screen
printing, stencils, stamps, hand and machine piecing and quilting are all
represented in this very eclectic display of quilts. www.quiltsonthewall.com
 The
Fortune Cookie Challenge
For this challenge The Subterranean Art Quilters were each given a fortune
cookie to open and interpret in our own unique way. The only guideline was that
the size must be 18"x24" finished and the fortune must be somewhere on the front
of the quilt.
In 2007 Sally McKibben started our group with a diverse group of women who
explore the realm of art quilts. Our vision is to create a nurturing environment
where our members can stretch, learn, and share our work and ideas in a loving
and supportive atmosphere. Although we still love and respect everything
traditional, we are driven to break out of the box and venture into new
territories. We are learning to set our own rules and raise the bar with every
challenge.
More . . .
Sponsors
A very special thank you to the following companies for their generous support!
Quilter's Paradise
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California Nolting Longarm Dealer
Check back often, lots more to come....
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