"Calling all quilters, sewers and crafters! American Patchwork & Quilting is challenging you to join our efforts to Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference. Every pillowcase can make a difference in your community. A pillowcase can provide comfort for a cancer patient, hope for a foster child, encouragement for a battered woman, or beauty for a nursing home resident."

My Sewing Room will be offering our first almost free pillowcase class on Monday January 18th at 1:30pm!

The price of admission is the first pillowcase you make stays with us for donation to a local charity and your second pillowcase goes home with you. We are still looking for possible donation sites so please if you have any contacts please get in touch with them on our behalf. We need to know where and how many pillowcases the group would be able to use. I am looking forward to donating as many pillowcases as possible in Calgary and the surrounding area.

"So far I have committed to giving away 2000 pillowcases to two groups to be named shortly. I am sure you won’t let me make them all myself, will you? Of course you wouldn’t!!!  I have already received a couple dozen from you and expect to see many more over the coming months."  Sincerely, Anne Dale

For more information on what the event entails visit the Official 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge Website for more information and pattern ideas!

So, although we have asked our Guiding members if they would like to display their quilts, we also know that there are many quilts ‘out there’ that do not belong to Guiding members, but perhaps some people would be willing to lend their ‘Guiding’ quilts to be displayed at the Quilt Canada 2010 show this year.

My Sewing Room is asking anyone with one or two of these "Guiding" quilts to email Edie Jubenville or call her directly (403)547-4742 for more information.

To learn more about the Girl Guides of Canada please visit their website www.girlguides.ca

Quilt Canada 2010 workshops announced! You can see the list of instructors and classes by following this link: Quilt Canada 2010 Workshops You can check out their new website for updated information by following this link: Quilt Canada 2010 and from there read the many hyperlinks for all the conference information. Have a look at the latest Winter 2009 Newsletter for more event news.

You can now buy tickets online by following this link: Quilt Canada 2010 Tickets

Resolve to restyle your wardrobe in 2010! It's easy with My Label 3D Pattern Software! Join us for this back-to-basics webinar to learn tips and techniques for qualifying the My Label Test Tunic. This webinar is a must see event for new owners as well as for those who need to review how to qualify the fit.

Please note, attendee spaces are limited at our webinars. Please register early to avoid disappointment!

Register for a session now by clicking a date below:
Thursday, January 14th, 2010   9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MST
Thursday, January 14th, 2010   5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MST

Paisley Butterfliest #12280
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Come stroll through a magical paisley garden where embellishments dance on the breeze and glorious blooms offer ornamental welcomes to their fluttering friends. These delicate wonders are designed using unique paisley patterns sewn in beautiful monochromatic color-schemes, and utilize multiple levels of fill densities for optimum project potential. Sew your favorites in white or off-white thread colors for an unforgettable lacy look that will beautifully enhance a new blouse, jacket or pair of jeans.

Urban Trends #12281
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Urban style is everywhere, and with this trendy collection of elements you can create your own masterpieces perfect for hoodies, T-shirts, button front shirts, or even jeans. To spark your creative endeavors, we have included 5 large combination designs utilizing existing elements and a large variety of individual elements for you to explore. Need an eagle design, powerful heraldry shield or lion, a flock of flying crows, a super cool koi design or just some fantastic black flourishes? It's all here.

Essential Senitments #12282
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Prepare now for the year ahead with this well-balanced collection of embroidered greeting cards. Included are various birthday wishes, baby celebrations, Christmas greetings, gracious sentiments, a variety of other occasions and a few cards just for fun. Personalize each card by choosing your own paper and thread colors. Follow the instructions included and these fun little projects will be quick and rewarding.

Spirit Of The Horse #12283
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Within this wonderfully illustrated collection you will discover the awe-inspiring, free Spirit of the Horse! These stunning untamed beauties combined with some super-hip accent elements offer you a great range of horse project possibilities. Embellish a jacket that keeps you warm on that winter ride, a matching scarf and hat for the horse lover in your life, or a saddle pad for your horse. Try changing thread colors to match your horse's coat.

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Bernina Embroidery Software EditorPlus Version 5

My Sewing Room has ONE Version 5 Software Pack:

BERNINA Embroidery Software V5 offers everything you need to explore your creativity. In spite of all its new and improved functions, the software is extremely easy to use.

Explore the Quilter and Cross Stitch programs, functions such as Advanced Appliqué and Monograms, and PhotoSnap for converting pictures into embroidery designs – plus countless other creative options for editing embroidery designs. BERNINA is the first to offer Outline techniques – a brilliant tool for achieving top-quality results when digitizing, editing and stitching.