Quilt n Thyme News. October 15, 2016 NEWS BRIEFS. - Sunday Surprise Classes Begin! - Breast Cancer Awaremess! - The New Bernina700 Embroidery Arrives!

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1 Quilt n Thyme News October 15, 2016 NEWS BRIEFS - Breast Cancer Awaremess! October is the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To recognize the importance of the critical health issue, Quilt n Thyme is featuring two lines of new fabric, Quilting Treasures RIBBONS FOR HOPE and Timeless Treasures PINK RIBBONS. We have also assembled coordinating fabrics for these two lines. We will also be making announcements throughout the month of special promotions and relevant news items. To keep up to date visit our store s FaceBook page. All pink fabrics and pink fabric pre-cuts are on sale at 20% off of list price for the entire month of October (cannot be combined with any other sale, discount, or promotion). - Sunday Surprise Classes Begin! For the months of October through December a new series of classes have been scheduled for selected Sunday afternoons, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of each month through December 18th. Each of these fun classes will be co-taught by Deb Portelance and Sherry Bishop. These classes are designed to get enrollees ready for the end-of-the-year holidays. Each class will focus on a new quick project that can be finished by the end of the class session. Every class and project are different and class fees will vary depending on the project. Each completed class project is eligible to enter into a competition in which the winner will win a $25.00 store credit prize. The winner from the October 1st class, SUNDAY SURPRISE-Tote Bags, is Angela Stone. Our congratulations go out to her on her achievement. - The New Bernina700 Embroidery Arrives! BERNINA s first embroidery only machine offers even, for example, accurately place designs with Pinpoint Placement, a great new feature for easy positioning and alignment. The B 700 works only with the embroidery module and is the perfect companion as embroidery only machine. The BERNINA 700 for Embroidery offers even more features and options for embroidery lovers. Design editing allows you to easily position, mirror, rotate, combine and resize motifs. Create curved lettering effects, alter stitch density, combine alphabets with embroidery or create beautiful endless embroidery designs. Complex combinations can even be resequenced according to color, and alternative color options can be reviewed before stitching out. The finished design can be saved directly on the machine or a USB stick. - Class Session Cancelled! Deb Portelance s Saturday class, Make it Sew, scheduled for October 22nd, has been cancelled. This class will continue in November. 1

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4 Tools & Equipment BERNINA 700 Embroidery Beautiful Embroidery is Simple The BERNINA 700 for embroidery offers even more features and options for embroidery lovers. Design editing allows you to easily position, mirror, rotate, combine and resize motifs. Create curved lettering effects, alter stitch density, combine alphabets with embroidery or create beautiful endless embroidery designs. Complex combinations can even be resequenced according to color, and alternative color options can be reviewed before stitching out. The finished design can be saved directly on the machine or a USB stick. What s more, additional designs can be imported to the machine via the USB port. And the Check function lets you position the design precisely before embroidering. The remarkable, easy-to-use embroidery module with especially large embroidery area, three hoops, and the multiple spool holder come as standard. Extra-large Embroidery Area The extra-large embroidery area gives you a lot of flexibility and comfort when embroidering. With 10 inches to the right of the needle you are able to embroider designs up to 400 x 210 mm in size using the Maxi hoop which is available as an option. Should your embroidery and designing ambitions grow, the B 700 can be enhanced with embroidery accessories and software. Total Embroidery Stitch Control The BERNINA 700 Embroidery machine provides an exclusive level of embroidery control for effortless, fast and immaculate embroidery results. Personal settings can be saved and retrieved. The BERNINA 700 offers new comfort features like the Thread Away Mode which is a swift movement of the hoop that pulls the top thread tail up and out of the fabric after cutting, bringing it out of the way for clean embroidery. Thread-up Command The new Thread-up Command function is easily accessible with the direct-select button on the front of the machine. It lowers and raises the needle bringing the bobbin thread to the top of the fabric at the start of stitching leaving the underneath side of an embroidery project beautiful and clean. BERNINA Adaptive Thread Tension The BERNINA Adaptive Thread Tension, a BERNINA innova perfect stitch quality on both sides of the fabric. Once the tension is set according to the thread and fabric used, BERNINA Adaptive Thread Tension will constantly check the thread tension, adjusting it automatically when needed. The result is the finest stitching without pressing a button. Invisible & Smart Secure You ll achieve brilliant embroidery results thanks to the new Invisible Secure function which makes the perfected tie-on/off formation completely invisible. The Smart Secure function smartly adds tie-on/off stitches to a design if none are pre-programmed. Or, simply turn this function off to keep the original tie-on/off stitch settings of the design. A big plus is that the cutting of jump stitches at every length can be set; no more manual trimming needed. Flawless embroidery has never been easier. Pinpoint Placement Accurately place designs with Pinpoint Placement, a great new feature for easy positioning and alignment. Simply select two points on the screen, match them with the markings on the hooped fabric, and have the design either aligned, rotated or resized to fit as desired. Have full visibility of the hooped fabric at all times, no additional tools or aids are needed. 4

5 Classes & Events - Sunday Surprise Classes! The Sunday classes for the second half of October, taught by Deb Portelance and Sherry Bishop are scheduled as follows: 10/16-SUNDAY SURPRISE-Square Aprons (Register by Oct 10.) 10/30-SUNDAY SURPRISE-PJs with Pizzaz (Register by Oct 24) The new Beginning Quilting class, taught by Sherry Bishop, is scheduled for Saturday, October 29th (9:00 am to 4 pm). October, 2016 Event Schedule EVENTS 10/17 Monday 5-9 pm Sew-in Open 10/19 Wednesday 9 am-4 pm Sew-in Open 10/20 Thursday 9 am-4 pm Sew-in Open 10/24 Monday 5-9 pm Sew-in Open 10/26 Wednesday 9 am-4 pm Sew-in Open 10/27 Thursday 9 am-4 pm Sew-in Open 10/31 Monday 5-9 p.m. Sew-in Open Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To recognize the importance of the critical health issue, Quilt n Thyme has put all pink fabrics and pink fabric pre-cuts on sale at 20% off of list price for the entire month of October. (Cannot be combined with any other sale, discount, or promotion) October, 2016 Class Schedule CLASSES 10/15 Saturday 9 am-3 pm Know Your Sewing Machine Sherry Bishop Open 10/16 Sunday 1-5 pm SUNDAY SURPRISE-Square Aprons Deb Portelance & Sherry Bishop Open 10/17 Monday 9:30 am - 2 pm Have Fun w/ Your Embroidery Machine Shirley Leatherwood Open 10/18 Tuesday 6-9 pm Make It Fit: Pattern Drafting & Alterations Deb Portelance Open 10/22 Saturday 9-Noon & 1-4 pm Make it Sew! Deb Portelance Cancelled 10/24 Monday 9:30 am - 2 pm Have Fun w/ Your Embroidery Machine Shirley Leatherwood Open 10/25 Tuesday 6-9 pm Make It Fit: Pattern Drafting & Alterations Deb Portelance Open 10/29 Saturday 9 am - 4 pm Beginning Quilting Sherry Bishop Open 10/30 Sunday 1-5 pm SUNDAY SURPRISE-PJs with Pizzaz Deb Portelance & Sherry Bishop Open 10/31 Monday 9:30 am - 2 pm Have Fun w/ Your Embroidery Machine Shirley Leatherwood Open QUILT N THYME SEW & VAC 955 Highway 99W, Suite Corning, California Store Hours Monday 9am-9pm - Tuesday through Friday 9am-5pm - Saturday 9am-4pm - Closed Sunday 5