Sewing Expo

I spent the entire day at the Puyallup Fairgrounds attending the Sewing Expo. It's an annual event and quite a big deal. My sister and I bought tickets well in advance and signed up for nine seminar classes over the two days.

Well it turns out that my sister's grandbaby (who was due last week) had a schedule of her own and as of this writing she hasn't appeared yet, so my sister sits in anticipation, waiting to meet the new baby girl. My sister picked out the seminar classes and she did a good job. I really enjoyed them today.

The Sewing Expo (http://www.sewexpo.com/) is for quilters, seamstresses, knitters and more. There is so much to see. And every year I am amazed that they can still be coming up with new stuff. This year the new to me thing is called "Angelina" heat bondable fibers. When I get playing with it I'll post pictures. The only way I can explain them is that they are bundles of fibers that when heated bond together and you use it like appliques. Here is the website: http://www.embellishmentvillage.com/.

I learned more about machine quilting and I think I'm brave enough now to try a little bit more of it. And of course I had to buy another table runner pattern, it seems I just collect the patterns, I have yet to make a table runner.

It's fun to see how many people there are with this same interest and the people are all so nice. It was a fun day. I'll return again tomorrow for more classes (and hopefully less shopping).