Have you picked up our Row By Row kit yet?  We have enjoyed visitors from all over the country and Canada!  It will be available until September 5th.

Congratulations to 11 people that finished their project on time.  (For some reason, we do not have a picture of one of the projects.  Sorry to whomever we missed.)  The project for August is #8.

Here’s a project idea for the Row by Row Junior pattern “Arrows.” It can be used with any row pattern that is 9″ tall finished and 36″ long finished. It fits a king size bed pillow perfectly. Have fun recycling your worn out blue jeans by using them as the top and bottom strips.  Here is the link for the pattern and other Row by Row Studio ideas.  Junior Jeans Pocket Pillow

Congratulations to Janica for completing the Jr. Row x Row called “Friendship Bracelets”.  Didn’t she do a beautiful job?  I think she is planning on entering it in the Rock County fair in Open Class (July 26-29) so be sure to check  it out.

The sewing machines have been busy, busy, busy here at the Sewing Basket.  Most of the students have finished their projects and are ready to enter them in the Rock County Fair.  Good job everyone!  We will be offering another session for the skirt class on August 7th-9th.  There are still spots available in both the morning or the afternoon classes.  Call to reserve your place!

Congratulations to these 10 people that completed their projects for June.  Next month’s project is #7.  Just so you know, we do love to see completed projects even if they were not completed in time to get credit.  The last two pictures are late completions.

We hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!  Here’s an idea for a quick project using up your red, white, and blue fabric scraps… Just snip scraps up into little squares, add a dab of glue in the middle of scrap and push half way (glue side down) into styrofoam wreath with end of a pencil.   Fill in until styrofoam is covered and you have a patriotic decoration for your door!

There’s still time to sign up for the “Over the Top” Rock County Fair Challenge. The challenge is to make a table topper (not a table runner)with this fabric selected from the Sewing Basket.  You may purchase up to half a yard.  The table topper must include this fabric in any design you select or create and will be judged on creative use of fabric, quality of construction, and overall eye appeal.  Entry times are from 5-8 p.m on July 26th and 3-7 on July 28th.  Stop in to get your fabric and join in the fun!

QuickDesign App

Touch, select, and swipe your way to new ideas and designs!

Snap a pic; embroider a memory! With the QuickDesign App for the DESIGNER EPIC you can take a picture with your phone and send it straight to the machine for embroidery.

Available for both Apple and Android devices.

Use this app to take a photo and quickly create an embroidery design. Then save it to your mySewnet™ Account and it will be synchronized to your mySewnet™-compatible sewing and embroidery machine, ready for you to stitch out.

Choose from different filters for different sizes and effects on the generated embroidery design.

Note: To be able to use this app in full you need to have a mySewnet™-compatible sewing and embroidery machine.

The first official day of summer is also the first day of Row by Row!  Stop in to pick up your row by row pattern.  We will have kits available for this year’s row.We are celebrating Luverne’s anniversary and are excited that we have been “on the go” for 150 years from horses to big tractors!  Come join in the fun!