FIBER DAY SCHEDULE!

Fiber Day at CYBER FYBER
January 10, 2008
Gallery 80808/Vista Studios
808 Lady Street
Columbia, SC 29201

(Click on image to enlarge. Interior of Creative Sewing Center of West Columbia....CYBER FYBER's partner for Fiber Day!)

Schedule of Events:

9:30 AM Set up (Coffee will be available)
10:30 AM Orientation: “Pandora’s Box”, opening
remarks by Peggy Ledford, owner of
Creative Sewing, 519 12th Street,
West Columbia, SC 29169
(803) 936-1251 or (803) 936-1624

Throughout the day there will be on-going demonstrations on the new Bernina 830 with Juanita Hayden (See biography at the end of this post) and also on the Babylock Embellisher with Jackie Price. (See images and additional information below. “Make-it-and-Take-it” bookmarks for children will also be on-going.

The morning will begin at 10:30 with Peggy Ledford, owner of Creative Sewing Center, with a brief introduction called "Pandora's Box". This is Peggy's biography:

Peggy Ledford is the proud owner of Creative Sewing Machine Center. She was born in Missouri (one of five girls). It was there, where she was first introduced to sewing in a home economics class. She moved to South Carolina in the early 70’s and she continued her interest in sewing, making many polyester pantsuits! Her sewing interest shifted towards children’s items. She gradually shifted away from sewing during some busy years. As retirement grew closer she knew she wanted a great hobby. She found that great hobby one day when going in a store for a vacuum belt and coming home with an embroidery machine. Her love for sewing and embroidery continued to grow and her need for quality sewing supplies increased. This led to the opening of Creative Sewing Machine Center on March 13, 2001. Her great hobby turned into a great sewing resource for Columbia!

11:00 AM Heirloom Stitching with Susan Sease (See images and additional information below)
Demonstration and Sharing

Noon “Threadplay” with Jo Park (See images and additional information below)
Conversation and Sharing

1:00 PM “The Four Family of Stitches” with
Susan Lenz
A lively demonstration of hand stitches
Appropriate for all age levels, especially
Kids!

2:00 PM Show and Tell with the staff of Creative
Sewing
Sharing, questions and answers
Guests and attendees will be invited to
join with their own work!

3:00 PM “Heat Activated Processes for the Creative
Embroider” with Susan Lenz

Demonstration

4:00 PM General Show-and-Tell
Everyone invited!

Creative Sewing will be open at their West Columbia location from 9 – 3 with sale items throughout the store, including special prices on selected machines and fabric. Thread will be BUY TWO, GET ONE FREE, mix and match!

Above: This image is of Mr. Creative Sewing Center himself....co-owner with his wonderful wife Peggy, Russ repairs and services machines in his own, separate studio in the shop.

Above: Photo of the newest Babylock embellisher at Creative Sewing Center

Above: One of the areas of Creative Sewing Center where various machines are on display and available for demonstration.

Above: Another shot of Creative Sewing Center...including a fantastic machine for quilting!

More machines!

Everything is available at Creative Sewing Center....a place definitely in touch with the most modern technology available for today's textile artists!

More than just machines, the selection of fabric is incredible! There's books, trim, threads for both hand and all kinds of machine stitching in addition to all the needs for quilters, heirloom stitchers, embroiderers....professional level to beginners!


The staff is friendly and totally knowledgeable! Peggy is on the left!

Above is an amazing work by Jo Parks who will be conducting "Threadplay" at Noon during Fiber Day, Saturday, Jan. 10 at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street.


Above is a photo of Jo Parks.

I have always liked the look of embroidered pictures, but didn’t have the patience for hand work. In 1978 while living in Winston-Salem, NC, I passed a small shop advertising a workshop on Free Motion Machine Embroidery and signed up immediately. That week of classes had me hooked! I made pictures and sewed designs on pocketbooks, made placemats, etc. for friends and family for years.

In 1991, I took classes from author and teacher Patricia Merrill and became certified to teach Machine Embroidery and became a member of NMEIA, National Machine Embellishment Instructors & Artists. Any zig-zag machine can be used to do free motion machine embroidery, my instructors used Berninas and their work was amazing. I was determined to have my own Bernina and have been using one ever since.

I have taught Free Motion Machine Embroidery in Columbia and Oklahoma.

Above and below: Additional fiber arts by Jo Parks.


Above: Yet another wonderful piece by Jo Parks.

Throughout Fiber Day, Saturday, Jan. 10 at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street in Columbia, Jackie Price will be conducting demonstrations on the EMBELLISHER! For those unfamiliar with this amazing dry-felting machine, be warned! IT IS TOTALLY ADDICTIVE! Using the embellisher is so much fun. Jackie will show everyone the creative possibilities with this wonderful, affordable machine.
Below is a purse Jackie embellished.

Jackie's biography reads:
Jacqueline Vining-Price a native of Columbia, SC, has lived in NC and VA.She now resides in Lexington. Wife, Mother and Grandmother she expresses beauty in pursuit of various art forms: photography, watercolor, oil, porcelain doll making and sewing.

After seeing the computer sewing machine, this was it. She could combine all the arts. Fabrics are her canvas to embroider and embellish, from wearable art to note cards.

Below is a beautiful jacket embellished by Jackie.

At 11 AM Susan Sease will be leading a demonstration on heirloom stitching. This will be held at Fiber Day, Saturday, Jan. 10 at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, 808 Lady Street in Columbia. Below are several images of Susan's amazing talent. Her biography includes: Susan Sease was born and raised in Gilbert, SC. Her Mother taught her to sew when she was a teenager during the summer. She started sewing clothing for herself and later expanded into home decor when she was expecting her first child. When her daughter Mary Beth was born a very special friend from church taught her to smock which she has been doing for over 17 years. She currently teaches smocking and heirloom sewing at Creative Sewing Machine Center and spreads her love of this art to many others. She has been working at CSMS for 7 years and heads up our different clubs with creative ideas.

Juanita Hayden's biography is: Juanita Hayden was born in Kyoto , Japan and lived there until she was 13 at which time her family moved to Texas . Her love of sewing started in Japan and she continued learning in Texas . She took an extensive class in 1989 from The Martha Pullen School, which reinforced her love of sewing. Her work experience includes 5 years in Radio broadcasting in both Texas and Columbia . Through Friendship International she taught sewing at her church to internationals for a year. She is the mother of 4 children. Her special interest besides sewing includes singing in her church choir. She has been with Creative Sewing Machine Center for 2 1/2 years as a valued staff member and instructor.