Round Bobbin Springfield Quilting & Sewing Expo
Springfield, MO, April 8-10, 2010

Linda McGehee
Designer Linda McGehee is known worldwide for her award winning books, patterns, and spectacular fabric manipulating techniques. 2010 marks the 30 Year Anniversary of her business, Ghee’s, a mail order sewing company specializing in her books, patterns, embroidery designs and related threads, fabrics and sewing notions. Linda’s methods of texturing and customizing fabrics to create unique surface textures and designs keep her constantly traveling to lecture at trade and consumer conventions, guilds, shops and on television. Her book, Creating Texture with Textiles, published by Krause, shows many of her creations from the prestigious Fairfield Fashion Show, Bernina Fashion Show, Statements, Capitol Imports and Better Homes & Gardens. Her handbag and vest patterns are a palette to showcase these machine embellishments. Linda created 3-D designs for the embroidery machine through Cactus Punch. Floral Dimensions and Floral Dimensions 2 make flowers come alive using various types of threads. Simply Sensational BAGS, How to Stitch and Embellish Handbags, Totes, and Satchels, offers numerous sensible and practical ideas to personalize bags to fit each personality. Whether for fun or organization, the bag is the perfect base to showcase embellishment techniques. The Perfect BAG, is Linda’s third book with Krause.

Fat Quarter BAG
Hands-on Workshop, 2 Hours, Thursday 9:00am - 11:00am
Instructor: Linda McGehee, Ghees
Are you looking for a project that uses fat quarters or leftover fabric? Would you like to use those samplers from longarm or quilting classes? Great for beginners or the seasoned stitcher, this bag makes a great quick project and/or gift. The easy to make bag uses a new zipper application that includes several features on the machine to make the task easier. Learn quick miters. Use sewing machine feet to your best advantage for fast and accurate finishing touches. Acquire immediate satisfaction and walk out of the classroom with a finished project and the knowledge to make more.
Bring basic sewing supplies (off-white thread, scissors, pins with big heads).
Kit fee $9. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $20

Creating the Perfect BAG!
Lecture, 1 Hour, Friday 9:00am - 10:00am
Lecture, 1 Hour, Saturday, 9:00am - 10:00am
Instructor: Linda McGehee, Ghees
Everything that can be made into a garment, pillow, wall hanging or quilt, can also be made into a handbag. Handbags are the rage and you need more than one. Discover how easy it is to make bags with character to fit your special needs. Whether making a cute evening bag, holder for CD’s, or large carryall for everyday, there are tricks of the trade. Padded shoulder straps, chain application, corded piping, sew-in magnetic snaps, bag feet, and under construction essentials are some of the basics. There are tips for proper positioning of creative design for all styles of bags. Use handbags as a palette to play with your sewing machine while creating bags uniquely your own. They are so much fun. View many bags from Linda’s collection.
Class fee $8

Building Kaleidoscopes for Printable Fabric
Lecture, 1 Hour, Friday 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Instructor: Linda McGehee, Ghees
As a child, it was fun to play with kaleidoscopes and watch the different designs evolve. A twist of the wrist and the design was gone forever! Today, it is easy to create kaleidoscopes with your own photography. By using different template shapes, you’ll marvel at the works of art that can be created to print on fabric or paper. Use the kaleidoscope as a base for further thread embellishment, build a project with the kaleidoscope as a focal point, or piece it into a block for a quilted project. Learn what to look for in pictures and how to take different pictures for kaleidoscopes, and determine the best fabric and printer for the project. This could be another creative addiction.
Class fee $8

Fast, Fun, Easy Zippers
Lecture, 1 Hour, Saturday, 10:15am - 11:15am
Instructor: Linda McGehee, Ghees
Zippers have been puzzling for many years. Take the mystery out of inserting zippers. By using these techniques with the proper feet, zippers will be trouble free the easy way for bags, pillows, and garments. Learn five quick ways to install zippers with fun projects. Let the zipper make a statement on your next project by using decorative zippers. The opportunities are endless and the results are so much fun.
Class fee $8