Round Bobbin St. Charles 2012 Expo

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The Round Bobbin Expo returned to
St. Charles, MO
September 14 & 15, 2012
at the St. Charles Convention Center

We'll be returning on
September 20-21, 2013.

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Round Bobbin Expo Show Guide


	REGISTRATION Registration opened at 8:15am daily. Adults $8, under 16 free. Special rates for groups of 10 or more (advance registration required) FREE PARKING	SHOPPING Friday 10 am - 5 pm Saturday 10 am - 4 pm	CLASSES Friday Schedule Saturday Schedule Class Grid

Special classes instructed by these teachers: (more will be added later)

	Kari Morton	Cindy Lohbeck	Alicia Welcher	Merrily Parker	Irena Bluhm	Gene Biehl	Karen Pharr


	Pam Damour	Londa Rohlfing	Sherry Duffey	Connie Crawford	Shirley Biehl	Emma Seabrooke	Barb Callahan

View a details about classes: FRIDAY SATURDAY

Free presentations on the DEMO STAGE on Friday & Saturday!

	Round Bobbin Expo Exhibitors
	A Charming Affair Baby Lock USA Barb Originals Bear Thread Designs Cobblestone Cupboard eConcept Mall Early Times Workshop Elna USA Everything S.A.M. Fashion Patterns by Coni Flower Valley Quilt Guild Getaway Gift Shop Greater St. Louis Knitters Guild	HandBEHG Felts Hands On Hand Dyes Heart Creek Farm Creations Heyde Sewing Machine Co. Innova Longarm - HHQLongarm.com Irena Bluhm Designs Jackman's Fabrics Janome America Juki America Inc Karen Pharr Studios Karen Poulakos Fiber Arts Studio Londa's Creative Threads Loose Threads Quilt Guild MeLear Fabrics & Sew Much More	Merrily We Sew Along Needle Nook Fabrics Nifty Thrifty Dry Goods Nolting Manufacturing Scentsy Sew Artfully Yours SewkeysE by Emma Seabrooke Shirley's Sewing Stuff Sugarbear's Cafe The Decorating Diva The Stash Store Trims On Wheels Winston's Sewing Center

These Door Prizes and many more were awarded

Janome The Janome DC2012 brings the features you need to complete any project: home dec, garment sewing, scrapbooking, or quilting. Fifty stitches, including three buttonholes, give essential variety for your diverse sewing needs.	Martha Pullen Co. Prize Package This beautiful prize package is full of books, magazines, patterns, and notions and is worth over $350.	Sulky of America The Sulky Polylite Starter Assortment Thread Collection	Accuquilt The GO! Baby™ Fabric Cutter is an extension of the GO!® family of products and is an ultra portable and adorable fabric cutter for quilters and fabric crafters.

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Get your Kicks on Route 66!
This fun collection of quilts debuted at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival and was displayed at the Round Bobbin Expo. A 60 foot long fabric map provided the foundation for these quilts from around the country that range from realistic to whimsical. This is a wonderful display and everyone loved the quilts and presentation!

Passions of the Past

Attendees took a walk down memory lane through the elegant Passions of the Past. Lingerie through the years of 1860 to 1950 was displayed. Entertaining stories and information about the period were scattered through this program brought to you by Carol Ann Miller. Carol Ann Miller has been collecting original Fashions of the Past clothing and accessories for over 20 years. Her collections are a Living History Museum..
On the Demo Stage Friday 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Round Bobbin Fashion Show & Competition
New to the Round Bobbin in 2012 was the Round Bobbin Fashion Show & Competition.Cash prizes were awarded.
Items were judged on creativity, construction, fit (if applicable) and design.
Items for the fashion show included clothing and/or accessories.
This included bags, knitted and crochet items.
Judging was done at the Round Bobbin Expo on September 14 at noon.
The fashion show took place on Saturday afternoon.

New - The Hoffman/Sulky Challenge
The Hoffman/Sulky Challenge is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Each year the top entries are grouped into travelling collections and visit quilt and fiber shows, seminars, quilt shops and quilt and doll makers' guilds in the U.S. and Canada. Pictured right is a sample of fabric for this years challenge.

Irena Bluhm Quilt Exhibit
Irena Bluhm is a quilter, instructor, pattern designer and author of eight books.
Irena displayed many of her award winning quilts at the Festival.
Attendees enjoyed viewing the results of her techniques and she was there to answer questions.

Fun Food for Body and Soul Exhibit Feeds Needy Children
	Sales of the donated 22" quilts and "1905 Cookbooks" along with 150 antique quilts on BuckboardQuilts.com helped to feed needy children. Many of these quilts were sold. The 1905 Cookbook Food for Body & Soul by Judy Howard, was available for only $15 each.

	Special quilt art exhibits include Pilgrim/Roy Challenge 2012 provided by the National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY.
		For Sharon & Paul by Karen Stone of Beaumont, TX	Zany Zebras by Shirley P. Kelly of Colden, NY.

Attendees received $2 off admission with a non-perishable food donation
Donations of non-perishable items collected at the Round Bobbin Expo were given to Operation Food Search.
Operation Food Search, established in 1981, is a non-profit organization that distributes food free of charge to more than 250 community agencies. More than 2 million pounds of food and personal care items are distributed each month. This outreach helps support more than 120,000 low income individuals each month. Nearly half the recipients are children.
Food Search logo

The 2012 Expo was sponsored by:


		Attendees stayed at the Embassy Suites St. Louis-St. Charles/Hotel & Spa Two Convention Center Plaza Saint Charles, Missouri 63303 The Embassy Suites Hotel is attached to the Convention Center 636 946 5544 or 1-800-317-6396 If making reservations by phone please mention the Round Bobbin Expo for special rates You may also make your reservations ONLINE
				Attendees also stayed at the Fairfield Inn, 801 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, St. Charles, MO 63303, 636-946-1900. Next door to the St. Charles Conv. Center, ask for the Round Bobbin Expo Block. Cut off date 30 days prior.