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Sewing Machine Demonstrations at Baby Lock Open House

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Thanks to all of you who attended our open house to celebrate our new Baby Lock Dealership. Sewing machine demonstrations, prize draws, and special guests were the highlights of the day.

Now a Baby Lock Dealer

I’ve been a Baby Lock Ambassador for years and have been privileged to work with the Unity, the Tiara II sit-down quilting machine and the Destiny II, so it was a no-brainer when I had the opportunity to become a Baby Lock dealer at the ABQ Sewing Studio. I have loved every one of my machines.

Tiara 2 sewing machine
The Tiara II is a great machine for getting more quilting done.

We were very fortunate with the weather for the weekend of the open house, especially since we were welcoming Jeanne C. from Halifax and Joyce Stringle from London (the former owner of Joyce’s Sewing) as our special guests and sewing experts.

Baby Lock room at ABQ Sewing Studio
Jeanne, and Joyce at the Crescendo with Kelley in our Baby Lock room.

Sewing Machine Demonstrations

Kelley Richardson and I spent some time preparing demos for this event so we’d be able to show you all the modern features built into these machines. Kelley is a quilting instructor here at ABQ Sewing Studio.

Kelley sewing on Accomplish sewing machine
Here’s Kelley sewing on the Accomplish…
Ironing some project sample fabric
Here I am ironing one of the demo projects.
Granny's Attic pattern and embroidery
Granny’s Attic pattern and embroidery

We scanned one of my hand embroidery patterns on the Destiny II and it converted it to a digital file so we could stitch it on the machine. It only took minutes to complete this cute embroidery!

The Destiny II stitches out my line art.

If you’ve not bought a sewing machine in the last 10 years you’ll be amazed at how much easier they make your sewing experience and the new functionalities they have built in.

Unity sewing machine embroidery
The Unity stitches an embroidery for our placemats.

We had a very busy open house, and at the end of the day I had Joyce Stringle draw for our grand prize – the Zeal Sewing Machine.

Joyce, Ina, and Kelley at ABQ Sewing Studio
Joyce, Ina, and Kelley

Winner of the grand prize draw

Zeal sewing machine
Our grand prize, the Zeal sewing machine by Baby Lock

Our lucky winner of the Zeal sewing machine was Jane Beedle of London, Ontario! Congrats, Jane.

Here are the other prize winners:

  • Rita Dietz is the winner of a Baby Lock Beginning Quilting Kit
  • Barb Lossing of Komoka and Verna Saunders of Strathroy both won a Stitches To Savor Calendar by Sue Spargo.

Come to ABQ Sewing Studio for a sewing machine demonstration

The open house may be over, but it’s not too late to get a demonstration of your own. Just come on by the studio to see all our Baby Lock machines and get answers to your questions or a demonstration.

Our special Open House pricing is good till this Saturday, March 2, 2019. Hurry in to buy your dream machine!


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  1. Idonna Tollefson says

    February 28, 2019 at 3:56 pm

    I am so glad that you had nice weather and a good turn out for becoming a Baby Lock Dealer.

    I am so sorry that distance prevented me in attending.

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