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Webinar and Blog-o-versary!

Today, I’m celebrating 8 years of blogging (SHRIEK…how can it be that long?) by announcing my upcoming Quilting Arts Webinar, an online seminar on getting started in Machine Quilting, which will be on September 5, 2013, at Noon East Coast (US) time.  I’ll be talking all about what you need to do to get started in machine quilting–the prep work that goes before the actual quilting.  And to answer the obvious question first, What’s a Webinar?, it is an on-demand web seminar.

Tips and tricks for getting ready to Machine Quilt in Sarah Ann Smith's Quilting Arts Webinar, Sept. 5, 2013

Tips and tricks for getting ready to Machine Quilt in Sarah Ann Smith’s              Quilting Arts Webinar, Sept. 5, 2013

The links and advertising for the webinar will go live soon at Interweave.com, but I wanted to give all of  you a heads-up! and let you know first!  You’ll need an internet connection (which you obviously already have if you are reading this!).  Once you sign up, you’ll receive instructions on how to open the page in your browser and “sign in” and listen in (and see some slides) and even ask a question.  The Webinar will run 60-90 minutes.  If you can’t tune in at Noon on the 5th or need to leave, that’s OK because they record the webinar and you can listen in when it is convenient for you!!

When I teach, I like to tell students that machine quilting is sorta like painting a house:  if you don’t sand and spackle and prime that peeling paint on the windowsill, you’re not gonna get a good result.  It doesn’t matter if you have the best paint, paintbrush, and painter, if you don’t get things prepared well, your results won’t be as good as if you DID prepare AND understand what it is you are doing and why.  So I’m going to talk about the “whys” of the prep part of machine quilting.  Then you’ll have your machine working WITH you, not against you.  I hope some of you will surf on in and join in the webinar.  If you can’t be with us at noon on Sept. 5, however, you can STILL download a recording of the webinar, all the information I share and the Question and Answer session.

I’ll confess right now:  at first I didn’t “get” why anyone would pay $20 or more for a webinar.  Then I listened to some of the QA webinars, and OMG what a TON of information.  For a modest price, and you can listen in at your convenience.  They were fabulous!

One of the goodies that comes with attending the Webinar is QA often gives attendees a discount for future purchases (though I’m not sure how long the discount is valid) including my book, which they carry.  THEN,  my DVD on “Art Quilt Design From Photograph to Threadwork with Fabric Collage and Machine Quilting” will be available for download in mid-September and on DVD about October 1st!  WOOT!  More on that in a future post.  (Yes, I am teasing you!)  More, including hotlinks, when they go live!

 

 

3 Responses to “Webinar and Blog-o-versary!”

  1. Jaye Says:

    Good to know your thoughts on machine quilting. Love the analogy.

  2. Marie Z. Johansen Says:

    What machine is this?
    As always, hearty congratulations on yet another goal being accomplished! Hooray for you dear friend!

  3. Sarah Says:

    Marie, it’s the Janome 6600 which I had before the current machine. Now I use the 8900!