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NEW! NOW ON-DEMAND — 2024 SUMMER RETREAT
        Summer 2024 Software Quilting Retreat with Amanda and Teri
Featuring BERNINA Embroidery Software V9 Designer / V8 / V7
            12 classes, projects, meet and greets and a cuckoo clock!
Quilting Potholes & Pitfalls / BERNINA Quilter Program 1 & 2 / Develop Quilting Trip-Tics / Watch Your Back 1 & 2 / Tile Style Placemats / Reversible Placemats / Couch Potato and Potato Chip Quilting / In the Hoop Quilt Block - Crazy Stitching / Bungee Jumping with Thread / In the Hoop Quilt Block - Mylar Embroidery
SNEAK PEAK! One of the quilting projects from Summer Retreat
             Recorded on Zoom August 2024. Download Event flyer
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          “Tile Technique” — 2024 Solar
            Eclipse Quilt by Amanda Whitlatch
NEW! ON-DEMAND / 2024 WINTER RETREAT with Amanda & Teri
          Discover the Cutwork Toolbox in BERNINA Embroidery Software
          Cutwork Tool optional
12 lessons using V9 Designer / V9 Creator / V8 software
          Repeating issues to avoid / Appli-quilting with custom motif stitches / Welt Zippers / Monstera Madness stencil placemat / Mug Rugs with Pre-Cut shapes / Spirographs / Grid Quilts / The Merrow Stitch / Foundation paper piecing creations 1 & 2 / Create Cutwork Alphabet 1 & 2
All class recordings and files are available on-demand with no time limit.
Recorded on Zoom January 2024. Download Event flyer
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“I need a Spirograph intervention! I just can’t stop! Spirograph coasters with the faux merrow stitch outline were great fun from the Winter 2024 retreat with Amanda and Teri.”
            — NANCY WILSON
Additional On-Demand Retreats to Light Up Your Skills!
            Summer Software Creativity Retreat
            Recorded on Zoom August 2021
Create and Make or Watch and Learn
            12 BERNINA Embroidery Software V9 Designer / V8 / V7 lessons by Amanda Whitlatch and Teri Hall
            Click here to see the detailed event flyer
          Click here to purchase - $39.
“I LOVED the Fall 2020 retreat! I’ve been a quilter, digitizer and embroiderer for 20 years but learned so much from Amanda and Teri. Thanks so much for all the hard work you put in to make this happen. The retreat was a bright spot in a dark, crazy world!”
        — BRENDA ALBURL
        SONGBIRD DESIGNS
        Winter Software Creativity Retreat
        Recorded on Zoom February 2021
12 BERNINA Embroidery Software V8/V7 lessons by Amanda Whitlatch and Teri Hall
            Underlay / Embroidery and Computers / Single Design/Multiple Options / Put Corel to Work / Cross Stitch Program /
            Fonts/Graffiti/Kanji / Multi-hooping Basics / Lace Beyond the Monogram / Lighten Up / Embellished Elements / Digitizing In-the-Hoop Projects
            Click here to see the detailed event flyer
Click here to purchase - $39
 
            “I had such a wonderful time with this retreat! Thank you and Amanda for being so patient, helpful and funny. And thanks for recording the Zoom classes and then making them downloadable to me!
        — MARLOUS CARTER
                Fall Software Creativity Retreat
                Recorded November 2020
12 BERNINA Embroidery Software V8/V7 lessons by Amanda Whitlatch and Teri Hall
                Badges and Patches / Corel side of the Software / Logo Lunacy /Using Graphic Fonts / Stipple that Snows / Quilting Creations / Cut-work for Appliqué / Working with Photos / Ornamental Glyphs /Digitizing Basics 1 / Digitize for Different Threads / Digitizing Basics 2
                Click here to see the detailed event flyer
 
              Click here to purchase - $39
“I can’t remember a time that I learned more in such a short time. I will re-watch, click on links, print out PDFs, and put your lessons into action. Thank you, thank you, Amanda and Teri! You are simply amazing in your wealth of knowledge, willingness to share your passions, and ability to teach.”
         — JERILYNN LIJEWSKI