Time to prepare for an amazing creative experience at the Expo in Minneapolis!

What will you create
Keep Calm because the Expo is coming_
MINNEAPOLIS: Time to prepare for an amazing creative experience at the Expo!
There's so much happening at the Expo! From the stage to the gallery to the shopping mall, check out the latest news and what's in store when Original Sewing & Quilt Expo returns to the DoubleTree Bloomington , November 10, 11 & 12, 2016.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY  9:30am - 6:00pm 
SATURDAY  9:30am - 5:30pm
DoubleTree Bloomington DoubleTree Bloomington
7800 Normandale Blvd.
Bloomington, MN 55439

Inspiration to Look Your Best!
Fashion Presentations
These fashion-centric presentations are FREE with your General Admission ticket!
with Cynthia Guffey
Friday 12:00pm on the Expo Stage

with Meg Healy  
Saturday 12:00pm on the Expo Stage

with Linda Lee  
Thursday 12:00pm on the Expo Stage

A Taste of Fashion Sewing Club
with Material Girls Kristin Henak & Debbie Peterson 
Thursday 1:45pm & Friday 2:30pm in The Spot

with Joe Vecchiarelli   
Friday 1:45pm & Saturday 10:30am on the Expo Stage

with Kathy Ruddy  
Thursday 11:15am, Friday 2:30pm & Saturday 1:00pm on the Expo Stage

with Lorraine Henry  
"Slopers" - Thursday 2:30pm in The Spot
"Busts" - Friday 3:15pm in The Spot
"Sleeves" - Saturday 2:30pm in The Spot

with Barb Callahan  
Thursday 1:00pm & Friday 4:00pm on the Expo Stage

with Tangerine Mountain Imports & Design
Thursday 4:00pm on the Expo Stage

with Tangerine Mountain Imports & Design
Friday 1:45pm & Saturday 1:45pm in The Spot
See what_s live on the Expo Stage From new quilting techniques to sewing "secrets" to the latest fashion shows. There's always something exciting happening on stage. These 30-minute presentations, demos, trunk shows and fashion shows are FREE with your General Admission ticket. Click here for the Expo Stage schedule.
The Spot
Get Up Close to the Action! 
In The Spot, a more intimate setting, get up close to enjoy demos and see what Expo experts are doing now. FREE with your General Admission Ticket.  Click here for The Spot schedule.
save big now Take some time today to sign up for the classes you really want! Maybe you looked and just didn't have time to follow through... but now's the time. There are seats still available in many classes, but they're disappearing fast. You know you want to... so...  CLICK HERE!
 
SAVE BIG - ORDER YOUR TICKETS ONLINE! There is still time .
Free General Admission and shopping bag plus BIG SAVINGS with Class Value Packages. Save $50, $75 or $110 when you purchase a value package.  CLICK HERE for tickets!
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baby lock
Pfaff
brother
Bernina
HandiQuilter
Gammill
Janome
Missouri Star Quilt Co
SAQA at Original Sewing _ Quilt Expo
Sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
We live in an environment we take for granted. We often miss the essential and forget that we can make our routines so much more vibrant and interesting. Turning things around, upside down, inside out, backwards or maybe even just a minuscule course correction can charge up the humdrum, turn the common into the uncommon, and make the expected unexpected. SAQA asked their artists to look around their home or neighborhood to pick out an object or a phenomenon, something they see all the time but don't really notice, and create a work of art with this as the feature.  Each artwork brings us a closer understanding and appreciation of the things that we live with on a daily basis, viewing the everyday in a new way.

See this exhibit along with other gorgeous quilts at the Expo.
Click here for details.
Pre-Event Retreat begins November 7th
This is YOUR year! This is the event where your creative sewing makes the dramatic transformation you've been wanting for so long. Register now!

Fitting Clinic: Fine Tuning for a Superior Silhouette - with Cynthia Guffey
I Love My Serger - with Kathy McMakin
Piece-Fully Yours - with Connie Palmer
The Art of Applique for Quiltmakers - with Sharon Schamber & Cristy Fincher

Special Thanks to Original Sewing & Quilt Expo Sponsors