Janette, A Licensed Martha Pullen Teacher: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Wow!

What fun!, Jessica and Dianne Lasted until 4:00 am! We had a great time at our Diamond D Retreat! Good food and Great fun!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Heirloom Christening Gown

We Will be making This Gown at the Viking Gallery August 2 & 9, 2011 Cost for the Class is $25.00 plus supplies. Time is 6:00 pm

Supplies needed are

Fabric & Lace Trims

3 1/2 yards Victorian cotton Batiste white

6 3/4 Yards Victorian Embroidered Edging

3 7/8 Yards Victorian Embroidered insertion

1 yard Cotton lace edging

2 yards of 1/8 inch silk ribbon.

two flat pearl buttons 1/2 inch

Notions

Blue Fabric Marker*

Stitch the Ditch Stablizer*

Inspira Sewing machine Needle Microtex/Sharp Size 70*

Inspira Wing Needle Size 100*

Glass head straight Pins*

Lightweight cotton thread*

Lace trimming scissors*

Dress maker sheers

Cut and Press board or Lace shaping Board, and Spray Starch No Lemon.

Sewing Machine Feet & features\

Edge-joining foot*, and Open toe foot*

You will need the following stitches on your sewing machine

Straight Stitch, Zigzag, Pin stitch, Featherstitch

*Items with an *Available in the Viking Sewing Gallery

Martha Pullen, host of the PBS TV series, Martha’s Sewing Room, announces that Janette Barker has completed training in Huntsville, Alabama, to become a Martha Pullen “Teaching beginning Sewing” Licensed Teacher. This title has been earned by very few sewing teachers across the United State, England, Canada, Mexico and Australia.

Pullen heads a sewing empire, Martha Pullen Company, Inc., based upon educational sewing programs including general sewing, heirloom sewing and quilting. Pullen also publishes Sew Beautiful, an internationally distributed magazine. Sew Beautiful, founded in 1987, enjoys a readership of more then 100,000 people six times per year. Each licensed Martha Pullen “Teaching Beginning Sewing” teacher is allowed to sell more than thirty Pullen books written to promote the art of sewing as well as the Martha Pullen brand of imported and domestic fabrics and laces.

Pullen has been conducting The School of Art Fashion in Huntsville, Alabama, for Twenty Six years. The need arose to have very specialized teachers to teach the Martha Pullen methods and techniques when she began receiving hundreds of invitation to teach that she simply could not accept. It became a new objective to carefully choose a few individuals who could travel for Mrs. Pullen sharing the joy of sewing.

Janette Barker is one of the very small number of people who will be doing just that-traveling and teaching for Mrs. Pullen.

From Pullen’s research, people are sewing for two main reasons: stress relief from a very fast moving world, and creativity – individuals love to use their creative talents to produce garments, home decorating items, quilts and more. The Classes Janette Barker will teach offer both of these elements to her sewing students.

Classes which Janette Barker is certified to teach include complete and simple-to-sew instructions for garments, home decorating items, window treatments, purses, heirloom, and quilting. Each Martha Pullen teacher’s is licensed to conduct classes anywhere in the world. With Janette Barker’s classes, she will facilitate her students to be able to create lasting treasures using the sewing machine.