58 W. Jefferson Street
Valparaiso, IN 46383
(219)477-5073
thesewingstudio@frontier.com

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Welcome to the Home of Creative Sewing with Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machines and Viking and Babylock Sergers.

The Sewing Studio is the Answer to all your Sewing Questions!

Sewing Machine Service

Knowing when a large investment is made in a quality sewing machine or serger, quality service and maintenance is desired. The Sewing Studio has Wayne's Sewing Machine Service out of Port Huron, Michigan, handle all our service. Wayne is a Tech from Viking and a Babylock dealer in Port Huron, Michigan and John was his favorite instructor at Viking. You can find out more about who the Sewing Studio entrusts all it's machines to at Waynes Sewing Machine Service

Sewing Studio U(niversity)

Those who sew are among the friendliest, most helpful people you can find. To spread this untapped source of friendship and knowledge around...

Enrollment is open for Sewing Studio U. The tuition for the calendar year is $75, which then includes enrollment in Sewing Club, Embroidery Club (new), Software Roundtable, and Serger Club(new).

Sewing Club meets the second Friday of the month, starting March 14, from 10:00 to Noon. For May , we will begetting ready for the summer picnics and making a casserole carrier. For this project, we will be quilting our own fabric and using the quilt guide...the funny bent piece of metal that came with your machine that few know how to use.

Serger Club meets the first Thurday of the month at 10 A.M. In May we will be using the rolled edge once again for scarves, belts and pashimas... sizes of fabric for those projects will be given.

Embroidery Club meets the fourth Friday of the month at noon. Our April project will be cutwork embroidery.

Software Roundtable is the third Saturday of every month. Each month is an adventure in exploring this Computer Assisted Drawing software.

If you are interested in only one of these classes, the annual tuition cost is only $40.

Card carrying members receive 20% discount on all purchases, plus discounted cost for special events and guaranteed work space.

Enrollment in Sewing Studio U. also gives you priority seating at the three Viking Educator events already planned for this year. Seating will be limited for those at the Studio (12 - 18). We are looking at another venue for one of the programs to allow for a larger group.

We encourage you to consider enrolling and making good use of your sewing machine and/or serger. Of equal or greater importance are the friendships created among those who share a love of sewing which are worth every cent you spend to enroll! Finally, we hope to provide special pricing and events for our loyalest of clients!

Service with John Szwec

John will be here Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 19 for sewing machine maintenence and repairs.

Do I need to repeat that he is the best in the country, if not world?!? He is the one I thank for providing me with the Better Business Bureau membership too.

What's New

At the Viking Sew Fest, I made a lovely evening bag to begin the celebration of 140 years of imagination and innovation.
The preparation for this project had to be monumental and my thanks go to Lynn Lunoe for the idea and the cutting and stabilizing of all the fabric.

In the process, I used the newest Endless Hoop, the new clear invisible zipper foot, a serger for the strap, wire edged chiffon, and attaching trim with new serger foot. I seldom made a move without consulting with Marie Duncan, one of my favorite people!

My bag would have turned out much better if I had had a foot with half inch markings or a throat plate with them. However, it is on display here anyway.

For more, check out www.husqvarnaviking.com!
When you reach this site you are on the most visited sewing website on the internet!
Also check out "Inspiration" in the left hand menu. Oodles of free projects and free monthly embroidery designs.

The Latest Anita Goodesigns

This month Anita Goodesigns has introduced two "Special Edition" quilt designs.

The first is "The Tree of Life." What a great was to document your family tree!This collection makes it easy with indiviual personalized leave that can be stitched on the quilt as your family tree grows.

The other is "Homestead". Inspired by vintage needlework smaplers, this colleciton has a beautfiul, yet simple motif. The design are interchaneableand there are different borders, including alphabets so you can create your own "Homestead" scene.

Both have an introductory price of $89.95.

New designs this month are "Fringe Flowers" , "Pacific Northwest", "Mexican Days of the Week", "Blanket Stitch Baby" for Mix & Match Quilting, "Dreamy Eye Masks" and "Bobbin Work" for Projects...in the hoop.

Buy 2, Get 1 Free!

Testimonials

"I do so love your store!"
Phyllis I., Bolingbrook, IL

"I have been sewing for 60 years and have never had a sewing helper as professional and helpful as you. You are always willing to hlep and the turn-around time for machine repair has been very good."
Rita W., Hanna, IN

" I am so happy to find the Sewing Studio! Sue is a great Viking dealer. She has helped me progress from my first Viking embroidery machine of a 1+ to a new Designer Ruby. I remember how frustrated I felt at not being able to use the 1+ to its capabiltiies.

Because of the classes and sewing groups she nurtures, my retirement is so much more fun than I ever thought it would be. I am continually learning something new about sewing and machine embroidery while making new friends at the samet time."
Judy T., Valparaiso, IN

More testimonials to come, from all those people who have waited a lifetime for a shop like this!

Tricks and Tips

This tip is concerning the magnetism and electircal isues with a computerized sewing machine....

Today's tip comes from John Szwec, former National Technical Trainer for Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machines.

One of my new machine owners asked about using magnetic pin cushions around her new computerized machine.

I know what I told her, but I asked John.

Any of the stepper motors in your machine work by magnetism and have a ten times stronger magnetic field than any magnetic anything you are putting near your machine.

So if you are used to using magnetic pin cushions, do not let your new machine stop you!

My answer to her was that you would need one of the magnets they use in the junkyard to lift cars, before you would have a magnetic problem with the machine.

John did point out the magnetic items near your LCD screen is another issue. You put a magnet near the screen and all the LCD crystals move and forever after you will have a distorted picture on the screen.

Then we have had a couple of machines in with, what turns out to be warranty issues, otherwise expensive replacement of stepper motors, but these problems were caused by power surges. However, the electrical warranty on any machine is not 20 years, but somewhere between two and five years, depending on the model.

So word to the wise, to have your machine in a surge protector and unplug it when you aren't using it.

John also mentioned there is a power conditioner which monitors the electricity coming through for highs and lows, rather than just protecting against the highs. Something to think about when you consider the investment you already have in your machine.