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Embroidery Designs on Balsa Wood

Posted on November 4, 2011 by a.woerth

For the last couple of months, I have been experimenting with embroidering designs, by machine, on balsa wood. What was interesting to me was the reaction of others when I displayed my finished work.

At first, some thought I had embroidered my design on wood grain fabric and pasted it onto the board. Others thought I might have made the design on water soluble stabilizer, rinsed out the stabilizer and glued the design onto the wood. The “light bulb” moment came when my friends and customers touched the designs and realized I had actually stitched directly onto the wood.

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Janome Artistic Suite Videos

Posted on October 22, 2011 by b.gottier

Janome has produced a series of videos for their Artistic Suite V6 software. If you’ve been working with Artistic Suite already, or if you are thinking about purchasing the software, you’ll find these videos helpful.

Temecula Valley Sewing Center is providing one of these videos here in our blog, but to see the whole series, please go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtisticUSA

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Video: Today’s Janome

Posted on October 22, 2011 by b.gottier

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Video: The History of Janome

Posted on October 10, 2011 by b.gottier

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Bernina 1530 & 1630 Roller Ball Sockets

Posted on October 8, 2011 by b.gottier

If you are the proud owner of a Bernina 1530 or 1630, there may come a time when your cursor no longer moves up and down, or left and right. There are typically two reasons why this might occur. The main circuit board, or “S-print” as Bernina likes to call it, may have something wrong with it, but more likely you just need to have the roller ball socket replaced.

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It’s A Great Day To Be A Quilter in Temecula

Posted on October 1, 2011 by b.gottier

If you’re looking for something to do today, come to Old Town Temecula! From 10am to 4pm, the Valley of the Mist Quilters will be hosting their annual quilt show. The weather is gorgeous, and Old Town Temecula provides a fun atmosphere for you to walk around in.

Here at Temecula Valley Sewing Center we are having our release party for Janome’s new top of the line machine, The Memory Craft Horizon 12000. We’ve been waiting impatiently to show it to you, but the wait if over!

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Features & Benefits of The Janome Horizon 12000

Posted on September 26, 2011 by b.gottier

Temecula Valley Sewing Center received a PDF document from Janome that contains detailed explanations of the most important features and benefits of the new Janome top of the line machine. We hope this proves to be a valuable tool as you consider purchasing your Janome 12000. Remember, this Saturday, October 1st, is the first day that we as dealers can show you the new machine. Come by anytime during normal business hours, 9:30am to 5:00pm for a demonstration!

Download the features and benefits PDF by clicking HERE.

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Janome 12000 – The Embroidery Hoops!

Posted on September 20, 2011 by a.woerth

Extra Large Embroidery Hoop When we see a new embroidery machine released, we hold our breath for just a minute to see what the manufacturer will include in the purchase price of the machine. Janome never disappoints. I have already mentioned the twenty (20) feet included with the new 12000. Today I would like to mention the new embroidery hoops that are included with the 12000.

Janome has always provided the main hoops with their top of the line machines. The hoops for the 12000 have been refashioned and made much sturdier than before. Not that there was anything wrong or flimsy with the hoops for the other machines, but I think Janome simply felt it was important to engineer the sturdiest tools possible for the new 12000.

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Janome 12000 & The New HorizonLink Software

Posted on September 12, 2011 by a.woerth

Most who will purchase the new Janome 12000 will own a computer, and whether laptop or desktop, it will be essential that they have the ability to connect their Janome 12000 to the computer. The reason for this is to utilize the new HorizonLink program.

HorizonLink offers Janome 12000 owners a number of great functions. What I like most about HorizonLink is the Stitch Composer Tool that enables you to create new stitch patterns, and the ability to combine stitches together while on a computer. And if that isn’t enough for you, Janome’s HorizonLink will add additional stitches to already formed decorative stitches within the software, and finally to send the entire combined stitch pattern to the Janome 12000. Your stitches are only limited by your creativity!

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Aileen’s Perspective – The New Janome 12000

Posted on September 6, 2011 by a.woerth

I flew home yesterday, returning from Orlando where I attended Janome Institute. I’m very tired today, but am back to work at Temecula Valley Sewing Center, and as exhausting as the trip was, the new Janome “top of the line” Horizon Memory Craft 12000 has kept me enthusiastic about sewing. The new machine has features I never thought possible in a sewing/embroidery machine. To try to impart all of the information I learned about the Janome 12000 in this brief blog post would be impossible. Instead, I will compose a number of blog posts over the next few weeks, featuring one or two amazing benefits in each post.