We received BERNINA Embroidery Software Version 6 in the store for you!!!!  Kerri will be training (playing) on the new software Thursday and Friday in Oklahoma City.  Patty is again working for us on Thursday and D'Aun will be here on Friday.  Come by and tell them hi and take a look at all of our new fabric!!!

Why Update to Version 6?

• Easier to identify icons
• CorelDRAW Essentials 4
• Color Wheel
• New effects:  Halo, Carving, Morphing, Star
• Block Editor added to Quilter program in Design Plus level
• Improved Magic Wand
• Monogram improvements
• New graphic formats available
• New, improved Color Film to make it easier to identify objects
• Improved Advanced Appliqu
• New fonts - one in Editor Plus, eleven in Designer Plus

Why Update to Version 6?     WHY NOT!!!!! 

If you came by The Sewing Basket last week, we may have missed you, as we were unexpectedly closed for a couple of days.  Thank you for being 'sew' patient with us.   I was helping my Daddy haul hay!!! (Yes, I am multi-talented!)   Most of you know that D'Aun and I are very family oriented and understand when we put our families before the store.  D'Aun was also helping with the hay hauling - talk about multi-talented.  She goes from being a registered nurse, to a working partner at The Sewing Basket to hay hauler..... 

Next week I will be attending software training for Version 6 Bernina software!!  I can't wait to see what new tricks and treats that Bernina has in store for us.

By the way, I was extremely sore after helping Daddy but I pampered myself with a nice pedicure and enjoyed sitting in the massage chair very much!!

We had a wonderful vacation but now it is back to work!!   We have added a new class to our calendar.  Every time there is a fifth Friday in a month, we invite you to "It's My Friday and I'll Sew if I Want To!"  This is open to anybody who wants to have a fun day of sewing with friends.  Bring whatever project you want to work on - and something to eat!!!  We will have a potluck lunch so bring your favorite food and something to drink.  We will provide plates, napkins, silverware....  Sew for an hour or sew all day, afterall - it's my Friday and I'll sew if I want to!!!

Wow!  It has been an awesome two weeks!  We spent July 4th in Anchorage.  We watched fireworks from our hotel room window at midnight - but it never got dark like we are used to.  The two hardest things to get used to were the heat (Yes, it is hot in Alaska!) and that it doesn't get dark at night.  We saw lots of wildlife - moose, caribou, grizzlies, foxes, ptarmigan, eagles, whales...  We traveled by plane, jet boat, passenger train, catamaran,  narrow gauge train, float plane, rubber float raft, cruise ship, jeep, car and by foot.  We took lots and lots of pictures and generally had a great time.  We are on the last leg of our trip today and ready to be home.  Again - thanks to D'Aun, Patty and Lucy for covering the store so that I could have such an awesome vacation!!  Hope to see you Saturday at Software Sampler class at 9:00!!!

Mark and I are celebrating our 25th Anniversary this month!!!  We are taking a Cruise/Tour of Alaska together with our son, John, and nephew, Shane.  I will be out of the store from July 3rd to July 17.  There will be no classes during this time but the store will be open.  D'Aun will be here when she isn't working at the hospital.  I owe a big THANK YOU to Patty Hillock and Lucy Harrison for helping cover the rest of the days!  Come by The Sewing Basket to tell them hi while I am gone.