Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, 2012 | Kennesaw, GA | Embassy Suites Kennesaw
EVENT LOCATION:
Embassy Suites, Kennesaw, GA
1-800-362-2779
620 Chastain Road, Kennesaw, GA 30144
A special room rate of $109 per night is available! Please understand these rooms are very limited in number, and they fill early. When you call to book your room, be sure to tell them you are attending the Gunold USA event.
Driving Directions
Friday, June 1
SESSION I
9:00am - 11:00am
Caring for Your Business Partner - Your Embroidery Machine
This class will help the owner or operator of any multi-needle embroidery machine better answer “Why is my machine doing that?”
You will learn machine troubleshooting from a cause-and-effect standpoint. Premier embroidery machine technician, Bill Garvin, will teach you to analyze common stitching symptoms and determine the possible cause and solution.
For Multi-Needle Commercial and Multi-Needle Crossover Machine Users
11:00am - 11:15am
Break
SESSION II
11:15am - 12:00pm
Machine Tips for Specialty Threads
Learn how to run yarn-like specialty thread Filaine and produce the hottest looks in today’s apparel. Save time and stitches while creating big and bold embroidery.
For Multi-Needle Commercial and Multi-Needle Crossover Machine Users
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch (on your own)
There are numerous restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. Even more are only a short drive away.
SESSION III
1:30pm - 2:00pm
The Total Approach to Successful Cap Embroidery
There’s no “secret” to successful cap embroidery. Just apply these tried and tested techniques for cap selection, programming, sequencing, framing, stabilizing and more. Little things make a big difference in the quality of your finished cap embroidery. Attend this class and see how you can make your cap embroidery better than ever.
For Multi-Needle Commercial and Multi-Needle Crossover Machine Users
SESSION IV
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Puffy Foam: It’s Here to Stay
It’s easy to create professional-quality raised embroidery using genuine Puffy Foam. First, learn the principles of programming for foam, and then see the design created in class stitched out on the embroidery machine in the classroom.
For Single and Multi-Needle Machine Users
2:45pm - 3:00pm
BREAK
SESSION V
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Programming and Stitching Small Letters - Perfectly!
If you’ve been frustrated trying to make your small lettering look clean and crisp, help is at hand. In this class, you’ll learn how to use proper densities, font types, programming guidelines as well as thread and needle components. You’ll feel more confident than ever before when the order calls for small letter sizes.
For Single and Multi-Needle Machine Users
SESSION VI
4:15pm - 5:15pm
Appliqué – That Looks Good and LASTS
It’s not enough for your appliqué creation to look good when it leaves your machine. It needs to look good for the life of the garment that it’s applied to. Learn to do production appliqué the professional way on any machine.
For Single and Multi-Needle Machine Users
5:15pm - 6:30pm
Private Garage Sale - Exclusive Access
Open ONLY to Friday Class Attendees
Saturday, June 2
8:00am-9:00am
Private Garage Sale - Exclusive Access
Open ONLY To Saturday Class Attendees
9:00am - 5:00pm
Garage Sale - Open to the Public
SESSION I
9:00am - 10:00am
Hooping and Holding (almost) Anything for Embroidery
Join Deborah Jones as she shows you to use a variety of methods for many fabric types as well as specially constructed items. When the item is too small to be hooped or has a physical constraint such as a zipper, learn the best options for each situation.
For Single and Multi-Needle Machine Users
10:00am - 10:15am
BREAK
SESSION II
10:15am - 11:00am
What Every Embroiderer Should Know about Today’s Stabilizers
There are so many choices, and new developments in stabilizers could help you almost every day in your embroidery production. Do you know when – and why – to use each of the four types of water-soluble stabilizer? Do you know which stabilizer is practically foolproof for embroidering super-stretchy performance fabrics like Under Armor®? Attend this class to see stitched samples demonstrating the characteristics of each special stabilizer type.
For Single and Multi-Needle Machine Users
11:00am - 11:15am
BREAK
SESSION II
11:15am - 12:00pm
Mistakes Happen
In this class learn embroidery removal and repair techniques. You’ll learn how to repair holes for re-embroidery, using appliques to cover mistakes and how to realign embroidery that has come unhooped. Don’t miss this unique and valuable class.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH (on your own)
There are numerous restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. Even more are only a short drive away.
SESSION III
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Embroidery as a Business
Learn many aspects of operating an embroidery business, including:
• Equipment and location selection
• Defining your niche
• Product Sourcing
• Pricing
• Sales Presentation
For New or Aspiring Embroidery Business Owners
• Days, times, and class content are subject to pacing of the workshop and are at the sole discretion of the instructors.
Two Days of Embroidery Workshops
with Deborah Jones and Bill Garvin
- and -
Gunold's First Ever Private Garage Sale.
Garage Sale open to the public Saturday 9am-5pm.
Dont miss this extraordinary event to be held June 1-2 in Kennesaw, GA.
Sign up for the Friday full day of classes ($49 early bird rate) for exclusive access to the Private Garage Sale Friday 5:15pm-6:30pm. Sign up for the Saturday full day of classes ($49 early bird rate) for exclusive access to the Private Garage Sale Saturday 8:00am-9:00am, before it's open to the public starting Saturday at 9:00 AM. Important: The garage sale is fully restocked Saturday morning to include some items not offered at the Friday garage sale. So, to see all of our stock on an exclusive access basis, sign up for both days of classes!
Friday's Workshop Sessions Include:
• Embroidery Machine Care and Maintenance
• Bold Embroidery Using Specialty Threads
• Successful Cap Embroidery
• Three Dimensional Embroidery with Puffy Foam
• Stitching Small Lettering Perfectly
• Professional Quality Appliqué
• Private Shopping from 5:15pm to 6:15pm
• 20% Off Retail Prices on all Catalog Items
Saturday, Workshop Sessions Include:
• Hooping in Difficult Situations
• Understanding and Using Stabilizers
• Repairing and Removing Embroidery Mistakes
• Successfully Operating an Embroidery Business
• Private Shopping from 8:00am to 9:00am
• 20% Off Retail Prices on all Catalog Items
Deborah Jones writes the "Technically Speaking" column for Stitches Magazine and is a frequent speaker at ISS and other Embroidery Trade Shows. She is author of the book "Machine Embroidery on Difficult Materials" and "Dimensional Machine Embroidery". Her embroidery studio is just outside of Dallas, Texas.
Bill Garvin is a tenured embroidery machine repair expert with over 20 years in the industry. Ask him your embroidery machine maintenance and repair questions. Bill's depth of knowledge is absolutely amazing.
YOU DON"T WANT TO MISS THIS UNIQUE EVENT
Early Birds - Register Now for Only $49 per day!
Both Days for $90.00!
(After May 29, the Regular Price of $79 per day will apply)
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION OR THE EVENT?
Call or email Denise Curry
1-800-432-3781 ext.121
denise.curry@gunold.com
