This is my personal invitation for you to come to our July 2009, School of Art Fashion celebrating TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF SEWING EDUCATION RIGHT HERE IN HUNTSVILLE! Registration opens March 4, 2009 at 8:00am CST. Please call 800-547-4176, Ext 105 to register. This school is all about YOU!!! What excitement that many of you will be bringing your kids from 3rd grade through 12th grade! So many teachers and companies want to make you very happy! First I want to thank Husqvarna/Viking, Pfaff, Bernina and Baby Lock for sending machines and teachers! Without their help I just don't know what we would do! We have so many fabulous schools and teachers and some really big excitement from Baby Lock. Baby Lock will give fabulous door prizes—a Baby Lock machine or serger EVERY SINGLE DAY! Thanks Baby Lock, for these fabulous door prizes! We will also have a special gift for everyone every day and an extra special gift for everyone at the banquet. We are also excited to have Walter Floriani, a fifth generation digitizer, here during the pre-days, and we invite you to register for his FREE Embroidery Suite Digitizing Software Seminars. The pre-day classes are more exciting than ever and many people come for the whole week of pre-day classes as well as the four-day school. About half of our students are here for the very first time at each school. The others have come from 2 times to 35 times in the past!! I’m not kidding! Do not be afraid to come alone. You will have new best friends as soon as you arrive, and we will take very good care of you, I promise. By the way, this is the best "girlfriend getaway trip" that we can possibly think of—that is, if your girlfriend loves to sew!!! If her hobby is cooking she won’t find much in the way of classes. We do all of the cooking for you this week!

        I promise you total Southern hospitality and the best teachers who also teach with Southern hospitality. That spells NICE. We will pamper you and give it our all to make this the best vacation you have ever had. Well, among the best, I promise. Some have told us it was the best.

        Speaking of the banquet, I have decided to tap dance for you at the banquet. I hope Joanna will join me in this "ILLUSTRIOUS ENTERTAINMENT EVENT." I had so much fun tap dancing for the students of our February school. The students "enjoyed it so much" that they were crying. SOOOOOO you get the next tap dance. Since it has been 50 years since I studied formal tap dancing, this is totally a hoot. So how can you miss the "tap dancing school?" It is probably worth the trip to Huntsville!

        Our schools have grown and developed into such wonderful events. We love producing this school so that YOU, the most important reason that we have the schools, can experience the joy and excitement of learning new sewing techniques. The sewing machine companies are so generous with their sending of teachers, machines and assistants at their own cost, that we absolutely could not offer this school without their help. Many of you already know that we have the world’s greatest staff. They will be offering an enormous amount of their energy and care to ensure that you have one of the best times of your life. We have 12 fabulous adult schools to choose from, and I promise that one of them will be perfect for you. Our list of schools is spectacular!! As always, we will have the fabulous Beginning Heirloom School with your making a gorgeous christening or party dress. The Women's School with Barb Callahan includes stylish clothing and great techniques. Beverley Sheldrick’s School will delight you not only with Beverley’s teaching but also with her gorgeous projects. Kari Mecca’s Embellishing School will have surprises galore. Wendy Schoen’s Baby School is perfect for your grandmother’s hope chest or for that new baby already planned or on the way. Lezette Thomason will unravel all of the mysteries of a fabulously tailored children’s curriculum. Michelle Griffith with Pfaff will enchant you with her Victorian Romance School. Evy Hawkins and Hope Yoder will team up for an absolutely wonderful school using Baby Lock Embroidery and Embellisher machines. Baby Lock is presenting NOT ONE BUT TWO SCHOOLS! The first Baby Lock School features sewing and embroidery. The second Baby Lock School is an explosion of serger sewing! The Viking School features beautiful projects with Pauline Palmer, Connie Palmer and Peggy Dilbone. And after several years, we are thrilled to welcome Kathy Harrison and Nina McVeigh for the Bernina School where you will discover heirloom magic with machine embroidery. Once again, we are having our “Sew Kool for Kids Sewing School” as well as the “Teen Sewing School” this summer. We will have fantastic educators from the Baby Lock Company that will teach each day in the kids and teen classes.

We furnish bus transportation from the hotels across the street to the convention center in the morning and back to the hotels at night. Our retail store in the Von Braun Center will be open Monday through Sunday. In the store you will find discounts on many items such as fabrics, laces and sewing notions.

         On Thursday night, I present my antique clothing hanger fashion show with some stories about sewing today and sewing 100 years ago. This is also my official greeting to the group. Thursday night is also the Potato Bar and Table Top Clinic night. This is a great night to snap lots of pictures. Right after the tabletops, I will give a presentation on how “You Can Make Money from Your Hobby.” Friday night is the Fashion Show and Banquet where you will receive a special Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion gift as a thank-you for attending. Joe and I will host a barbecue at the Huntsville Museum of Art on Saturday night. It is a beautiful place, and we will be serving delicious Southern barbecue as well as homemade pies. I conduct an optional Sunday school class at 7:30am at the Von Braun Center Sunday morning and would love to see you there.

        We can’t wait to see you in July, 2009 at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion. Whether you are a returning student or you are coming for the very first time, I can’t wait to see all of you. “Sewing Made Easy” is our business motto and I promise you will experience this when you come to our school. We have the world’s best instructors. They are wonderful teachers and loving, caring individuals. I am pleased to tell you that we have the world’s nicest staff. We invite you to come for the sewing vacation of a lifetime.
I cannot wait for you to come to the July school. We will be waiting for you.

May God Bless You,
Martha

Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama
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1. Martha’s Welcome - Thursday, 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm
2. Table Top Clinic/Potato Bar - Thursday, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
3. Martha’s Seminar “You Can Make Money with Your Hobby”- Thursday, 8:30 pm
4. Banquet/Fashion Show with Martha's special Tap Dance - Friday, 6:30 pm
5. Dinner at the Art Museum with Martha - (Bar-B-Que) - Saturday, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
6. Teacher Selling Night - Saturday, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the VBC
7. Sunday School with Martha - Sunday, 7:30 am
8. FREE Floriani Stabilizer Clinics & Software Clinics
9. Kid’s Swim with Martha – Sunday afternoon – Holiday Inn
   

COST: The full cost of the 4-day adult school is $675. The full cost of the 4-day "Sew Kool for Kids" School and the Teen Sewing School is $450. This includes all project kits, four continental breakfasts, four lunch meals, three night meals and the four-day school class instruction. Please register early! Early registration will begin on March 4, 2009 at 8:00 am CST. Due to the limited number of classrooms and space in classrooms, schools, and pre-day classes, space fills early. Fill out the registration form and send your $175 ($75 registration fee [non-refundable if you cancel at any time] plus $100 deposit refundable until June 5, 2009 if you cancel). If you prefer, you may call us at 800-547-4176, ext. 105, and place your deposit on any major credit card. No registration will be accepted without the registration fee and deposit. If you are unable to attend the school, you must cancel in writing or email to sis@marthapullen.com by June 5, 2009 to receive a refund of your $100 deposit. Pre-day classes cost extra. You must be registered in a four-day school to take pre-day classes. No one under 18 years of age is allowed to register for adult classes. For families vacationing during this time, a baby-sitter must be brought with you because young children are not allowed in any classroom. Please bring all necessary items with you to class. Mark them with your name in some manner. Check to be sure your machine is covered on your homeowner’s insurance or add extra insurance at the time of shipping. Martha Pullen Company, the Holiday Inn, the Embassy Suites or the Von Braun Center cannot be held responsible for your machine. If you are enrolled in a school that requires you to bring your own sewing machine, include the instruction manual, empty bobbins and all accessories. Your machine should be clean and in good working order. NO USE OF CELL PHONES IN CLASSROOMS, PLEASE!

To register call 1-800-547-4176 or 256-533-9586, ext. 105; Fax: 256-533-9630; or mail registration form back to Martha Pullen Company, 149 Old Big Cove Road, Brownsboro, AL 35741. Click here for registration information.