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The next
Cincinnati Original Creative Festival
Cincinnati, OH June 28, 29 & 30, 2012

Sharonville Convention Center
11355 Chester Road Sharonville, OH, 45246-4002

Shopping hours: Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm  •  Saturday 10am-4pm
Classes begin at 9am each day
Admission: $8 per day, $16 3-day pass

 


Original Creative Festival announces the following world renowned teachers who will present classes and workshops at the 2012 festival to be held June 28-30 at the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH. The show is being sponsored by our industry partners AccuQuilt, Baby Lock USA, Coats & Clark, Elna, Janome America, Juki America, and others.

Class Descriptions: THURSDAY    FRIDAY    SATURDAY    Class Grid (all three days)

Purchase your admission and classes now in our online store

Attend Special Classes by these Industry Stars & More

 
  Alicia Welcher photo Pam Damour photo Barbara Crawford photo Cindy Losekamp photo Cathy Robbins photo Linda McGehee photo  
 

Alicia Welcher
Martha Pullen Co.

Pam Damour
The Decorating Diva

Barbara Crawford
Crawford Designs

Cindy Losekamp
Sew Artfully Yours

Cathy Robbins
SW Ohio Crochet Guild

Linda McGehee
Ghee's

 
  Irena Bluhm photo Peggy Sagers photo Judy Kessinger photo Marilyn Doheny photo Marilyn Doheny photo Pam Folberth photo  
 

Irena Bluhm
Irena Bluhm Designs

Peggy Sagers
Silhouette Patterns

Judy Kessinger
Fit Nice

Marilyn Doheny
Doheny Enterprises

Barb Callahan
Barb Originals

Pam Folberth
Sew-Ezy

 
      Nancy Wiggins photo Lisa White Reber      
 

 

 

Nancy Wiggins
Seams Sew Easy

Lisa White Reber
DippyDyes

 

 

 
 

Please note: Kathy McMakins's classes are now being taught by Alicia Welcher.

Plan to Attend Today!
Order online or call (800) 473-9464

 

List of Vendors and descriptions


             
 

Register for prizes at the Festival!

 
  Janome Model DC2012 photo

Janome
The Janome DC2012 brings the features you need to complete any project: home dec, garment sewing, scrapbooking, or quilting. Fifty stitches, including three buttonholes, give essential variety for your diverse sewing needs. You'll also find a variety of easy convenience features, including an auto-lock button, easy reverse, and a speed control slider. The DC 2012  also features the stability and depndability you expect only from a high end machine, allowing you to sew with precision and confidence.

 
  Accuquilt GoBaby! photo

Accuquilt
The GO! Baby™ Fabric
Cutter is an extension of
the GO!® family of products
and is an ultra portable and
adorable fabric cutter for
quilters and fabric crafters.

 

Other prizes from these exhibitors:

  • Barb Originals
  • Crazy Family Quilts
  • Ghee's
  • Great Copy Patterns
  • Heritage Quilt Shop
  • Impact Health & Spine Centers
  • Irena Bluhm Designs
  • Martelli Enterprises
  • My Thirty-One
  • Plantation Quilts & Gifts
  • Scentsy
  • Sew Artfully Yours
  • Squiggly Twigs Designs
  • The Decorating Diva
  • The Silver Lady II

 

 
  Sulky thread assortment photo

Sulky of
America

The Sulky Polylite Starter
Assortment Thread
Collection

   
  Pullen prize package


MARTHA PULLEN COMPANY PRIZE PACKAGE
You could win this fabulous door prize at the Creative Festival!
A Martha Pullen Company prize package full of product.
This beautiful prize package is full of books, magazines, patterns, and notions and is worth over $350. Just register to win at the Festival!!

 
             


Alpaca photoNew Richmond Alpaca Farm to exhibit at the Festival
Original Creative Festival is pleased to announce that you will be able to see firsthand what an ALPACA is – they will be live at the show June 28-30 at the Sharonville Convention Center. Come see the ALPACA and shop in their unique booth where you can purchase clothing items such as sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves, socks, stuffed animals etc, all made from the ALPACA fleece from their animals. ALPACA yarn will also be for sale. DETAILS


Kwik Sew pattern 103 photo
Make it - Model it - Be creative

Announcing the Heartstrings Talent Contest
at the 2012 Original Creative Festival

We're looking for sewing enthusiasts to create one-of-a-kind
matching aprons "Mommy and Me" style using the Kwik Sew 103
patterns. Both adult and child will model their creation at the
Festival on Thursday June 28. DETAILS




 

Squiggly Twigs logo

 
Love Quilt graphic

Attendees will be inspired as models from SquigglyTwigs Designs show some of their fun and creative collection of easy to sew patterns for Boutique styled clothing for all. If you can follow a simple recipe, you can sew any of these patterns in no time at all. See more of SquigglyTwigs at their blog http://www.squiggly   twigs.blogspot.com.

DETAILED PHOTOS

 

Attendees were invited to
participate in the LoveQuilt
Connection!

During the Festival attendees will have the
opportunity to sit and sew a seam for charity.
We use the 6- Hour Quilt by Kaye Wood, famous quilt teacher, author and hostess
of TV's Kaye's Quilting Friends
Machines for the LoveQuilt Connection
supplied by Seams Sew Easy of Fairfield OH.

DETAILS



Fun Food for Body and Soul Exhibit Feeds Needy Children

Quilt photos

Sales of the donated 22" quilts and "1905 Cookbooks" along with 150 antique quilts on BuckboardQuilts.com go to feed needy children.

Quilt photo


 

Save $2 off admission and help local food pantries.
Looking for a meaningful way to help those in need?
Help us take action against hunger in our community as we collect food for people in need during the 2012 Original Creative Festival, June 28-30.
Bring a food item (or more) for the local food pantries listed below and get $2 off price of Festival admission.
1.St. Vincent de Paul or 2.Bread of Life Food Pantry/Landmark Church
Many families in our community struggle to afford food many of the children are the one that suffer the most in the summer months? To most of these children their school lunch is the best meal they receive for the day. Without the free lunch they received at school they suffer. Our food drive will help stock empty pantry shelves and supply our area children with much needed quality food.
Please help as we gather food and play an essential role in the fight against hunger.
Share Our Strength logo


Special quilt art exhibits include Pilgrim/Roy Challenge 2012 provided by the National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY. 

Photo of quilt by Karen Stone Photo of quilt by Shirley P. Kelly
 

For Sharon & Paul
by Karen Stone of Beaumont, TX

Zany Zebras
by Shirley P. Kelly of Colden, NY.


2012 Original Creative Festival Sponsors:

 

Janome logo

Elna logo

Juki logo

 
 

Baby Lock logo

AccuQuilt logo

Sulky logo

 


Need a hotel room? Stay at the
Crowne Plaza Cincinnati North
To get the special $99 rate, call 1-877-227-6963. Our group code is CFG.
You may also go to www.crowneplaza.com/cincinnatin (same group code)

The cutoff date for discounted reservations is 6/8/12.

11320 Chester Road, Sharonville, Ohio 45246, Phone: 513-771-2080
(Located just across the street from the Convention Center)

To view orther hotels in the area click this link: http://www.sharonville.org/scc/hotels.htm



CLICK THIS LINK TO REVIEW THE MOST RECENT FESTIVAL HELD JUNE, 2011


Photos from the 2010 Festival

For over 24 years the
Original Creative Festivals
offer a world class buyers market. Open to the public, the festivals feature the latest
traditional supplies,
hands on classes and hard to find gadgets.

Links to other related websites:
www.roundbobbin.com - Round Bobbin Sewing Expos.
www.quiltingprofessional.com - Home of the PLYB (Professional Longarm Yellow Book)
www.rmqf.net - Home of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival

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full time position – immediate opening
As a Public Show Salesperson you will be responsible for the financial success of our public expo events. You will be responsible for selling the expo by contacting former vendors and cold calling potential new vendors as well as sponsorship and help build attendance. Your responsibility will be to foster and maintain relationships with key industry accounts to increase vendor sales and attendance by communicating the value of the event. Candidate will also assist in expanding to different markets.
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• Workshops
• Banquet
• Demos
• Vendors
• Entertainment
• Door Prizes

Punderson Manor Resort & Conference Center, Newbury, OH
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