Happy campers! Attendees of a past class in Phoenix classes. I'm in the front in the pink shirt Bobbi Click here to see pictures of other classes

Class Offerings:     Bobbi Bullard www.bullarddesigns.com bobbi@bullarddesigns.com 530 333 1964 Award-winning Bobbi Bullard has developed unique methods for individualizing garments with a variety of embellishment techniques.  She has been entertaining and amazing sewing enthusiasts for years, teaching around the country, inspiring people wherever she goes.  She has been a leader in the embellishment and machine embroidery world since 1996. Her class offerings include Elements of Design, Embellishments Overview, Garment Sewing for the Quilter and more.  Bobbi’s work has been seen in Quiltmaker, Threads, Belle Armoire, Creative Machine Embroidery, Designs in Machine Embroidery, Total Embellishment Newsletter, Haute Handbag, and more.  Her wearable art has been accepted into PIQF and Road to California. Lectures: Innovations and Inspirations – A Wearable Art Trunk Show People have traveled from all over the continent just to see Bobbi’s trunk show!  Now it's your turn.  Bobbi’s trunk show features exquisitely embellished clothing spiced with her humor and useful tips on creativity, embellishment and sewing. You’ll learn how to enhance your garments and add pizazz to your projects with dying, stamping, stenciling, foiling and more.  Find out how to use design placement, color, rhythm, and other facets of the successful use of embellishment to add beauty to your wardrobe, all while sitting back and watching a parade of examples.  Since Bobbi's specialty is wearable art for real women, you'll enjoy the beauty of the trunk show and learn hints for finding flattering looks for your body. You’ll be motivated and inspired to sew for yourself as you view a collection of remarkable clothing. Bobbi shares ideas on how to use the sewing machine as a tool for creating your own beautiful, wearable and original creations, with emphasis on design placement, fabric choice and finding the most flattering styles for your body type. You will leave with hundreds of ideas for producing stunning garments of your own.  Now you can see the work you've seen in the magazines and learn the theory behind it.  Lecture – 1 hour to 3 hour versions available.     Gifted – Great Ideas in Giftmaking Love to give gifts? Need inspiration? Innovation? Eye Candy?  Join Bobbi as she takes you through a tour of incredible embellished projects.  You’ll see a repertoire of quick and easy gifts, great ideas for your home and even easy-to-make additions for your wardrobe. Looking for gifts that take less than an hour?  Looking for the perfect gift for teenagers?  Your sewing friends, maybe even yourself?  You’ll find them here. You will have a wonderful time and go home with more ideas than you can handle, and the perfect gift for anyone! All new and exciting! Get a jump on your holiday gift list!  NOTE: This class is updated every year so even if you’ve seen a Gift’s class by Bobbi, this one will be new! Lecture – 1 hour to 3 hour versions available Making Your Clothes Make You Look Better You know theoretically that you can customize clothes for your body and style, but you’re not sure how?  Bobbi Bullard, fiber artist, will show simple tips for better fit and easy-yet-sophisticated embellishment ideas.  You’ll identify styles for that work best for your body and how to make them great for you.  See new ways to use your embroidery designs: perfect placement, the right combination of fabric and design, and combining embroidery with other embellishments.  Enjoy a display of dazzling clothes and learn to sew successful embroidered and embellished clothing.  Explore color, rhythm, and other facets of embellishment design to add beauty to your wardrobe.  Enjoy a display of dazzling clothes and learn to sew garments that are unique and just right for you. You deserve better than ready-to-wear! Lecture – 1 hour to 3 hour versions available   Hands On Classes: Crystals! Crystals! Crystals! From The Self-Proclaimed Queen Of Bling You are invited to the Royal Court! First, spend a few minutes learning everything you’ve ever wanted to know about crystals and other forms of adornment in the Kingdom of Bling.  We’ll cover the royal methods for applying crystals and you’ll see lots and lots of samples of The Queen's bling practices. Then roll up your sleeves for hands-on experience applying the crystals and making up a couple of great projects!  First, you’ll create a design (perhaps a regal fleur-de-lis, if it should suit your highness?) using transfer film.  Then you’ll learn the ins-and-outs of using crystals with embroidery, with stamps and with other media.  You’ll complete the day by making up several different projects perfect for gifts - if your highness is willing to part with them!  At the end of the course, you will be awarded the title of Baroness of Bling! Hands-on 1 day  (This class is available for a shorter time frame.  In the shorter versions the finished product is a fabric sample.) Machine Embroidery - The New Quilting Tool Not your grandmother's quilt - no need for painstaking hand embroidery to get intricate designs.  Very few quilters insist on 100% hand-sewn and quilted pieces anymore. Why not take the plunge into using the hottest new quilting tool? The embroidery machine can add individuality and detail to your quilting, leading you in new directions.  Imagine conquering all of the most important skills for using machine embroidery in your quilts in one class. You will learn and practice perfect placement, continuous line designs, and the piecing in the hoop technique. Quilt as you go, hooping and stabilizing will be covered as well. Hands-on 1 day Design University - Embellishment Techniques for Distinctive Garments   A class in good design principles. What's the secret behind good design? Good design is something you can learn. Gain confidence in your own creative ability. Theory and Practice Theory: What makes a beautiful and exciting design? A balanced, interesting piece? Start with an informative session on the elements of design and how they are used to create innovative works. Next, explore what works in a series of exercises exploring the concepts of good design and discover your own style of composition.    Practice: Now that you know, how do you do it? In the afternoon, you'll expand your personal interpretation of good design while working with a variety of embellishment media. Learn shortcuts to dyeing, stenciling, adding bling, utilizing metallic threads, stamping and more. After exploring your own version of good design, you can finish by creating your own rayon scarf of a length of fabric to use in a garment. Bella, bella, bella!  Hands-on 1 day   You Can Do That with An Embroidery Machine??  Did you know you could construct wallets completely on your embroidery machine? Wine Glass Coasters? Glasses Cases? Doll clothes?  Have you seen wing needle embroidery done on an embroidery machine?  Did you know you could embroider on wire screening, umbrellas, wood?  Explore a wide variety of projects constructed on the embroidery machine and learn which stabilizers and threads make these projects possible. Explore how to get the best results on every possible surface from silk charmeuse to wood and enjoy the process.  Audiences around the country have enjoyed Bobbi’s voluminous number of ideas and her sense of humor for years, and you can, too. In this class you’ll make 2 projects, a CD case and a cell phone case. You’ll also stitch out samples of interesting ways to use your embroidery machine; cutwork, and wing needle, and a paper piecing in the embroidery hoop. (We usually finish off of these in a class but its possible we might not get to the last one or two).  While your machine is stitching, Bobbi will show you a variety of samples of ways to push your embroidery machine to the limit.     “You helped me be comfortable expressing myelf. Who knew that learning could be so much fun.” Jen Dulyani Design University Student   I remember the exact moment I first found your website and it did it to me then, big time. it was a profound turning point in my sewing life. It made me come alive again. I was so impressed with your designs being such that they could become part of a garment, and not just something you put ON the garment. I remember thinking, finally, designs can be translated into mature creations.. And then when I attended your class - I learned even more how to actually enhance my clothing. Jo Cheryl Holcomb   “You changed my life. I’ve gone from being afraid of garment sewing to can’t wait to do the next one.” Linda Hansen after attending Innovations & Inspirtaions   "You made me look at color theory in a whole new way. Now, people always compliment me on my choice of color". Tecla Shaffer   Dear Bobbi: I took your class at the Novi show and was very inspired. You just did a wonderful job there and I hope you return. I have avoided doing too much embroidering on clothes because I just did not want that single design "out there." I am now looking at my embroidery collection of designs in an entirely different way. I also have many of the patterns you showcased (independent companies) and see that all I need is the time and inspiration! Thanks again--in fact, many thanks. Marian Faupel   Hi Bobbi, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you this weekend. I attended several of your talks. Your easy manner and humor made the "education" a lot of fun. Thank you for sharing your expertise with us. Your designs are lovely. Sue Douglass   “Your pieces are beautiful; they’re edited. They’re Oh, So wearable! Each piece is subtly unique.” .Jenny Lyon About Innovations & Inspirations   A Creative Comet! "Bobbi's lecture and workshops left us overwhelmed and dazed with new ideas, new techniques and lots of fun and new gadgets. We will never be the same again" Jean Gribi from her article in Notions Magazine.

Testimonials

"I want to sincerely thank you for an inspiring weekend. Inspiration is one thing but entertainment and laughs is another. And I had just that! I so enjoyed everything. Phoenix is better off because of you. Those that did not attend the weekend will be sorry for the rest of us will rub it in!. Now to decide which inspiration to try. Decisions, decisions, decisions! Leslie Morris
Bobbi, I was in one of your seminars this weekend and just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed and learned from it. I've visited your website Thanks for sharing your knowledge and creativity. Sincerely, Donna Smith	Thanks so much. I took a class from Bobbi last week at the MEEC, and she really inspired me to stretch a bit with my sewing. GREAT trunk show - I really enjoyed it. Barbara Minor
Hi Bobbi, I met you in Boca and you are absolutely delightful. I purchased several of your design sets and stitched out Summer Boxes yesterday and just had to tell you how pleased I was. You did a beautiful job digitizing and it made it such a pleasure to sew them out. Hoping to see you again at another retreat. Jean Pearl	Hi Bobbi, Thank you so much for coming to speak at our Detroit ASG meeting. Your presentation was delightful. I took one of your classes at the Novi Expo and was thrilled you were able to visit us. I look forward to uses your stamps and being inspired by your creativity. Thank You, Mary Ann