Just a heads up, you don’t have to have a fashion design degree or be an existing designer.  You just need to have the ability to sew, have CURRENT samples of a garment you have constructed, and be over 21 years of age on June 1, 2012.

Download this seasons application packet here: http://www.bmpcasting.com/casting/pr/PRCastingApplication.pdf

Don’t wait until the last minute! Fill out the application and mail it in immediately!

Applications MUST be received by March 15, 2012!

Mail your completed application to:

Monday, March 12, 2012, 3:15 P.M.

Getting funding to grow your small business has never been easy, and with the recent financial crisis lending requirements have become even stricter.  However there are resources available to you beyond your financial institution to get the capital you need to achieve your business goals.  If you’ve ever had difficulty getting financing then maybe factoring is right for you?

In this seminar you will learn about alternate funding options to traditional bank loans that may be able to help if:

• Your company has not been in business long enough to secure bank financing
• Your company is not yet profitable
• You are in need of Accounts Receivable administration and credit review assistance
• You are in the process of restructuring your business
• Your credit scores do not meet bank minimums
• You experience seasonal or one-time orders
• You cannot produce financial reporting
• You have maximized your current facility and you are still receiving new orders

Hennessey Capital offers working capital options to growing business-to-business companies that are post-revenue, in transition or otherwise do not meet the credit guidelines of traditional bank lending. We provide working capital lines of credit secured by accounts receivable and inventory, as well as factoring of accounts receivable. Cash availability ranges from $10,000 to $3 million.

Our experienced team provides guidance and the financing tools businesses need to realize new opportunities. Hennessey Capital’s growth capital and financial wisdom has helped companies across the country thrive.

This Seminar will be about 45 Minutes.

I run my business out of my home – on Tiger Mtn. south of Issaquah.   I’ve been involved with the fabric industry for many years.  I owned Jehlor Fantasy Fabrics that was located near Southcenter. My partner and I opened the fabric store in Renton, then moved to the Southcenter area.  We were in business for 23 years, had an international mail order business as well as a retail location and sold specialty fabrics for bridal, dance and theatrical.

I had a background as a professional dancer and dance instructor.  We sold fabric to the Ashton Family Circus in Australia, the ballet in Monaco, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, to professional dancers and skaters. Several of the gold medal winners in the Olympic ice skating competitions had their  costumes made from our fabrics.   My husband and I travelled to Hong Kong and Singapore to buy hand beaded laces for the store.  My partner Jean retired from the business after eleven years when her husband retired and they moved to eastern Washington and I continued the business for another twelve years with five employees.

I retired and sold my fabric inventory to the owner of The Sewer’s Dream fabric store in Burlington in 1999.  That same year I started my manufacturing business.  I make fabric wine gift bags for wineries, wine stores and the wine departments of the QFC stores.  I’ll be 75 years old on my birthday this year.  Still very busy.  I primarily came to the NW Fabric Shows to keep in touch with the reps that visited my fabric store for 23 years.  It was like a reunion.  My fabric purchases through the NW Fabric Show were very specific, mostly cotton prints with a grape/wine bottle theme.

I hope your show is a success,

Lorie Graff

Monday, March 12^th 11:15 A.M.

Learn how easy it is to customize and make fabric personal. Almost everyone nowadays has an inkjet printer or access to one.  See how you can use printable inkjet fabric sheets (available in silk, bamboo or cotton) in conjunction with your other fabrics to help you and your customers add a new process to their textile designs.

• Use vintage photos in fabric design to create an authentic antique feel
• Replicate out-of-print fabric for repairs or print patterns in a complementary color to accessorize
• Add your own sketches, paintings and photography to your fabric cost effectively
• Stain, dye, paint, silkscreen and embellish your fabric prints to add dimension and artistic touches

Valerie Vavrik is President and founder of V V Graphics, LLC (formed in 1992). She has been in the fabric industry since 2001 when she began V V Prints. V V Prints manufactures a line of 30 image CDs of restored vintage art from the 1800s and early 1900s.  Valerie has taught Photoshop and Digital Printing on Fabric classes for the spring and fall International Quilt Festivals and numerous other quilt and craft shows. She teaches at local community colleges and enjoys helping people discover their inner artist and explore various techniques in fabric decoration and design.

VVPrints.com carries a line of image CDs, fabric sheets, silkscreens, silk scarf kits, kumihimo braiding kits and other crafts-related products

The presentation will be 45 minutes with time for Q&A

Monday, March 12^th 1:15 P.M.

Learn the key basics of marketing communication that never change, but many advertisers get wrong without even knowing it.  This seminar will also cover how to organize a marketing plan and what should go into it. You will get tips on how to identify your most valuable target audience and how to time your advertising to get the most value out of your budget. We will also review traditional media, online marketing and social media and discuss their respective places in the overall marketing mix.

Rob has more than 40 years of experience in the advertising profession. He started on the retail side of the business, becoming the advertising director of a chain of home improvement centers with 35 stores throughout the United States and Canada. He went into the agency business in 1978, and has owned and managed Charlton Engel Marketing, a regional advertising agency, since 1998.

Rob has a wealth of experience with a variety of strategic marketing concepts in dozens of industry categories. His combined strengths in account management and creative have earned him a number of awards in both print and broadcast media.

This presentation is about 60 minutes.

The New Seminars Are:

Adding Customizable Fabric to Your Product Line

Presented by Valerie Vavrik, Art Restorationist, Graphic Designer and Teacher

Monday, March 12^th 11:15 A.M.

Marketing Basics for Today’s World

Presented by Rob Charlton / Owner: Charlton Engel Marketing

Monday, March 12^th 1:15 P.M.

Assest Based Financing

Presented by John Seleey, Hennessey Capital

Monday, March 12^th 3:15 P.M.

The DG Expo is produced by our Bronze Sponsor, AboutSources.com, and we’re proud to bring you this information.  The event will be in the Penntop Ballroom on the 18th Floor of the Hotel Pennsylvannia on Seventh Avenue in New York City.  For more information on the event visit their website at http://www.dgexpo.net.

Don’t forget to sign up for AboutSources.com’s seminar on Sourcing Solutions for Small Manufacturers at our event in March.

You will have the chance to win valuable products and prizes from select exhibitors, sponsors, and show management.  This is just another way for us to say thank you for continuing to support our semi-annual event that has served the industry since 1994.  We look forward to seeing you on March 11th and 12th, and you must be present to win.

DIRECTIONS

FROM AIRPORT Take I-5 North bound to the Seneca Street Exit Exit onto Seneca and go down 2 blocks to 4th Ave and turn right Go down 3 blocks to Pike Street and turn right Next street is 5th Ave, turn right and the hotel is located ½ way down block on the right

FROM NORTHBOUND (EVERETT, CANADA) Take I-5 South bound to the Union Street Exit Exit onto Union Street and go down 3 blocks to 4th Ave and turn right Next street is Pike Street, turn right Next street is 5th Ave, turn right and the hotel is located ½ way down block on the right

FROM BELLEVUE (520 BRIDGE) Take 520 West Bound to I-5 South Exit to hotel is only 1 mile so drivers must merge almost immediately to the right lane Take Union Street Exit and follow 3 blocks to 4th Ave and turn right Next street is Pike Street, turn right Next street is 5th Ave, turn right and the hotel is located ½ way down block on the right

FROM I-90 (SPOKANE, ELLENSBURG, MERCER ISLAND) Take I-90 West Bound to I-5 North Bound Exit on Madison Street Exit, at Madison Street turn left, follow to 4th Ave and turn right Go down 5 blocks to Pike Street and turn right Next street is 5th Ave, turn right and the hotel is located ½ way down block on the right

FROM FERRY TERMINAL When exiting docks turn left on Alaskan Way, follow down to Marion and turn right Go up the hill to 4th Ave and turn left Follow down to Pike Street and turn right Next street is 5th Ave, turn right and the hotel is located ½ way down block on the right

FROM WEST SEATTLE Take West Seattle Bridge to 99 (Alaskan Way Viaduct) Exit the viaduct at Seneca Street and turn left onto 1st Ave Follow Pike Street and take a right Follow 5 blocks to 5th Ave and turn right, hotel is located ½ way down the block on the right

I’ve been on the registration list for years and have the postcard flyer from the recent mailing.  We are a costume shop, making costumes, for the production in association with the School of Drama.  I do wholesale fabric at times, when I need 50 yard pieces for multiples of costumes, and I actually use of 400 yards of muslin a year between the productions and the classes we teach.  Mostly, I need to see fabrics not in stores and meeting the reps so when I do need to order large amounts, they have the face with the name. I order often from Exotic Silk and JB Silks.   Since Aptex went out I am looking for a good source for broadcloth bolts, interfacings, and tailoring supplies.  

Should you ever need a display of beautiful period costumes we would be happy to help out.

Josie Gardner

UW Costume shop Supervisor.

jogard@uw.washington.edu