Brother Showcase

Blaine and Jane Brother Showcase Livestream

February 15th, 10 AM - 4 PM PST

Join Blaine Austin and Jane Clauss who will be featuring Brothers top sewing and embroidery machines for a 6 hours livestream showcase! Learn about the latest and greatest that brother has to offer and stay tuned for any specials and discounts we have going during the show. As always, you will have a chance to win a special prize throughout the show. All you have to do is watch live, leave a comment and be present for if and when your name is called!

Watch The Lives Stream

Meet Our Hosts

Jane Clauss

Jane Clauss

Jane Monzures Clauss is a two-time EMMY winning television personality. Currently the host of Creative Living on the COX Media Yurview Network, and host of Living Healthy Chicago on WGN TV. She contributes her UpCrafting tips as a Brother Sews Ambassador and she contributes to the monthly ENJOY Magazine, and the popular DIY site FaveCrafts.

Blaine Austin

Blaine Austin

Blaine joined SewingMachinesPlus.com back in 2018 as a Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Today he serves as the company’s CEO and host of our bi-weekly live stream show; SMP Live. Blaine offers his 20 + years of knowledge in the sewing business and invites some of the most talented people in the industry on the show as guest. In his free time, Blaine enjoys flying remote controlled airplanes.

Meet Your Presenters and Brother Ambassadors

Angela Wolf

Angela Wolf

Angela Wolf entrepreneur and fashion designer, is the host of the PBS series It’s Sew Easy and host of Behind the Scenes and At Your Side Virtually weekly Facebook and YouTube live show. Founder of Angela Wolf Patterns and Angela Wolf Academy featuring online classes and the Fashion Sewing Club. Along with the many online classes on Angela Wolf Academy, Angela also teaches on Craftsy (formerly Blueprint) and Patternreview.com with over 190,000 students from all over the world.

Cindy Hogan

Cindy resides in Georgia with her husband. She has a BS and MS from the University of TN in Special Education and was a full time Special Education teacher until 2003 when she decided to change career paths and use her knowledge of PE-DESIGN® and Education to be a freelance National Product Training Specialist for the for all Brother Software Programs. Cindy is an internationally recognized Brother Software expert. She began working with the PE-DESIGN® software when it was first introduced and began teaching all Brother Software thereafter. She is also national recognized as an expert on the Brother Scan-N-Cut and machine embroidery.

Cindy Hogan
Coleen Swettman

Coleen Swettman

In the mid 1990’s Coleen become fascinated with machine embroidery. It was love at first sight. She loves every aspect of embroidery from digitizing to seeing the design stitched out on the finished item. Coleen started with the earliest version of embroidery software and enjoys the many new advanced features and ease of use that are available in software today. If an item can be embroidered – she’s probably embroidered on it.

Heather Banks

Heather Banks is a Brother Sewing Educator. Keeping pace with our changing world, she has transitioned from traveling and conducting in-person events to specializing in online virtual learning opportunities where she has the pleasure of educating users about Brother sewing and embroidery machines. Virtual learning has opened the world of sewing to everyone! With the wide variety of Brother machines at her fingertips there are no limits to the opportunities she can provide!

Heather Banks
Jerry Granata

Jerry Granata

His interest in the fine arts led him to studies in drawing, design, and oil painting. He has explored and enjoyed all sewing techniques including garment construction, costumes, embellishing, heirloom sewing, hand and machine embroidery, quilt piecing, appliqué, and free-motion quilting. Jerry brings a passion for quilting, sewing, and teaching, with a dash of humor, to all levels from beginner to advanced.

Louis Carney

Louis' familiarity with machine products and industry knowledge ensures a fun time to be had by all. Design influence utilizing embroidery software, sergers/cover stitches and long-arm quilting is the latest of his ventures, focusing on detailed elements. He co-authored a book entitled Creative Sewing Techniques by Machine, published by AQS in 2010. Louis has an illustrious list of clients: Sara Jessica Parker, Tommy Mitolla, the Rockefellers, Kristina Wildentstein, Mrs.Sidney Poitier, Martha Stewart Inc. and Vera Wang Inc.

Louis Carney

Schedule of Presentation Line-Up

Time (PST) Presenters | Sweet Products
9:30AM Audience Build Up Stream Starts
10:00AM-10:30AM Blaine and Jane Stream Introduction and Overview
10:30AM-11:00AM Heather Banks 1600E Embroidery Machine
11:00AM-12:00PM Louis Carney 3600D Sewing Machine
12:00PM-12:30PM Heather Banks Scan-N-Cut Fabric Cutting
12:30PM-1:00PM Cindy Hogan PRS-100 Hat Hoop
1:00PM-1:30PM Angela Wolf LB500 Sewing Machine
1:30PM-2:00PM Cindy Hogan SE625 Sewing and Embroidery Machine
2:00PM-2:30PM Jerry Granata PRS-100 Free Motion Kit
2:30PM-3:00PM Coleen Swettman NS80 Sewing Machine
3:00PM-3:30PM Jerry Granata 3600D Embroidery Machine
3:30PM-4:00PM Blaine and Jane Wrap Up and Giveaways