about Sew With Joe
Sew With Joe is here to help you get the most out of your Top-of-the-line Embroidery machine, through fun projects and videos that are tailored to your machine.
This website is your one-stop shop for all Sew With Joe projects. Any project subscriptions you purchase will be available right here at SewWithJoe.com . You can also check out the shop for individual projects and necessities like USB flash drives!
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Are you subscribed to Sew With Joe? For 2024 Members, you can access your content through the Programs , and for subscription content you own from before 2024 head to the Subscribers Area to find all your project downloads.
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If you own a current year subscription, you can watch and download the Machine Mastery content Here.
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Be sure to visit the community page for Sew With Joe on Facebook, it's free to join! The Sew With Joe Facebook Group is a place you can post project photos and questions, and interact with Joe and other members. Joe posts free weekly live videos and more right to the Facebook group page! The Free Sew With Joe Group can be found at facebook.com/groups/sewwithjoe
Sew With Joe started at a local sewing store in Naples, Florida, called Flash Sew and Quilt. A new employee was recognized for his passion for teaching and educating embroidery machine owners in a fun and creative way. Joe was given a space to hold weekly demonstrations and "show and tell" for members of the community. What started as a small weekly gathering quickly became a regular event, many times with over 60 attendees! The owners of Flash Sew and Quilt convinced Joe to share his passion for sewing, quilting and embroidery through online videos to reach even more enthusiasts.
So, Joseph (Joe) Chisum started filming videos on the Babylock Destiny from the store, and soon after, Joe purchased the Babylock Solaris to film from home.
Joe created the free Sew With Joe Facebook group, and opened it for members to join starting around the middle of 2019. Within a few weeks, there were over two thousand members, and there are now over twenty one thousand members from all over the world.
Sew With Joe was created to teach owners of advanced embroidery machines how to master the tools and features within, through fun projects and videos. These projects and videos best apply to modern top-of-the-line embroidery machines from Brother and Babylock, including machines like the Babylock Solaris, Destiny, Altair, Meridian, or Brother Luminaire, Dream Machine, or Stellaire.
Meet Joe
The Joe behind the Sew
Joseph (Joe) Chisum began his career in the sewing industry in January 2007, at a sewing store in Port Charlotte, Florida called A Stitch Connection. At 18 years old, he was hired by Carol Vealey-Ellis as a technician in training. Joe attended multiple sewing machine repair courses across the United States, and learned how to service many different brands of sewing machines. After working with several brands of machines, Joe took special interest in the Babylock and Brother brands.
Along the way, Joe found if he took time to educate the owners of sewing machines, they would have far less problems with their machines. Private lessons became group lessons, and group lessons became events.
Joe started hosting weekly demonstrations every Tuesday at Flash Sew and Quilt in Naples Florida. In 2018, Joe purchased a Babylock Solaris in anticipation of filming from home. He then opened the Sew with Joe Facebook Group for members to join in mid 2019, where he continues to host free live videos every Monday night at 8 PM Eastern time. Joe started his website, sewwithjoe.com shortly after creating the Facebook group, where he offers additional videos and projects to help machine owners get the most out of their equipment through fun and easy projects and videos.
Joe is recognized for his clear, concise directions, soft tone, and easy-to-follow pace. He enjoys teaching new techniques, and hopes to continue to help people of all experience levels learn something new with every project and video.
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Joe is now opening a brand new "Sew with Joe" store in Monument, Colorado to sell, service, teach, and hold events! The store is expected to open around October 1st, 2024. Joe looks forward to inviting sewing enthusiasts from all around to come discover everything this industry has to offer. Sew with Joe hopes to set a positive example for in this community through exceptional sewing machine service and repair, fun and inviting classes and events, and friendly staff with all the knowledge to outfit you with the best machines and accessories. The store will open featuring machines from Babylock, while offering support for owners of machines from any brand.