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Peace, Love and Glitz

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Take a plain hoodie and a pair of jeans and transform them into an expensive looking outfit using embroidery and glitz!


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Victorian Frills Appliqué Collection #12364

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OESD Victorian Frills Appliqué Signature Design Collection #12364 is filled with beautiful machine embroidery appliqué designs including cut files for the BERNINA CutWork tool.


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Thread Painting with Style — Nancy Prince

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Thread Painting with Style is a comprehensive reference book that walks the reader through all the supplies and techniques needed for successful thread painting and thread sketching.


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Rustic Refinement

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Check out the current issue (Jan/Feb 212) of Creative Machine Embroidery for a simple embroidered pillow that I had fun making.


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From Placemat to Purse

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This was so much fun — using a placemat to create a purse for my granddaughter. Embroidery makes it so easy to embellish something simple and make it unique.


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“Cutie Pie” Baby Burp Cloth

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Got a baby shower coming up and not sure what to give the mother? This burp cloth is made using a cloth diaper and features a cute design from OESD’s “Words of Whimsy” embroidery collection #12292.


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830 LE Alphabet Project

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I love the beautiful limited edition alphabet available with the BERNINA 830LE! With some stretcher bars and a staple gun it’s easy to create stitched artwork for hanging.


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Gifts from the Kitchen and Sewing Room

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Making homemade jam and pickles for holiday gift-giving is part of the holiday tradition and everyone looks forward to these yearly food gifts. This year I have added an embroidered kitchen towel, many of them personalized.


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Birds in Winter Wallhanging

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The cheery birds on this wintry wallhanging are from the OESD 2011 Holiday Collection #1.


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Create Beautiful Trapunto Designs with Dimensional Stitching

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Take a peek at this new embroidery collection from BERNINA! The look of traditional Trapunto can be achieved entirely on the embroidery machine in just two simple steps.