Embroider-Along: Part 7 Napped Fabrics
by Sue O'Very
Handmade Valentine’s Day Gifts
Nothing says “I Love You!” like a handmade Valentine’s Day gift. We’re sharing some of our favorite tutorials to make gifts for loved ones, from heart themes to personalizing a quick gift with novelty fabrics, and a few tips for how to add an extra special touch to your project. Heart Themed Projects for Valentine’s More …
Spanish Hemstitch Attachment #47
Isn’t it fun when you discover a sewing technique new to you that you love? That’s how I feel about Spanish Hemstitching – a beautiful technique that joins fabric or ribbon pieces with lacy threadwork. It’s easy to do using the BERNINA Spanish Hemstitch Attachment #47. Before sewing machines, there were dainty fabric embellishments sewn by More …
Speedy Binding with an Overlocker
Like every good book, every good quilt must come to an end. However, a book is bound before it’s finished and a quilt ends with the binding. This is a process that some people really enjoy while others allow it to delay their quilt finishing. Often times quilters think they would have no way to More …
Managing Designs in Q-Matic
As we purchase and collect more and more designs for our BERNINA Q-matic Longarm Automated System, we need to stay organized. This blog post is about managing your designs. I will show you how to create tags for your designs, and to add tags to designs as you import and after they have been imported. More …
Embroider-Along: Part 6 How to Embroider Wovens
Welcome back to my Embroider-Along: Part 6. Hi, my name is Sue O’Very, BERNINA Ambassador and machine embroidery expert. This series began with a great discussion on the four basics for machine embroidery. Jumping right into stabilizers and materials I discussed embroidering on knits. Today I’m excited to share with you how to embroider on various woven More …
The Big Book of Feet
It’s all about feet! If you own multiple presser feet and accessories for your machine, The Big Book of Feet can help you get the most use from them. If you don’t own many presser feet, this book offers a glimpse into all the fun you can have exploring practical techniques and creative embellishments using More …
How to Use Three Threads Three Ways with the BERNINA Overlocker
As the old School House Rock song teaches us, 3 is a Magic Number. I’ve always loved the number three, and it is a great way to think about the basic stitches on an overlocker machine. The three basic stitches are: overlock, flatlock and rolled edge. Using three threads, we can easily adjust settings to More …
In Remembrance Farm House Quilt Block Part II
This has been such a special project for me to be a part of, to help someone remember their loved one can be a unique gift of love. Materials to Make a Remembrance Framed Quilt Block BERNINA 790 Plus 1/2 yard of batting for two quilt blocks 1/2 yard of White Fabric 505 Spray Adhesive More …
In Remembrance Farm House Quilt Block Part I
My friend Jenny asked me to create something that she could remember her mom by, and that she could surprise her Dad and siblings with. We talked about the project, and she asked if I would make 5 quilt blocks that could be framed by her husband. Materials to Make a Remembrance Quilt Block BERNINA 790 More …
Embroider-Along: Part 5 How to Embroider Knits
Welcome back to my Embroider-Along: Part 5. Hi, my name is Sue O’Very, BERNINA Ambassador and machine embroidery expert. In Part 4 we wrapped up the Basics of Machine Embroidery with Placement and Hooping. Today we’re going to dive in and focus on how to embroidery on knits. This will include the most popular types of More …
BERNINA Anniversary Quilt-along: Part 5
Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the holidays! Welcome back to the BERNINA 125th Anniversary Quilt-Along! I’m BERNINA Expert and Amanda Murphy and in this post we will assemble BERNINA’s 125th Anniversary Quilt. After this post there is just one more—on February 6th I’ll be back to cover the quilting of this piece! The More …