This year for the holidays I wanted to create a focal point on my dining table. After all, at the heart of the celebrations are the meals shared with family and friends. And since free time becomes a precious commodity on approach to the holidays, I decided to opt for simplicity. So I chose to More …
Time to make the donuts! Treat yourself to this cute little throw pillow that takes no time to stitch up. Super soft Cuddle fabric makes this accessory even cozier. Donut worry, this project is as easy as cake. Or a cake donut, anyway. The icing on the donut for this project are the sprinkles—learn a More …
Do you have any tired or worn-out throw pillows that need a makeover? Create a simple invisible zipper pillow cover to give your throw pillows a new look! Materials to Make an Invisible Zipper Pillow Cover Sewing machine (I use a BERNINA 590 E) Invisible zipper foot #35 Zipper foot #4D Reverse pattern foot #1D More …
Welcome back to the BERNINA 125th Anniversary Quilt-Along! I’m BERNINA Expert and Amanda Murphy and in this post we’ll be working on the quilt’s optional side border embroideries. This was originally scheduled for December but some of you have been such enthusiastic piecers and embroiderers we decided to post this step early! We’ll work on More …
In the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along Part 1, we’ve completed the shirt front, and in the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along Part 2, we’ve completed the shirt back. Now it’s time to construct and set the sleeves by making the sleeve slit opening, sleeve slit facing, sleeve tucks, sew sleeve to armhole, topstitch, hem More …
Welcome to our 125 years celebration of the BERNINA company! We’re celebrating by bringing you lots of inspiration and today we’re taking a closer look at machine embroidery! Check out our post full of tips and techniques for successful machine embroidered projects. As a bonus we’re giving you the chance to win great prizes, scroll to More …
This post is part of our blog series celebrating 125 years of the BERNINA Company. Each post is bringing you a little more of the history of BERNINA, along with modern inspiration. For more information on this series, and earlier posts, click here. With the age of computerized sewing machines came the ability to have More …
I am so excited to be a part of Minki Kim‘s Diary in Stitches Blog Hop here at WeAllSew! Minki Kim creates her thread drawings with a special technique detailed in Diary in Stitches. This book includes in-depth explanation of thread drawing with stitches from A to Z, moving from simple projects like a coaster to artful work More …
We kicked off our 125th Anniversary year on WeAllSew with a question to our readers to share their My First BERNINA story on our Community Section. We received wonderful stories from heart warming to funny. You can find them on our WeAllSew community section here. If you have not shared your own story yet, it More …
Welcome back to the BERNINA 125th Anniversary Quilt-along! I’m BERNINA Expert and Amanda Murphy and in this post we will be finishing the cornerstones of the quilt. We will return on November 14th to cover the side embroidery designs. Are you ready to get started? The BERNINA 125th Anniversary Quilt. For those of you that More …
Starting this fall, all of us at BERNINA are so thrilled to bring a new entry level machine to all of you—the BERNINA 4 Series! This series of machines includes three models: the BERNINA 480, 475 QE, and 435.The obvious upgrade here for our entry level is the interface. The overall design of the 4 More …
In Part 1 of the Classic Button Up Shirt Sew-Along, we completed the front. Now it’s time to start on the back. In this lesson, we will sew: the back to the double yoke shoulder seams edgestitching collar collar bands The Back, Yoke, Shoulder Seams and Edgestitching Construction tip: I attach my yoke and yoke More …
