Category: New

Pretty Anchors by Tula Pink

Our final BRENINA Sewing Celebrity is Tula Pink! She describes herself as having a dark sense of humor buried in a sea of print and patterns, playing with images the way a poet plays with words and turning innocuous traditional designs into mischievous little critters. … More

Nearly 250 Christmas Boots!

Donna Krebill, a customer of BERNINA Sewing Centers of Kansas City, sent me some photos of Christmas boots her quilt guild made for their local women’s shelter. They’ve been doing this for several years, supplying over 200 boots every Christmas – nearly 250 for 2012!
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Sock Monkeys… and MORE Sock Monkeys!

Peggy Johnson, Sew Creative, Peoria, IL wrote to tell me about the wine glasses she’s etching with sock monkey faces. How cool is that?! She’s using the technique John Thornton wrote about in Issue #6 of Through the Needle ONLINE magazine in June, 2011. Peggy designed and cut the stencils using her BERNINA CutWork Software and Accessory, then used etching cream to transfer the design to the glass. … More