Creating a 3-Letter Monogram with BERNINA Toolbox Software Monograms add a personal touch to any project and ideally adding one should be easy. Thanks to BERNINA Toolbox software you can quickly create monograms with 1, 2 or 3 letters and proceed to embroidery in very little time. Your biggest decision will be on lettering style More …
Personalize your bag with a custom monogram! Materials to Monogram your Canvas Bag BERNINA 700 Embroidery Machine BERNINA Large Oval Hoop Teardrop Embroidery Foot #26 BERNINA Jersey/Embroidery Needle 80/12 OESD StabilStick Stabilizer Embroidery thread in the color of your choice Blue Painters Tape Wonder Clips Fabric marking pencil Pre-made tote bag of your choice. (I purchase my More …
This fun twist on a traditional nine patch block is fun for pillows and hiding secrets in a quilt! This Hidden Pockets Nine Patch Quilt Block tutorial can easily blend in with other standard nine patch blocks and have fun surprises. While I’ve opted to use this block in a pillow, this would be perfect More …
Inspired by a classic design, we have this new First Love Pillow to share with you by Fat Quarter Shop. We love the look of diamonds, but piecing on point is not our favorite. So, we came up with a new piecing technique to create that look with straight rows. As a bonus, there is More …
Welcome to our fourth installment in the Vintage Ornaments Quilt-Along! This month we will work on two teardrop ornaments and talk about choosing the right background fabric for your appliques. If this is your first time at the Vintage Ornaments Quilt-Along, you can find the previous posts here: Supplies, Blocks 1 & 2, Blocks 3 & More …
Every spring I head to Ventura, California for our annual Craftcation: Business + Maker’s Conference. Ventura is one of my favorite California beach towns because the temperature is pretty much in the mid 70s year round, it has a great downtown filled with restaurants, shops, bars and historic buildings and somehow it’s still held onto More …
Welcome to Block 5 of the BERNINA’s Block of the Month Series. This month we will create a Card Basket Variation Block. We will make three of the same 12″ block and set them aside until we are ready to add the sashing and to put the final quilt together. Below is a picture of how the blocks More …
Can you believe it’s back-to-school time already? Although it feels like the summer has just started, it is slowly coming to end end! To help ease you into thinking about getting ready for school this fall we’ve gathered together 20 of our favorite back-to-school projects to sew. Back-to-School Projects for Grade School Students Any kid would More …
Hello, it’s Minki from Minki’s Worktable. The first day of school is almost here! Get into the back-to-school spirit and enjoy your last few days of summer with my Stationery Pouch project. When my daughter started Kindergarten I saw my Japanese friend’s cute stationery pouch from her mother in Japan. That night I tried and tried to make More …
When I was in grad school in San Francisco, my friend Paige and I had regular painting nights in her studio apartment in the Tenderloin. Paige’s apartment was so tiny that in order to have space to do anything, we had put up her Murphy bed and move all the furniture to one corner. Then More …