quilting Archives

Impromptu Baby Gift Wrap

May 20, 2013 WeAllSew

Katherine sent photos of a last-minute gift-wrapping project – beautiful! She had no wrapping paper, but plenty of fabric, so she made this precious wrap – which ended up being as big a hit as the gift!
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My Quilt is on QUILTY!

May 17, 2013 Erika Mulvenna

This past winter I was approached by Mary Fons about bringing in one of my quilts to the set of Quilty, and you can see this special episode of “This is My Quilt” right now! … More

Meet Michelle Jensen of Mixi Heart

May 14, 2013 WeAllSew

Hi there! I am Michelle Jensen of Mixi Heart (www.MixiHeart.com). I am a pattern designer and long-arm quilter. Though I was exposed to very little sewing when younger, I have a passion today as if I have been in the sewing world all along. I love to quilt!!! … More

Sew to Serve with Bumble Beans Basics

May 10, 2013 WeAllSew

Victoria Findlay Wolfe began quilting to serve others through her Bumble Beans Basics project. Over 700 quilts later, Bumble Beans Basics continues to help those in need – see what you can do to join in and sew to serve others! … More

Take Us Back to The Makerie, Please!

May 7, 2013 WeAllSew

The BERNINA team was thrilled to spend a beautiful Friday and Saturday at Chautauqua Park in Boulder, CO for The Makerie retreat – three days filled with sewing, quilting, relaxing, and yes, more sewing. Almost 20 BERNINA 350 PE’s stitched away for two days straight, joined by women from all over the wor … More

Modern Blossoms for Mother’s Day

May 6, 2013 Amanda Murphy

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! I’m so excited to be guest-blogging for We All Sew today because I have something I can’t wait to share. My first embroidery collection, Modern Blossoms, is coming out in just a couple of weeks at Quilt Market! You know that I’m a huge fan of the B 580 and all things BERNINA so naturally I’m very excited. … More

Sewing to Serve Boston

May 3, 2013 WeAllSew

The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is sewing into action to help comfort those directly affected by the recent tragedy in Boston. Read on to see how you can help! … More

Quilting Kari Carr’s “Straight & Narrow” Quilt

May 2, 2013 WeAllSew

Were you inspired by Erika’s Sunrise Baby Quilt? Then I think you’ll like this “Straight & Narrow” quilt as well. Kari Carr of New Leaf Stitches provides a free quilt pattern and shows us how to combine stitches on the BERNINA 550 QE and use them for a nifty variation on traditional straight-line quilting.
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Geometric Quilt Block Pillow Class

May 1, 2013 Jo Leichte

Doesn’t this look like a fun class? It’s a hands-on event they held at The Sewing Room in Tucson, AZ, for their new B 750 sewing machine owners. They had lots of fun sewing Erika’s Geometric Quilt Block Pillow. Thanks, Mary, for sharing this photo! … More

Guatemalan Textiles

April 30, 2013 WeAllSew

Linda C. Teufel documented her recent trip to Guatemala with thousands of gorgeous photographs. Here she tells about some of the beautiful textiles and quilts she saw. So much color! You’ll also want to check out her blog at http://dragonthreadsopenbook.blogspot.com/ … More

QR Code Quilts from Georgia Bonesteel

April 29, 2013 WeAllSew

Georgia Bonesteel made her first QR quilt for her son Paul at www.bonesteelfilms.com and because her son-in-law was so jealous she did one for his office at CocaCola. The top PR person at CocaCola called about featuring it on their blog! … More

Meet Melissa Mortenson of Polka Dot Chair

April 23, 2013 Melissa Mortenson

My name is Melissa Mortenson and I blog at the Polka Dot Chair. I am very excited to be working with Bernina, I love new adventures!
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