Sergers are a useful tool to have in every studio and not just for garment sewing! Last month I covered many different serger-related topics including How To Insert a Zipper Using Your Serger! Did you know that was even possible? You can check out the easy tutorial where I used clearance placemats for fabric (and More …
This is my Steampunk inspired denim jacket. Embroidery designs are OESD and the quilt line designs are converted to triple stitch using BERNINA D+V8. Many motifs are combined in the software and 5 hoopings on each side are placed and mirrored with BERNINA 880 Virtual Positioning. Buttons are created from BERNINA rotary bobbins.
Usually hesitant to following garment patterns (I’m much more comfortable making it up as I go & refashioning) I finally dove into the Linden Sweatshirt from Grainline Studios. This pattern was really easy to follow and quick to sew. I constructed the entire garment using my BERNINA L 450 Overlocker/Serger. You can read more details More …
I have always loved creating my own fashion clothing. So today I decided to work with McCalls pattern 7093 to create something new. The first thing I did was to look at the pattern to see where I could make some changes to make it my own. I love hand witching but it can sometimes More …
Nothing makes me happier that making something for my son! He is a big time gamer, and loves roll playing and video games. I created a pattern for a dice bag, and I digitized the Dragon logo from the game. I practiced with vinyl, and then I bought a leather hide and made the bag More …
Over the next 18 months I will be sewing quilt blocks using the book “1000 Great Quilt Blocks”. Each week I will sew 21 blocks. This project will create a learning platform for me and my students I teach locally and across the miles at workshops and lectures. This all starts with a block and More …
I designed this pillow for my couch after seeing the free download on the Bernina website of the Merry Holiday tree. I used three repeating images, and then added a small green upper and lower border. I heavily machine quilted swirls to give the impression of snow flurries. It has a zipper at the top More …
For holiday gifts this year I made “fancy” zippered pouches. On these pouches, I pieced Tula PInk’s Eden fabrics together, then used my BERNINA 780 ‘s wonderful decorative stitches to embellish it. I was able to embellish and quilt at the same time as I sewed over fusible fleece. I even used my embroidery module More …
This is a body of work that has been in progress for 2 years. It is currently being shown at the Art and Music Library Gallery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. If I were a writer, these might be the characters of my story, drawn from my daily life. Some are friends, More …
For the past 2 years I have been working on this body of work. If I were a writer, these might be the characters of my story, drawn from my daily life. Some are friends, some are family, some are strangers I have observed and photographed. Others are imagined. Angesha and Anthia were waiting to More …