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Wrapping your gifts in fabric: Easy Furoshiki instructions
Dear community, in this blog post you can find detailed instructions on how to wrap your gifts in fabric with […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Easy instructions for making an embroidered Christmas stocking (with free embroidery template)
Dear community, in this blog post you can find easy instructions for making an embroidered Christmas stocking (with free embroidery […]
It’s St. Andrew’s Day!
Today, 30th November is St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland and we celebrate our Patron Saint’s Day in many ways. My […]
Nicely wrapped!
The BERNINA Advent Calendar 2015
Dear Readers, It’s nearly Christmas time and we are going to open a daily door on our Advent calendar – […]
Sunny side up on a rainy day !
It been pouring here in Chennai and the city is flooded resulting in your house arrest. What better than to […]
Japanese Sewing Books
I mostly make clothes for my daughters, they are growing, so they need them. I, however am not growing (hopefully), […]
Santa’s Little Helpers
I am very rarely home for Christmas. All of my family either live interstate or overseas and I usually visit […]
The Scarlet Woman – Bernina Pictogram Challenge 2015
The Scarlet Woman When this challenge arrived, I had a piece of scarlet fabric and the pictogram. I […]
Crossroads Pictogram Project
Like the other participants, I eagerly opened my parcel and found I had the man plus a piece of mustard […]
Tartan Tattoo by LINZI UPTON, Scotland UK
We were really excited to hear that Linzi Upton won the first prize for her quilt “Tartan Tattoo” at the Open […]
Pictogram Project – “ALMOST SHATTERED”
Mari Claase from South Africa ask me to publish her pictogram project and I’m happy to share her article with […]
International Pictogram Project – Solah Singar
Making artist friends – exciting ! Being invited to participate in an international art project – exciting ! Receiving the […]
Wired – Bernina International Pictogram Project
“WIRED” Autism Awareness – Wired differently but just as loveable Many parents in the autism community have to come up […]
Pictogram Project 2015 – The Green Man
I was very excited to receive my pictogram pack and my mind started to race. I had a lovely piece […]
Honour the Firefighters – BERNINA International Pictogram Project
Mary Transom from New Zealand writes: Description When the parcel arrived with the red felt and the male shape, I […]
HIDING – International Pictogram Project
As the other participants I have also waited eagerly for my parcel, and I love the deep purple color that […]
International Pictogram Project: Women of the World Unite
I was delighted with my colours and that I had a female pictogram. As I love creating with the embroidery […]
Hat Up! – Don’t be afraid of the Headpiece
How many occasions in life do we get to wear a fancy hat? Really think about it, I can count […]
International Pictogram Project – Layers of Society
I received my package from Bernina in Johannesburg and opened it with excitement…. My optimism vanished quickly when I realized […]
Putting the Bernina invisible zipper foot to the test
I love how zips finish a garment and fitting a zip isn’t as tricky as it look. Most methods are surprisingly simple, but I am yet to master […]
My heart’s delight : portrait of Aadi!
It is every quilting mother’s dream. To be able to make a portrait of her child. I did that this […]
International Pictogram Project – Men Have Children Too
When my project pack arrived I was struck and somewhat daunted by the masculinity of a male pictogram and intense […]
International Pictogram Project- Red and Green
The BERNINA Australia office has been awash with red and green this week as Kerrie Hay, our National Product Educator, […]
“NURTURE” – International Pictogram Project
Hello everybody, Kalindi Hambir from India just sent me a photo of her gordious artwork for our pictogramproject and her […]
Of Blind Dates and Coin Quilts
I had been thinking of starting a Chennai based Sewing Club of sorts for a long, long time but the […]
Unpicked – International Pictogram Project
When I opened my package from Bernina India that contained my Pictogram Project supplies, I was delighted! […]
Framed Embroideries
As I mentioned some days ago, I had an exhibition with my framed embroideries at the “Nadel+Faden” fair here in […]
Somewhere over the Rainbow- A colourful way to use up scraps
I heard the scariest thing the other day: It’s less than 12 weeks until Christmas!!!! Eeek, how on earth […]