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Gift tags in Inspiration 75 – Autumn 2019
When preparing Christmas gifts, I ‘d like to add a personal gift tag. An ideal eye catcher is the gift […]
Easy Upcycling Project: Pin Cushion on Glass
Dear community, in this blog post you can find easy instructions for making a pin cushion on a glass bin. […]
Making embroidered stars out of recycled shopping bags
Dear community, in this blog post you can find easy instructions for making embroidered stars out of recycled shopping bags. […]
Special embroidered gift cards
With the holiday season starting, I wanted to share an easy gift card idea. Depending on the embroidery design you […]
Lesson 32: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Blending, part 2
This second part of ‘Blending’ gives you even more insight, to try different effects with this feature in the BERNINA […]
Lesson 31: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Blending, part 1
Sometimes an embroidery design – created in the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 – requires more dramatic effect. There are many […]
Lesson 30: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Calculating thread usage
When you’ve found an embroidery design, you want to be able to bring it to your machine and start with […]
Inspiration 75 with a nice palmtree
In the Inspiration magazine, the palmtree took my attention. Is it a souvenir to a hot summer vacation? This cushion […]
Lesson 29: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Shade effect
Due to high demand: a lesson about shade effect inV8. Sometimes you want extra effect with text and designs by […]
Create an unusual table decoration. Free Easy wired flower design and PDF instructions
Wired Flowers CAUTION If lighting the candle it is best to put any candle in a […]
Lesson 28: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Multi-Hooping part 3 – the actual embroidery
With the previous two lessons about this topic – 25 and 26 – all preparations for making a large embroidery […]
Lesson 27: How to rotate your embroidery hoop in the BERNINA Embroidery Software V8
Because of questions from BERNINA Embroidery software V8 users (also on my to-d0 list for a future Blogpost), with this […]
Lesson 26: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Multi-Hooping part 2 – different options step by step
I’ve explained the basics with Multi-Hooping in Lesson 25, about icons and options. Because there are multiple ways to use […]
Lesson 25: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Multi-Hooping part 1 – basics
Don’t you love those large designs? I really like them, but sometimes it is not possible to embroider everything in […]
Lesson 24: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Wreaths, kaleidoscope effect and more
This time we will take a look a wreaths etc, what we can do with the leaf that is made […]
Lesson 23: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Leaves with veins, different methods
This lesson is about making leaves with veins: again a couple of users requested me to explain more about this […]
Lesson 22: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Morphing
In response to my lessons, V8 users asked me to explain a specific topic. This time I will tell more […]
Lesson 21: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: shortcuts via your keyboard
When using as lot of options in the Bernina DesignerPlus Software V8, it is sometimes more convenient to use shortcuts, if […]
Embroider a mug rug with Mettler Seralon universal thread.
It is easy to embroider with universal sewing thread. I have done it before and today I choose for a […]
Lesson 20: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Monograms
What’s more special than a personalized gift: a (guest) towel, a pillow, enhancing a pocket of a shirt… making it […]
Lesson 19: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Tula Pink embroidery designs and hexagons
This time I want to show you how to personalize ready-made embroidery designs, to make your own color setting, to […]
Lesson 18: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: making a bookmark
Making a small present for a person that likes to read a lot; how wonderful to use the BERNINA770QE with […]
Lesson 17: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: adding letters to an existing design (BBQ apron)
Once in a while I am asked to make something on commission. This time it was a birthday present for […]
Lesson 16: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: creating custom thread charts
After digitizing an embroidery design, you want to bring it to your embroidery machine for embroidery. And of course, using threads […]
Lesson 15: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: Toolbox = making holes and other functions
The more you work with BERNINA Embroidery Software DesignerPlus 8, the more you discover. Not just how to use everything, […]
‘Home is where my kitty is’ from Inspiration 74
How great is that cat-decoration frame in Inspiration 74?! Find the Inspiration magazine at your Bernina dealer’s and the download […]
Lesson 14: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: about formats, extensions and files
There were many users V8, asking me to explain more about files and their formats/extensions etc. It is important to […]
Lesson 13: BERNINA Embroidery Software V8: editing an existing design, ungroup and embroidery.
The first BERNINA Embroidery Software V8 lessons were all about the Toolbars, because it is important to understand the options […]
