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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 […]
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 […]
Sewing with knit fabric
It just so happens that most of the things I sew for my girls are made from knit fabric. One of the first things that […]
Start International Pictogramproject 2015
Dear All, I am happy that we finally can start our first Community Project “People 2015” on the International BERNINA […]
Decorative stitches, the Stich Designer and a whole lot of fun (Part 4)
Normally you can make the decorative stitches of your sewing machine longer, thicker, thinner or even shorter. With the Stitch […]
Sewing Instructions For Quick (And Less Quick) Fabric Baskets
Well, here’s something I posted on the German speaking Bernina Blog a couple of weeks ago and since quite a […]
Tradition & technology – the Choki Traditional Art School visit BERNINA
The Thuenpa Puen Zhi is a symbolic image that is commonly seen in the Kingdom of Bhutan in places such […]
Think Big, Quilt Big, Dream Big, BERNINA Q20 + Q24
Last Tuesday I packed my car full of nice sewing and quilting material to go to BERNINA at Steckborn. It […]
The Stitch Designer (Part 3)
Today we design small 9mm motives which we stitch horizontally, not seen from the front. I admit that it takes […]
Its All About The Angle- A Free Bag Pattern!
I realised something the other day, I have become a very lazy sewer. I studied (for longer than I care […]
The Stitch Designer of the 880 (Part 2)
Today, I would like to take you a little further, and do some exercises with curves. Again, I would recommend […]
Make an Easy Peasy Poncho. No pattern required.
You know those hooded towels that kids wear after swimming, at the beach or the splash park, the ones that you […]
The many features of the B880 … one of them is the Stitch Designer (Part 1)
I love to use the decorative stitches of the Bernina sewing machines in my quilts. In many cases you can […]
Sew a simple scarf
I made this very simple scarf for my daughter. You may have seen other versions around Pinterest, I don’t […]
Who Needs Beads! – Using your sewing machine to create jewellery.
I set myself a little challenge recently: NO MORE BUYING FABRIC OR ANYTHING YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF UNTIL CHRISTMAS. It’s […]
Azulejos, Portuguese tiles and the Shapedesigner of the 880!
The magic word is “Inspiration”. It is usually not available non-stop, can not be influenced or even forced. But now […]
It is Monday…
…and I’m sorting photos. Right now I jumped into my Oval Quilt gallery. Here are some examples (click on the […]
My personal Log Cabin
My good friend and translator Gabi is on vacation in Norway and wrote me yesterday that she won’t come back […]
The Original 3D Printing- Making your own printed fabric
I love knit fabric. I admit I spent the first 10 years of my sewing career absolutely terrified of touching […]
Playsuit Pattern Hack
Hi I’m Olu, I blog at Needle and Ted but I will be making regular contribution to the Bernina blog […]
The ingredients…
Take two pieces of fabric 12“x 12“ (30cm x 30cm) that form a nice contrast. I suggest you exercise first […]
Tutorial : The World’s Easiest Tote Bag
I had bought some beautiful Batiks from Tina Katwal sometime last year to make a quilt.When I asked her what […]