Bernina Webinar for Corel Draw Essentials

Join us Monday, December 7th at 10am in Strawberry Patches as we host the hour long webinar for you. Bernina staff will be on the webinar to show how easy it is to turn artwork into embroidery, plus other creative designing tips! The session runs from 10am until 11am.
Call the store today to have a spot reserved in your name for this webinar.
Corel Draw Essentials is new in version 6 of the Bernina Embroidery software. If you are thinking of updating but haven't done it yet this webinar is for you. If you have updated this webinar is for you! Hope to see you then.

Mystery Quilt New Years Day 2010

I enjoyed constructing this one myself 3 years ago so know you'll love this as well. Don't limit yourself by thinking the background has to be your standard "background" choices. I took a chance when I selected my fabrics and I really liked how it turned out. This one I didn't do the embroidery before constructing the quilt because this was a mystery to me as well. But I liked it when done, and most importantly my Herbie did too because it was made for him. That's all the hints I can give you without giving any more away. So Margo, you won't have to stay up the night before doing your embroidery before class.=) The other thing you can be mulling over is the size you want to construct. I did the lap size (almost said laptop size), but will have info available if someone wants to do a larger size all the way to King.
Ok, here's the yardage for the lap size. If you want to do a larger size of this let me know and I will send you the yardage.

Background 3 2/3 yards
Dark 1 1/4 yard
Medium 1 3/4 yard

I will have the cutting instructions available at Strawberry Patches so that after you pay for the class you will be given the list of strips to cut from each fabric and the supply list of things to bring to class.

We start class at 9am to allow plenty of time to enjoy the project and the day with our friends. Should be a lot of enjoyable time for us all and I look forward to spending the day with you all!

Gobble Gobble

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holidays with your families! We all have something to be thankful for at this point in time.

I have decided on the mystery project on New Year's Day 2010. I'll have the fabric requirements posted tomorrow.

This design is available through www.holleyberry.com.

Lily Is At It Again

Lily has really taken to machine embroidery. She started with the 180 and then made the leap to the 730 and has not looked back since. Lily has also tackeled the Bernina embroidery software and is using her BSR to quilt her projects. I've posted several of her projects in the Braggin' Corner of our embroidery blog and told her tonight at Bernina Club that I think she has the most pictures posted on the blog. Lily is a joy to have in class and enjoys learning something new at every class!

Ever wonder what is going on behind the quilts? I captured it tonight just for us -
Sorry gals, caught you!!

Looking forward to 2010 we're working to schedule some new classes. Bernina has a Software Sampler that we'll most likely be hosting which will be a webinar type short program followed by a project of some sort. Then also a monthly block program that will feature new techniques and feet for use in creating that block with the final block pulling in an embroidery design. Embroidery club may be on a quarterly basis - we'll see. But watch for more info within the next week on our New Year's Day mystery. Call the shop and have your name placed on the list for the class - limited enrollment so don't wait and miss out.

November Embroidery Club

This will be fun - you pick what you want to stitch these cute birdhouse designs on. The designs will fit in your large oval hoop or the mega hoop if you want to sew a whole neighborhood! I'll provide the designs.
Years ago I stitched these around the bottom of a jumper and wore the darn thing out because it was cute!! My Mom still wears the shirt she stitched these on - time for an updated shirt Mom!

Supply List:

1. stabilizer - med weight
2. hoop templates
3. embroidery needles
4. variety of thread colors for your designs - throw in black or a very dark brown
5. 505 spray for an option

Don't forget - this is the last embroidery club for 2009!!

Thank you to all our USA Veterans

Hug a veteran today! Thank them for their active service because we wouldn't be here without them!

Sewing Sunday with Bernina

Today was Sewing Sunday. We had a little refresher on the workings of the 200 and the 730 at my Mom's house today. See the 200 that my Mom was using has a new owner, my sister-in-law Marsha. She had the 180 prior to this. So for both of them we had a refresher on the differences between the 180, 200 and the 730 today. Starting with sewing, through the BSR and finishing with embroidery! Refresher, crash course - pretty much the same thing; a lot to take in a short period of time. Neither had any mastery classes since the 180 was purchased so that has been a few years ago. So they passed with flying colors. In fact, I think Marsha may have bonded with the BSR. Remember the first few times you sewed with the BSR? That's an amazing little attachment, for sure!