Last night I attended the second of three mastery classes for machine embroidery. We learned more about placement in the hoop and how to use stabilizers and that sort of thing. To practice, we made free-standing lace ornaments, and I chose to do a sleigh. It was lots of fun […]
embroidery
I’m making good progress on the top of my Sakura quilt, but in the meantime I took the first of three classes on how to use the embroidery module of my Bernina. That was Wednesday, and I learned how to place a piece of fabric accurately into the hoop in […]
Yesterday I attended an “event” at my local quilt shop, which is also my Bernina dealer. It’s Quiltique, and it’s a great shop. 🙂 They hosted a sort of workshop where we could get a little hands-on practice with the new Bernina 500-series machines. The practice resulted in a journal […]
Yes, I know I missed the season, but this piece will be ready for next fall. 😉 This is wool appliqué, all done by hand, and I began making this while in Phoenix last month. Most of the fabrics were from a kit, and the thread is Valdani perle cotton […]
I’m back from the Clean & Sew I mentioned yesterday, and it was lots of fun! It was a small class, and we each had a new Bernina 830 to use. Wow! What a machine! It’s not coming home with me (though I’d love that extra harp space for quilting […]