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Photo shows a detail of the needle area of a sewing machine. Two human hands are guiding the white fabric along a barely-visible seam line, and a tiny red laser dot shows where the needle is about to hit.

Fantastic laser!

About a year ago, I traded in my Bernina 790Plus (which I *loved*) for the Bernina 790Pro. I thought long and hard about it, but I couldn’t really see a down side; the Pro has all of the fabulous features of the Plus and some amazing additions. One of those […]

Detail of a green heart block and a double nine-patch block in white and grey-blue. The nine-patch is quilted with small curves and straight lines.

Quilting finished!

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In a huge bit of progress for this particular quilt, I’ve finished both the free motion and the ruler work quilting! That means that I’ve been able to collapse my sewing cabinet so that I can actually walk into my room, rather than climbing over things to get in. LOL! […]

Slightly overhead view of a quilt, mostly blue-grey and white with pops of greens and oranges, under the needle of a Bernina 790PRO sewing machine for quilting. Small scissors are on top of the machine, oriented for a left-handed person.

Onward!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about this quilt that I’m making as a gift. I did most of the piecing during sewing days with my group, and then I got sidetracked. First of all, of course, there was the major problem with my Bernina 790PRO, which sort of […]

Finished quilted piece: dark brown fabric, golden brown background quilting, turquoise quilted motifs (feathers, flowers). Turquoise corded piping, dark brown binding.

Complete!

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I showed you the finished ITH quilting yesterday, but then I decided to finish off the piece as a small table topper — about 16″ x 17.5″. I had a small piece of teal for the piping and more of the dark brown Grunge for the binding, so it all […]

Small quilted piece: dark brown background fabric with lighter brown stippling and turquoise motifs: hearts, feathers, flowers.

ITH Quilting done

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The project I was working on the other day is now at the next stage. I’ve finished the in-the-hoop (ITH) quilting and will look to see what I have available for binding it. It was a fun project, and my replacement Bernina 790Pro handled it beautifully. The trickiest part is […]

Photo of a large sewing machine stitching brown and turquoise motifs on a dark brown fabric sandwich.

It’s here!

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What’s here, you ask? Why, my brand-new replacement Bernina 790Pro!!!! It’s been a month since my original Pro sort of blew up, but Bernina sent me a new one that I picked up from my dealer last night. The only reason for the delay was that the local tech — […]