{"id":5564,"date":"2025-02-11T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2025-02-11T09:17:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:17:38","slug":"my-gorgeous-bernina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/11\/my-gorgeous-bernina\/","title":{"rendered":"My gorgeous Bernina!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of years ago, when I traded in my lovely Bernina 790Plus in favor of the Bernina 790Pro , the only thing I was a bit sad about was losing the beautiful “skin” I’d purchased for it. Unfortunately, the lady who had been making a wide variety of skins had shut down her business. \ud83d\ude41 However, about a week and a half ago, I had a message that she’d re-opened! I immediately<\/em> went to her new website<\/a> and ordered a skin for my machine, of course. \u00a0I chose Rainbow Holographic, but there are lots of other options, as well as a good variety of patterns.<\/p>\n

\"BrownAnyway, look what arrived yesterday! The tube protected the skin beautifully and prevented creases.<\/p>\n

\"Large<\/a>And here is the skin, still attached to its backing and cover — great protection.<\/p>\n

Applying the skin to a machine requires patience so as not to lose any of the tiny pieces, but — in my opinion, at least — the result is so<\/em> worthwhile!<\/p>\n

Here is the finished product, well worth the time involved, IMHO! I love<\/em><\/strong> it! The irridescent design makes the colors change according to the lighting — there’s a lot of purple (yay!) and pink, with some green, blue and who knows what else? \u00a0Just click on the photos to enlarge, if you like.<\/p>\n

\"Iridescent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of years ago, when I traded in my lovely Bernina 790Plus in favor of the Bernina 790Pro , the only thing I was a bit sad about was losing the beautiful “skin” I’d purchased for it. Unfortunately, the lady who had been making a wide variety of skins had shut down her business. 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