hi friends ~here’s a little project i took to the lake and just a little ‘happy time’ sewing up decorative stitches. i love these kind of projects. for one thing, they aren’t so bulky, and so they’re easy to pack up. i {only} brought eight spools of shiny, strong and gorgeous100% magnifico polyester thread to choose from… and then my …
hi friends !it’s really been fun to relax, and play with some of the tools i’ve had in my sewing studio, and really begin to explore them, just a bit more.today’s post is about a simple little tool; the “circular foot attachment,” {bernina #83} and it works in conjunction with another foot, such as an open toe foot or clear …
hello!since recently becoming enamored to magnifico thread, i’ve been itchin’ to stitch! that is, to see how it looks with decorative stitching techniques ~ and it’s also a good reason for me to play with some of the thousand+ decorative stitches on my bernina 830 machine! i love this thread so much, but sadly, i cannot purchase it locally. but there’s no reason for a sad face! tada! thread …
hi there everyone ~finally ~ as promised ~ my faux piping tutorial. i’ve been working on the writing all week {written in the fog of a nasty head cold} so let me know if it seems strange in any way?!! lol! this is a step-by-step process of a finishing technique on my smaller art collage-journal quilts. i call it ‘faux …
it’s the tuesday turkeys! love fall. love sewing n’ quilting. love turkey {yum} ~ and now ~ make that turkey-talkin’ placemats! basically all that is required for quilting is a straight line of stitching. i chose to engage the dual feed mechanism on my bernina 830, using an open toe foot bernina #20D {“d” is for dual feed in bernina …