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First Quilt on the Bernina Q20

5/2/2022

I had a rather industrious weekend playing with my new Bernina Q20 & in fact finished a custom Kitty Cat Quilt. It turned out just purrfect LOL. My client wanted atmosphere lines in the background (wavy lines) & minimal quilting elsewhere because she was concerned about quilting over the 3-D ears. I think she will be happy with the tail (spiral) character quilting I did along with the collars on each kitty. Check it out below.:

I'm loving my new Bernina Q20 long arm, the stitch quality & speed is awesome. I love the feature also that shows me when my bobbin is running low. The bobbin sensor came in handy for the green background area of the Kitty Cat Quilt where I used up so much thread!
Stay tuned for more Q20 love, Forgive me, I'm obsessed. 😍

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Studio Tour & My New Bernina Q20 Long Arm

4/28/2022

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Happy Thursday! It's been a eventful week for me with a Trunk Show on Monday for Halton Hills Quilter's Guild & the arrival of my new Bernina Q20 Long Arm Machine on Tuesday. I have been giving myself a crash course on learning it this week & loving every minute of it.

Why I decided to buy a new long arm you ask?

Increased throat space allowing for more space to work.. a key feature
A fantastic ruler kit, base & foot for all of my ruler work
An amazing pantograph kit so that I can use the computer system & adjust my stitch length, tension, needle position etc with the touch of a button from the back of the machine!
The ability to adjust the tension digitally with all types of thread
The fantastic stitch quality & quality engineering involved in all of Bernina's machines ( I am a Bernina believer!)
I have been looking at this machine forever ( it seems) & it was time to upgrade for me

I know there are many other reasons that this machine will be an amazing asset to my long arm business & I will share more features in the near future on this blog & on YouTube. If you are considering bring a quilt to me, I want to reassure you that my very modest prices are not increasing as this was a personal decision to make my quilting so much easier for me. Have a look at my Studio Tour below and check out my new Bernina Q20 (my new baby), she's beautiful and I need to name her, suggestions are welcome lol. Have a great day!

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Exciting News! A New Long Arm Machine

4/26/2022

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Happy Spring 😀 For most of us spring is a great time of the year to clean, refresh & renew. For me I am cleaning out my studio/loft to make room for a new long arm arriving today! I'm so excited to have taken the leap of faith to purchase a new Bernina Q20 Long Arm with a Studio 10' frame from Creekbank Sewing In Mountforest. I purchased it because I am dedicated, devoted & a true believer in the quality & craftsmanship that goes into all that Bernina manufactures. Check out the video below & I'll show off my studio once my long arm is all set up. Have a great day!

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Make A Valentines Ear Bud Pouch –Part 2

2/8/2022

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Today is all about fun & sewing with your sewing machine & finishing up the Valentines Ear Bud Pouch. The prep work is behind us! I’m using my Bernina 350 sewing machine, the #37- ¼” foot & the #4 zipper foot. Check out yesterday’s post below if you missed the cutting instructions.

Sewing

Lay the interfacing top & bottom of the heart fusible side down to the wrong side of the 5.5” x 5.25” front pouch fabric, making sure to allow for a ¼” seam allowance to be drawn all around each piece.
Pin the other 5.5” x 5.25” lining piece to the front fabric as shown and cut out on the seam allowance lines.

Fold the top of the heart top pieces in half along the straight edge & mark the centers as shown. Do the same for the bottom pieces.

Fold the zipper in half & notch with scissors as shown on both sides.

Matching notch to marking, pin the zipper right side to right side of top front of heart fabric as shown.

Pin the lining top piece right sides against the wrong side of the zipper, matching the marked fabric & zipper notch as shown.

Insert a zipper foot on your machine and set the needle position as far left to the left as possible. Sew the zipper to the top pieces using the right edge of the foot as your guide.

Tip: Remove pins, engage needle down function & move the zipper open as you go, this helps to allow for a straight line of sewing.

Press the lining & the top fabric away from the zipper.

Matching the notch & markings, pin the bottom front piece right side down to the right side of the zipper and the lining piece right side down to the wrong side of the zipper as was done with the top.
Sew as with the top pieces.
Press as with the top pieces.

Trim any excess zipper to make your heart front look uniform. Top stitch the fabric on each side of the zipper, approximately 1/8” on either side of the zipper.

Press the fusible side of the other heart interfacing to the wrong side of the 4.5 x 4.25 outside fabric, pin to the same sized lining fabric, draw a ¼” seam allowance & cut it out as with the front pieces.

Place the backing & lining fabric wrong sides together.

Tip: I used a fabric glue stick to adhere them together.

Make the O- ring tab by folding the 3” length of the 2 x3” fabric in half, fold each side into the center & press one more time so that you have a pressed edge & folded edge as shown. Clip; ready to stop stitch 1/8” in from edge on both sides.

Insert the ¼” foot on your machine & place the O-ring on the tab, fold it over and sew it to the upper left corner of the back fabric as shown using a 1/8” seam allowance.

Place the backing fabric right sides down to the zippered front fabric with the zipper opened to the center, right side of lining facing up, pin & sew with a ¼” seam allowance. Make sure your needle position is centered.

Trim the seam allowance close to the stitching as shown.

Turn the pouch to the right side through the zipper, poke out & smooth the point & corners, Press & top stitch 1/8” from the edge.

You're almost there!

Your Valentines Ear Bud Pouch project is complete. Think about your fabric stash & what colours you have to make a Valentines gift for someone special.

A ¼” foot, zipper foot & a Bernina sewing machine is all you need to make someone’s day. A little chocolate would'nt hurt either!❤️
Wishing you a Happy Valentines Day, I hope someone is sweet to you!

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Make a Valentines Ear Bud Pouch- Part 1

2/7/2022

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Do you need a small Valentines Day gift suitable for young & young at heart?
You can create one of these heart shaped mini pouches, they’re fast, easy & so useful. These pouches are fantastic for the storage of ear buds (earplugs), jewellery, lip balm, coins &/or pop some chocolates in it for treats on the go. I used my Bernina 350 sewing machine & found myself addicted to making these!
Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part series of blog posts. Make sure you visit again tomorrow for part 2.

Make many for young & young at heart!

For today’s post we will be making the dark green one as shown.

ooh that chocolate!

What Will Be Needed

Pattern for heart (directions to follow)
Scraps of 2 different complementary fabrics (lining & front/back of pouch) 2 pieces- 6” x 13”
Medium weight fusible interfacing -8 x 4”
¾” O-ring
4 ½” zipper to coordinate with fabric (can be larger & cut down)
Bernina zipper foot #4 & ¼” foot #37
Used for this project- Bernina 350 sewing machine
4 x 4” piece of paper
Paper & sewing scissors
Marker or pen
Thread to match
Sewing clip optional
Fabric glue stick optional
Chocolates optional (but helpful :)

Supplies Needed

Cutting

Draw out the heart pattern by folding a 4 x 4” piece of paper in ½ and referring to the pictures below, draw & cut out the heart pattern.

Drafting the pattern

Cutting out the pattern

Cut 2 hearts from the medium weight fusible interfacing using the heart pattern.
Cut 1 piece of fabric 5.5” x 5.25”–front of pouch, 1 piece-5.5 x 5.25-lining, 1 piece 4.75 x 4.5-front of pouch & 1 piece 4.75 x 4.5-lining.
If your zipper is longer than 4 ½” you can cut it & zigzag a stop at the bottom of the zipper so you do not loose your zipper pull. You will need to find a #1 foot or open toe foot for this.
Cut an O-ring tab out of the front of pouch fabric 2 x 3”.
Mark a line on one of the interfacing hearts 2” down from the top horizontally & then 2 more lines on either side of the 2” line, ¼” out from this line as shown.

Measuring 2" down from the top

Measuring 1/4" on either side of the 2" line

Cut the interfacing heart on the ¼” lines that were drawn as shown. Discard this center slice of interfacing.

Dicarding the cut out interfacing

Cutting complete, prepped & ready for sewing. Getting excited!

My cutting is complete! I’m ready & excited for tomorrows post when we get to the sewing with a #37- ¼” foot, #4 zipper foot & my Bernina 350 sewing machine. Hope you can set aside time to visit tomorrow.❤️

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First Quilt on the Bernina Q20

Studio Tour & My New Bernina Q20 Long Arm

Exciting News! A New Long Arm Machine

Make A Valentines Ear Bud Pouch –Part 2

Make a Valentines Ear Bud Pouch- Part 1

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