My new blog post on the BERNINA International is up and the link is here If you want to learn about your Bernina Machine, check out the post in click on the Links for Free Learning Resources. Learning about your Bernina = Happy Sewing!
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This quilted wall hanging ( Quilt # 19 for 2024 for me) is approximately 56 x 56" square & is a quilt that I taught as a private lesson to a small group over about 8 months. I call mine Mardi Gras Lone Star because it's so colourful! Lessons learned: 60 degree angle strip piecing, Y-seams, curved piecing, english paper piecing and a unique border layout. It was fun & my little group did a fantastic job on theirs too! I ended up ruler quilting it for the most part with some free motion quilting.
This week I was teaching at BERNINA Canada in Whitby Ontario for Sept 20 & 21. My topic "Learn Your Long Arm", discussing the operation of the Q24, Q20 & Q16 BERNINA Long Arm Machines. This involved may subtopics about these incredible machines, including maintenance, software, mechanical knowledge and a whole host of creative possibilities. My sister (Alison) & I made 15 gorgeous tote bags with Benartex Fabric as gifts to this inaugural class & door prizes for all. We also had some awesome sponsors including: BERNINA Canada, www.sillymonquiltingco.ca (rulers), Uh Oh Creations Patterns, HA Kidd (Unique Quilting Notions), Alison Lumb Sewing Studio, www.quiltingintheloft.com, Schmetz Needles,, Benartex Fabric, Northcott Fabric, Sew Tite Magnets, Madeira Thread & Creekbank Sewing Shop (Mountforest). In addition, Kawartha Quilting & Sewing offered to do a last minute pop up shop!. A total of 12 participants (dealers & consumers) from all over Ontario, Quebec & BC attended the first 2 days . This was an awesome event with great participation, questions from the audience, lot's of camaraderie & laughter. We finished off day 2 with a rapid fire thread painting session where we tested out 10 very willing students & a Q Frame & Q Sit Down Model machines. Team Frame vs Team Sit Down. The laughter & competitive spirit that ensued was contagious to put it mildly. On Sept 22, Adrienne Gallagher BERNINA Educator taught a fantastic Q Matic Class with about 7 participants in attendance. Lot's to learn & again more fun to imagine all of the possibilities of this amazing computer equipment. Deb Yew also a BERNINA Educator was essential to coordinating this with me over many months, she took a real leap of faith and then was there to help me & participants throughout the whole event. Deb you are the best! 😊 I have already gotten lots of positive feedback so I am hoping to present this class & format again soon, stay tuned. If you are a shop owner & you need a class like this, please feel free to contact me via my contact tab above. I will also be sure to post about upcoming teaching events on this blog. Thanks so much again to BERNINA Canada, Adrienne, Deb, Jay Trudy & Andrew , all of our awesome sponsors, my sister Alison for all of her help (our timer, bell ringer & sewist extraordinaire!). A big thank you to all of the wonderful participants who took their valuable time to attend. I sincerely hope you are inspired. I know I was inspired by your energy, brand loyalty, questions & ideas so THANKS VERY MUCH! Enjoy the videos & images below: Rapid Fire Thread Painting Videos Karon Team Frame & Bizz Team Table Below: and the winner is...... Team Sit Down, all 10 participants did a great job but the judges had to decide I hope you enjoyed this visual montage from the event and please don't hesitate to contact me if you need BERNINA Q series training, Thanks again to all BERNINA Staff, Participants & Sponsors!
Learn Your BERNINA Longarm! Sept 20 & 21 2023. This event is for both BERNINA Sit-Down machines and Frame models. Join us at the BERNINA office in Whitby, ON to learn every aspect of your Q series longarm from loading a quilt, settings, maintenance and many techniques to enhance your longarm quilting. Bring all your questions and be ready to put all of Robin's techniques into practice on our Q series machines. Q matic instruction is available in a separate add-on class. Sept 22nd. Want more info? Check it out:
https://bit.ly/BOCEVENTS Quilt #17 for 2023 is really quilted fabric , 10 meters of it ! I think that constitutes a quilt am I right?
Check out my blog post here on the BERNINA International Blog about using channel locks for perfect horizontal lines and see what I did with all that fabric A surprise just came to me in the mail from BERNINA Canada. It's a very nice back pack with lots of storage! This was a Thank You for helping out at Quilt Canada, which was a complete pleasure.
Thanks BERNINA Canada. You Rock!❤️ Our new events and education at BERNINA Canada in Whitby, ON are filling up fast! Don't miss your chance to attend one of these events! Want to spend a couple days learning from our BERNINA Ambassadors? Check out our BERNINA Owners Sewing Summit (BOSS)! Want to learn how to make a Stitched Mandala from BERNINA Australia Ambassador Deborah Louie, we have that too! Last but not least, so many of you have asked about education on Q Series and Q matic - yup, it's there too!! There will be learning, fun, giveaways and so much more. Join us!!
BOSS : August 8/9 Stitched Mandala with Deborah Louie: August 26/27 Learn your BERNINA Longarm with Robin Bogaert: Sept 20/21 Q-matic: Sept 22 https://bit.ly/BOCEVENTS My blog post about Twin Needle Ruler Quilting that I demo'd at Quilt Canada is posted on the Bernina Blog here. Have a read and let me know what you think. You could also try this technique on a domestic (home) sewing machine. It was so much fun! Give me some feedback, I would love to hear if you think you'll try it and what you think about this as a creative option for quilting. FYI this is also Quilt #13 on my BERNINA Q20 Longarm Machine! Stay cool!☀️
While we were at Quilt Canada in Halifax, my sister and I purchased the Louie Waist Pack pattern from Uh Oh Creations and were fortunate to meet and spend time with Tara the designer of the pattern (also a fellow BERNINA Ambassador). Below is a picture of the finished Louie Waist Pack hot off our Bernina Presses LOL . My sister is a 770 owner and I used my teaching/go to class BERNINA 350. We had a fun day making this and it's a fantastic size for a summer cross body. I recommend to all to try her patterns if you are into bag making!
As you are reading this post I am on my way to Quilt Canada in Halifax. I'll show some sneak peaks of 1) My Trendtex Challenge Quilt & 2) my demos for BERNINA of Canada. I will be demonstrating some fun techniques. A picture of the navy, turquoise & periwinkle quilt is below. Can you guess what the technique is? If you are at Quilt Canada, come on over to see my demo at 10:00 am Friday and Saturday at the BERNINA Canada booth to see what I am up to.!
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