Kudos to all

We have reached 1252 members on the BerninaDesignWorks Facebook page! WOW!  We have members from all over the world and I am so glad that we have reached out to all of you!

It has been a loooong time since I posted because I have been so busy creating! Many of you have seen my post from Easter but I have made several houses from the Sarah Vedeler CD "It's A Sterling Life on Berkeley Square"since then.

My favorite right now is the Halloween house!

Sadly, it is missing the bling..I have been waiting for months for the template material.

Laurie made the Beach house in the class last month and used the "Row by Row" fabric.  It is a perfect match for this fabric!

Since I am retired I no longer have the excitement of an anticipation of a new school year, but I do have a house to share with you!

I added a section of a flag from the Floriani monthly designs to a light post and viola! a flag pole!

I also do love the patriotic house in all of it's glory!

As you can see I have already covered July, August, September and October for my monthly table toppers!  Currently I am am working on November and December so be sure and come back to see the designs!

I hope you have enjoyed my "Hall of Fame" designs!  If you need help with the Bernina DesignWorks's software, be sure to visit my blog here weekly as I post new ideas weekly.

Make it Sew!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to everyone!

or "Hoppy Easter"

Towel made using the Floriani Total Control U Software and the Silhouette Cameo and this week's lesson.  Have you joined the club yet? - the Floriani Club that is.

A close up of the Abundance 2 house on Sarah Vedeler's cd- "It's A Sterling Life on Berkeley Square"

I wish you all a wonderful day with family and friends.

So excited!! Come join the fun!

If you missed the original post on my Easter Peeps, it can be found here.  Huge thanks to DW Diva Linda D. for trying out my free Happy Easter Peeps hand towel.  Check out this pic.

I loved her color choices!  She did not use the Paintworks tool to color in the eyes and nose and her recomeendation si to tighten up the satin stitch in V7.

Anyone else out there want to give it a whirl???

Happy Easter to My Peeps!

As you probably have heard in my previous post here, I love my Peeps!  So I just had to turn my Peeps into reality and stitch them on a hand towel.  As I have said, I love my Peeps!!

Here is how I created my designs for this cute little hand towel!

I cut out the appropriate size, and then pressed the with Best Press.

I ironed on Heat n Bond Lite (following the directions) as you see above.

Cut out the shapes following the steps in my You Tube video.

Following the prompts from the sewing machine, I stitched out my designs!

This was such a creative project for me and the entire time, I was craving Peeps!  That 'silly rabbit' better bring me some!

Here is a link for the free STUDIO design.

Since I designed the original Peep in the Bernina DesignWorks software, I have included the free files for you to try out.

Here is the link for the free CUT file.  

Here is the link for the single APP file.

Here is the link for the free DRAW file and the link for the free EXP file

You  must have the Bernina DesignWorks cutwork software in order to be able to open the files.  It does include the paintworks tool to color in the eyes and nose but you can skip that and color it in after.

Let me know in the comments section if you have any problems.

Happy Easter everyone!

A wedding! Bernina DesignWorks 'marries' the Silhouette Cameo!

I am so excited to be able to use both my cutwork tool AND my Silhouette Cameo to cut files that will work with the Bernina DesignWorks software.


Here is the video of the "wedding"!  Ok - just kidding, check out my most recent video in which I have outlined the steps to create a cut file for the Silhouette Cameo.  I am then able to use the embroidery file to embroider it using my Bernina Embroidery machine.


In the next blog post, I will show you how I cut the shapes and then embroidered them to make a hand towel for Easter.  

Enjoy and sew on....

Bernina DesignWorks Tutorial

I thought I would take a break from "Sterling Life" and work on a video tutorial for the Bernina DesignWorks Divas group.

I am a HUGE fan of Miss Kate Cuttable files which include jpg, png and svg files. I have been cutting her files with my Pazzles for several years now but this is the first time I have ever sewn one!

The free file for today can be found here but if you missed it, you can always purchase it for $.50 in her store.

Here is the video tutorial.  Feel feel to comment or give it a thumbs up!

Anyone have any ideas what to create with this bunny?  Post a creative idea in the comments.

Enjoy and sew on....

It's A Sterling Life on Berkeley Square houses!

I have been busy working on my housing project called Abundance Avenue!  It is actually the next section of my quilt design.  Right now I am playing around with the needle punch tool and 'punching' the roof for my Easter house abode. I already punched out a design for a pink roof and was NOT pleased!  This is the biggest obstacle in this FAB-ulous design CD- to finally decide what you like the best for your project!

So I switched to a teal blue and I am much happier!  Here are a few pics of the process.

Step #1 - stitch out a placement stitch for the fabric.

Step #2 - Place the felt AND fabric on  top  of the stabilizer.

Then the machine prompts you to start the needle punch section of the design.

Be sure to select the correct needle as well or SHE will NOT be happy and start the 'punching'!

Now SHE is punching....

But the best is the finished design!

Oh wait!  Turn it over!

Next I will start stitching a few houses so you can check them out...