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Snow People and Winter Birds

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment
Hey Sewers!
Here we are in early December and
winter is quickly descending upon us
If you are in a climate such as we are here in Utah,
the snow has already started falling, but it is also quickly melting
These little guys however, won’t melt
I can’t help but smile whenever I look at them

Tami, Ashley, and Brittni are my lovely sewing friends who brought them to life
at my Santa’s Workshop sewing class last night at our local Bernina dealer
The pattern for these sweet little snow people heads is in Nancy Halversen’s book,
Table Please Part Two
Another winter-themed project in the same book is this
winter birds table topper,
which I’m actually using as a wall hanging

The tree trunks are strip pieced alternately with the white background
the tree branches and birds are applique
I used wool felt for the bird appliques,
which adds great dimension to those feathered beauties
Appleton wool yarn is a perfect pairing with the wool felt and hand stitching
 

 

Enjoy your winter, my friends, and take time to do some
bird watching
and snowball making

How to Use the Bernina Rolled Hemmer Foot

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment

Hey sewing friends!
Bernina offers several narrow hemmer presser feet.
If you are a Bernina owner, you know the feet are identified by numbers.
The narrow hemmer feet are numbers:
61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, and 69
Whew!  That’s a lot of options.  Which one to choose?
First, you should determine on what type of fabric you plan to use your hemmer foot
(i.e. lightweight, medium weight, etc.)
Second, what type of stitch do you want to use
(i.e. straight, zig zag, shell)
Third, what type of hem will you mostly sew
(i.e. curved, or straight)
Now, armed with that information, head to your local Bernina dealer
and enlist the help of the knowledgeable staff
 – or –
consult your handy dandy Feetures book if you happen to own that gem

I put together this short video to give you some tips on using this presser foot:

 

The shell and hemmer foot is one that we use in the Bernina Customer Course.
Your sewing will have a polished, professional finish if you use it.
It is not included with your new Bernina sewing machine,
but you might want to add it to your wish list *wink*
Happy hemming!

Friendship Quilt

~ Pamela Klingensmith ~ Leave a comment
The Friendship Quilt will be a new class offering at Nuttall’s Fabric Store.
Before it is offered as a class,
we (the employees) are sewing blocks to exchange with one another.
You guessed it, the friendship quilt is a block swap.
We each make 10 blocks and exchange them with one another.
We each end up with 10 different blocks than those with which we started.

The color ‘rules’ are:
  • White background
  • Blue star points
  • Red corner
 The Winter Star block pattern we’re using is from this book:

 I fussy cut all 10 of the block centers from some fabric I had leftover from this skirt 

Fussy cutting may be a new term for you.
If you’re curious, here’s a short video that I recorded on fussy cutting fabric:

 Now that all the cutting is done, I’m ready to sew those 10 blocks!

Exchanging quilt blocks is like giving presents.
Sew much fun!!!
If you are in the local area, check with the Layton store to sign up for the Friendship Quilt.
Have you participated in quilt block swaps?
Please leave a comment and let the rest of us know your thoughts.
Until next time, my friends, keep sewing.