From BERNINA: "Have you ever wondered what happens at night in the BERNINA assembly halls in Steckborn, Switzerland? When everyone’s asleep, the magic begins: the BERNINA presser feet come out of hiding, stir up some mischief, and give our machines the Magic Touch! Our new Christmas video takes you into this enchanting world, where our tiny heroes create magical moments."
When it comes time for Thanksgiving some people have ten, twenty, maybe even thirty family members over for dinner, and when there are that many people there it can be hard to remember everyone's names (even if they are your family members). But Pat Bravo at WeAllSew has a quick and easy project to create Thanksgiving Name Tags so that everyone can have a good time and know each other too!
What is a great gift for someone and takes just a small part of your day to make? A Quilty Holiday Ornament! Art Gallery Fabrics over at WeAllSew has some fun designs for you to make, personalize as your own, and hand out to your friends and family. They would make great party favors for everyone to take home after Thanksgiving dinner next week.
BERNINA has many amazing sewing machines that perform an array of tasks to make quilting your next project easy. But which is the one you need? How will know what to ask for for Christmas if you don't know what you want in the first place? BERNINA is here to help with that by providing you with the 2024 BERNINA Wish Book, which is a guide to help you choose your next great sewing machine. Peruse the book and see what the best fit for you is.
While it may be only November, the Christmas holidays will be here before you know it. For some that might mean getting ahead on their present shopping, for others it probably means getting the jump on their decorating. And what better way to start decorating then by learning How to Free-motion Quilt a Christmas Tree from Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew. This design will add that festive flourish you've been looking for in your quilts, table runners, napkins, or anything else that might need a touch of jolly this holiday season.
People make messes, whether it's cooking, gardening, sewing, there are plenty of ways to get your clothes dirty. How do we prevent this? Easy, with an All-Purpose Apron designed designed by TQS guest and WeAllSew contributor Susan Brubaker Knapp. She says she "designed this apron to cover most of my clothing, but still be comfortable and utilitarian."
Fall is in the air, and that means it's time to bring out those Autumn inspired decorations to celebrate the season and Thanksgiving in the next couple of weeks. To help, Heather Stadelman at WeAllSew has an easy-to-make Autumn Wall Hanging to make any wall in your home more festive (and to get that falling leaves look without having to rake any of them up after).
How about making a different kind of mask for Halloween just for fun? Here's a quick and easy tutorial from Stacy Schlyer at Stacy Sews and WeAllSew. This project is a great base for all sorts of costumes whether it’s a superhero or villain. (We don't recommend wearing all of your masks at the same time)
You've made quilts with bat designs on them for Halloween, but have you ever actually made a bat? Erika Mulvenna at WeAllSew has a fun tutorial for you to make your very own Spooky Halloween Bat that you can use to decorate your house for the ghostly season (and to leave up afterwards if you just want surprise people too!)
Lori Kennedy of WeAllSew has your next holiday obsession all lined up for you, free-motion quilting turkeys for Thanksgiving. Lori says, "Stitch the adorable, Turkey Tom on your next quilt! He looks great in the center of a block, or stitch a flock of gobblers in a row to fill a border."
Fall has officially begun, and with it brings all of its favorite treats to snack on. But what are you to do if you want to have a place setting for a nice afternoon snack and don't want to set up an entire place setting? Mary Beck at WeAllSew has the answer for you with her answer to the well known mug rug, the Snack Mat! Now you can enjoy your afternoon snack, leave no mess behind, and have very little clean up afterward.
From Pat Bravo at WeAllSew: "Autumn is in the air! The smell of pumpkin pie, cinnamon and delicious autumn food is here, and what a better way to welcome this lovely season than with a table runner perfect for your gatherings, made with beautiful pink tone colors."
This is a fast and easy project to create a set of four new placemats for your holiday, or any, dinner created by Kerby C. Smith for WeAllSew.com.
Do you ever wish that you could turn your tablecloth into clothes? There's nothing that says you can't, and that's just the sort of out-there and creative idea that Zeta of @zetamakesthings at WeAllSew had. Follow along with her easy-to-follow tutorial and transform that tablecloth that's just been lying around into a Circle Skirt.
Perfect for holding your binding clips, or that sweet treat that you need to keep going, these Fast and Fun Fabric Bowls from Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew are the perfect project to help solve that storage issues in your studio. Just make one, or a dozen, and organize all those little trinkets you have lying about on your sewing table. AND, maybe make an extra to serve out Halloween candy next month too (just a thought).
Fall is just a few short weeks away, and with it brings Fall decorations. The possibilities for Autumnal decorations are only limited by your imagination, and we've got a great opportunity for getting those creative juices flowing. Megann Freese at WeAllSew has a great tutorial for you on How to Make a Chainstitch Garland. How does this tie into Fall? Well, once you know how to make the chain, you can fill it with whatever designs you want, including such Fall staples as leaves, pumpkins, little cups of coffee, or whatever brings out the Autumn spirit in you.
What's worse than being hot in the Summer? Having your drink being hot in the Summer. So how are you going to keep your beverage cold while carrying it around your party? Easy, you just put it in one of these handy Can Coolers from Stacy Schlyer at WeAllSew. Learn to make this useful and convenient cover to keep both you and your drink cool!
We all probably have a table runner somewhere in our home. You know, the one you put out for holidays and special occasions. But do you really like the design on it? Take that outdated or just not your style table runner and embellish it to give your own personal touch. Don't know how to do that? Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew is here to help with this straightforward and easy-to-follow tutorial on how to Embellish a Table Runner.
The lovely folks at WeAllSew have shared a wonderful video of our very own Ricky Tims and his journey to finishing a quilt he started over THREE DECADES ago. Ricky says, "Join me on an exciting journey as I complete my Carnival Quilt, a project I began over thirty years ago, with the help of the BERNINA Q 24 and the Q-matic Longarm Quilting Automation System!"
Today marks the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. To commemorate the moment, we thought we'd squeeze in one more story related to the games as reported by the University of Wisconsin that we just loved. Grace Latz, a former Olympic rower and artist who was just featured in Monday's Textile Talk, "was chosen by the Olympic Museum to lead a workshop for senior citizens, transforming recycle sports materials into a piece of art. With the help of a BERNINA, they created this stunning quilt together!" Click through to see the full quilt and to learn more about how this heartwarming collaboration came to be.