- Hi, I'm Deanna Springer.
On behalf of Nancy Zieman Productions and PBS Wisconsin,
thank you for joining us
for this special educational presentation.
Please add your questions for the presenter in the chat
and stay tuned for a Q&A after the lecture.
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and an interactive vendor mall.
Thank you and enjoy.
[bright music]
- Hi, I'm Christy Burcham,
Director of Education and Training
with BERNINA of America.
I want to show you a fun project you can make,
and we're actually going to use three different machines
for this project.
So here's the project, it is a composition book cover.
And what we're going to do is we're going to quilt
the fabric first on a longarm machine.
Then we're going to embroider it on the B 770 QE PLUS,
and then we're going to do this beautiful finish
and assemble the project at the L 860 Overlocker.
So let's get started.
What you're gonna find with this project
is by using each machine,
you're going to actually save a lot of time
because you're using each machine
for the thing that it's really good at.
So let's take a look first at doing the quilting.
We're actually going to do some ruler work quilting.
And for my project, for my composition book,
I found that a fat quarter was just about big enough,
but if you're a beginning ruler work person,
if you're new to ruler work,
you want to actually go a little bigger
because the more room you have to hold onto
when you're doing your ruler work,
the better off you're gonna be.
So you might even want to go up to like a half yard
if you're just getting started.
And then as you get a little bit better
at your ruler work quilting,
you can work with a little bit less space.
So I'm at the Q16 and I've put on the adjustable ruler foot
number 72, that's the one I'm going to use.
And this foot also actually works
on a domestic machine as well.
So here I'm using it on the longarm,
but you also can use it on a home sewing machine,
on a BERNINA.
So I've got the 72 foot on.
And what I wanna do is I'm going to lower the presser foot
and make sure that the foot is residing
where I want it to go.
So it's actually a little high.
And now, because it's adjustable,
I can adjust it higher or lower
to be right at the line of the fabric, okay?
The next thing I'm going to do,
I'm actually going to mark my fabric.
So...
I've got a ruler here.
Because I'm doing ruler work,
I'm going to draw some lines to give me a guidance.
I'm just gonna draw a line.
Now I've just drawn one line.
It depends on the type of template that you're using,
how far apart your lines need to go.
The template I'm going to use is the ribbon candy template
from Amanda Murphy's Good Measure line,
and it's a three and a half inch template.
And so it tells me right on the template
that it's a three and a half inch.
So this is gonna make a ribbon candy design
that is three and a half inches.
So if I want to, I can go ahead and mark another guideline
three and a half inches away.
And that way I can use the lines on the template,
on my quilting ruler...
to help me quilt.
And you can keep going across
all the way across your project if you want to,
and have all your lines drawn ahead of time.
If you're a beginner, another thing that you can do is
you can just draw the first couple of lines
and then you can add the lines as you go.
And that way,
if you kind of start to drift a little bit
and your lines are not exactly perfect,
you can draw new lines and get everything straightened up
along the way.
But if you're feeling pretty confident,
you can draw your lines all the way across.
So what you want to do anytime you're doing any kind
of free motion quilting,
whether it's regular free motion or ruler work,
is you want to do a check to make sure
your stitching is just the way you want it to go
before you start actually doing your quilting.
So what I'm gonna do is do a, pull up my bobbin thread,
and I like to leave a long tail.
And then I will come back in
and tuck those tails into my project later.
So now I've got that set.
I'm going to turn on my BSR,
and you can actually see the lights come on.
On this machine, it has the BSR mounted below.
So I can see the lights come on,
I know my BSR's on so I can start quilting.
[sewing machine whirring]
So I'm just gonna do this on a scrap of fabric
or on another extra area of my project,
just to make sure that I'm happy with the stitch quality
before I actually start using my template.
So I'm happy with this.
So I'm going to exit my BERNINA Stitch Regulator,
and I'm going to raise my presser foot,
and just pull that to the side.
And now I'm ready to come over and actually do the ruler work.
Now, when I'm doing ruler work, I like to use gloves.
So you can use any quilting gloves that you like,
whichever ones make you feel like you've got a little bit
of extra security.
So I'm gonna put on my quilting gloves.
And I've got my ruler handy.
And what we're gonna do here is
we're going to use this template,
it has a line at the bottom of the ribbon.
So here's the ribbon and then here's the line.
And this is where we're actually gonna stitch
is in this area.
We're going to stitch the bottom of the curve first.
So we're gonna stitch to the bottom
and then back out to the top.
And then what we'll do is we'll stop there,
move the ruler up, and stitch the next curve.
Now you might be wondering,
"How do I know where to put that ruler
when I go to the next curve?"
Well, there's actually a line here
where you can just line up the previous shape.
So in this case, the previous ribbon from the ribbon candy,
and then your next piece is gonna be in the right place.
Because we're going to be doing this starting and stopping,
we're gonna use BSR Mode 2.
So Mode 2 for the BERNINA Stitch Regulator is
when you move the fabric, the needle will go up and down,
will stitch, when you stop moving the fabric,
the needle will stop stitching.
So it will pause for you and that'll give you a chance
to move your template and go to the next area.
So again, we're going to start here.
We're gonna start on the line that we have marked.
I'm gonna pull up my bobbin thread,
make sure I've got that out of the way.
And we're going to get our template in place.
So we want that template to be lined up.
We're using those three and a half inch apart lines
that we've marked.
So we've got our lines here that we're aligning.
And then when we are ready,
we're gonna lower the presser foot,
make sure it fits right where we want it to go.
And then we're gonna turn on the BSR 2
with the kickstart.
So I'll use the kickstart, my BSR's on.
And now what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna hold on to kind of the four corners
of this template with my fingers,
and holding the fabric and the template at the same time,
we quilt following the curve of your template.
[sewing machine whirring]
Go all the way up.
And then again, we stop, so the BSR stops.
We slide our ruler down.
And then how do we know where that ruler needs to go?
We line that line, that ribbon candy up
with the previous line we just stitched.
So I can actually see that this lined up just perfect.
And my two lines are still there.
So now I still have the BSR on.
I just start moving again.
[sewing machine whirring]
Okay, and we'll just keep going.
[sewing machine whirring]
Okay, so you would keep going all the way down
the length of your fabric.
I'm actually going to stop.
Let's turn off my BSR...
and start a new row.
So when you go to do your new row,
now how do you know where to put the next line?
Well, again, you can use the lines on the template.
We're going to again, use that three and a half inch line.
And with this ribbon candy,
what you typically want to do is the loops are gonna line up
with each other.
And that way, the curves that go to the right are going
to tuck right into the opposite side, into the open areas.
So you use the lines on the ruler to see
that it's going to tuck right in between.
So again, now we're gonna start a new line of quilting.
Pull up the bobbin thread.
Get your tails out of the way.
Use the kickstart to turn on the BSR...
and start quilting.
[sewing machine whirring]
Okay, and you would just keep quilting that way
all the way across your whole project.
I really love this ribbon candy template
because it's really good for beginners.
It's very forgiving if you don't quite
get it exactly perfect.
It's not gonna be really noticeable on your project.
And it's a really easy one to move,
to go from one section to the next.
So I would really recommend this if you're a beginner
to ruler work, to try this ribbon candy template.
The other thing I love about this template
is Amanda Murphy has great videos
on all of her Good Measure rulers
that will actually walk you through.
And she's got a great camera, right on the ruler,
walking you through exactly how to hold it
and how to use that particular ruler.
So as you can see with the longarm,
with the BSR in the base of the machine,
we can actually use BERNINA Stich Regulation
with ruler work.
So it's great to have that dual functionality
to be able to do ruler work with BSR at the longarm.
So you're gonna do your whole fabric,
and then once you've got enough for your whole composition book,
you're going to cut it to the size you need for your cover.
So for my cover, I measured this and it was 10 inches.
And then when I measured from the front of the book
to the back of the book, it was 15 inches.
So I actually made this 10.5 by 16 inches
because you need to accommodate a little bit
for the fact that it's going around the curve.
So for a standard composition book cover,
you want to make a top piece that's 10.5 inches by 16 inches.
And that is going to be the size
that you're going to use to complete.
So when you're doing your quilting,
make something bigger than that
so you can cut down to the 16 by 10.5-inch piece.
All right, now we're ready to take our fabric,
once you've done all the quilting,
we're going to cut it down and then we're going to go
to the embroidery machine and add a monogram.
Okay, so now we've finished quilting our fabric
and we're ready to add the embroidery.
So I've got a piece here that I've already cut to the size
I need for my composition book.
And I folded it in half and placed a mark
where we want that embroidery to go.
So now we need to hoop this,
and we are going to use the OESD StabilStick stabilizer.
This is a tear-away stabilizer that has a paper backing.
And when you tear away the paper backing, it is adhesive.
So I've got a piece here that I've already cut,
and I'm gonna hoop it up.
When you hoop this, you hoop it with the paper side up.
So that's kind of the slicker side,
and we're going to put that into the hoop.
Tighten up that hoop.
[paper crinkling] Okay.
And then once we've got it nice and tight,
what we're gonna do is score an area
so that we can expose the adhesive.
So you can just use your scissor tips or a pin,
just be careful not to go all the way through.
And you want to score that.
Score mine a little deeper.
And peel away that paper backing.
So you can peel the whole part,
the entire inside of the hoop, which is what I like to do.
Or if you know specifically
where you want the embroidery to go,
you can just peel the paper under that area.
So now the adhesive is exposed
and we're going to put our fabric
to be embroidered onto the hoop.
Now, when you do this,
normally you would want to use a template,
make sure you had it nice and straight in the hoop,
but on the B 770 QE PLUS,
there's a feature called Pinpoint Placement.
And that's going to allow us to actually get it straight
without even hooping it straight.
So I'm actually just gonna put this on here.
I'm even gonna put it a little bit crooked,
just so we can demonstrate how easy it is
to get it straight in the hoop, okay.
So you're just gonna press that down until it is nice
and stuck, and now we're ready to embroider.
So we're gonna go over to the embroidery machine
and we are going to add some lettering.
So I'm gonna put initials, a monogram, on this.
And what I wanna do is I wanna start with the font
that I want to use.
So I'm going to choose my font
and I'm going to enter my initials in the order
I want them to go.
So my first initial, my last initial,
and then my middle initial.
And say, "Okay."
And now I'm going to choose the hoop I want to work with,
which is the oval hoop.
And I can see my lettering right in there.
So what I'm going to do next
is I'm going to actually put the hoop on the machine.
So now I'm going to play around with these letters a little bit,
because for a monogram, I like for the last initial
to be a little bit bigger in the middle.
So with the 770 QE PLUS,
there's actually a function that allows you to ungroup.
So now I choose the ungroup and my letters are separated,
C, B, and K.
And what that allows me to do is now we can enlarge...
that middle letter.
So I'm gonna make that middle letter quite a bit bigger,
about 150% of the other two letters.
Okay, and I'm happy with that.
And now we want to move it.
We'll select this K and move it a little bit to the side
and we'll select this C
and move it a little bit to the side.
And then one way you can see if you've got these lined up
is to select each one individually
and go to its position.
So I've got this one selected, I'm gonna go to the position,
and I'm going to change it so that the X position is zero
and the Y position is zero.
So it's exactly in the center of the hoop.
And now I'm gonna choose the K
and I'm gonna make its Y position zero
and choose the C and make its Y position zero.
So they're all centered across the hoop.
And then I'm just gonna move the C a little bit closer.
All right, now I'm happy with the placement
of those letters to each other.
So now I want to be able to use the letters
as a group again, so I'm going to regroup them.
So we go back to this group function and choose the plus
and just do that twice.
And now our initials are lined back up
and they are a monogram as a unit again.
So now that we have the design the way we want it,
we're going to place it.
And we're going to use a function
in the B 770 QE PLUS called Pinpoint Placement.
And with Pinpoint Placement,
we're actually going to select a grid
that has several points on the design we can choose.
First, I'm going to choose the center dot.
And what I'm going to do is this center
is the center of my design
and I want to align the center of my design to that point
that I've marked on my fabric.
So I'm going to use the multifunction knobs,
and then what you want to do is get this so that
that needle is exactly at that center point.
So you just kind of keep moving it
until you've got it exactly where you want it to go.
And then you touch set.
Now what you're going to do is to select
the other point you want to position.
Now, what I've chosen is I want to align
along this horizontal line that I've marked here.
And I want to...
So I'm going to choose the horizontal point
at the center here.
So I've chosen that point and now I'm going to, again,
use my multifunction knobs to turn,
and it's actually going to rotate my design slightly
to make it fit the angle that I put it in the hoop.
So even though I didn't hoop it perfectly straight,
I'm able to align it by using this Pinpoint Placement tool.
So once I'm happy with that, I'm going to touch set,
and it's now ready to embroider.
So once I'm ready to embroider,
we simply select the embroidery function.
And I am embroidering
on the new Smart Drive Technology module.
So this module actually embroiders very fast.
This entire design is actually only gonna take
three minutes to stitch out.
So we've got this design ready to go,
and I'm just gonna push the go button
and let it start sewing.
[sewing machine whirring]
All right, now my embroidery's all done
so I can remove it from the hoop,
and then we will take it over
and take the stabilizer out of the hoop.
And now we just want to remove that stabilizer from the back.
One thing about using an adhesive stabilizer is
that you want to be sure that when you tear it away,
especially with a satin stitch,
that you don't tear your stitches.
So I like to be sure that I support my stitches
with my hands as I go through and tear away that stabilizer.
And now we've removed all the stabilizer.
You can see there's still a little bit in there.
If you really want to, you can pick it out,
but this is gonna be inside your notebook.
So you don't need to worry
about it being perfect on the backside.
All right, so now this is embroidered
and we're ready to take it to the next step
to finish the project.
Okay, so now we've done the embroidery.
We're ready for the last step of the project.
And this part is really fun.
We're going to put a decorative finish around the whole edge
of the project, but also construct it at the same time.
So what I've done, I've got my pre-embroidered fabric
and pre-quilted all ready to go.
And then I've got two pieces of fabric
that I'm going to fold in half,
and those are going to be the flaps.
So the size of this is going to depend
on your composition book and how tall it needs to be.
But you also want to make sure you give yourself
at least five inches or so here,
so that there's plenty of room for that book
to tuck inside the flap.
So now we're gonna do that on both sides.
And then we're going to use some clips
to clip this in place.
You want to clip this on the right side
because we're going to definitely be sewing this
from the right side of the project.
So we'll clip this all the way around
and we're using the serger to finish this.
And so I like to use clips as opposed to pins
when I'm using the serger,
just because there's that extra reassurance
that I'm not going to accidentally sew over a pin.
Okay, we've now got the whole thing clipped and ready to sew.
And we are going to use a four-thread overlock,
but we're gonna use a decorative thread to give us
that decorative finish around the outside edge.
Now because we're using a decorative thread
and we're working with quilted fabric,
I wanted to test this before I stitched it.
So I'm gonna show you my test stitching over here.
And in both of my test stitchings here,
you can see it looks great on the top side.
I'm using the WonderFil Razzle thread in the upper looper,
and it gives me a really beautiful decorative finish.
One thing I did discover as I was doing my test stitching,
this is my first sample.
And you can see that the needle thread
was a little bit loose here.
And so I have the ability on my BERNINA Overlocker
that I can adjust that needle tension.
If you've got an overlocker where you don't have the ability
to individually adjust the tension, this would be okay,
but you can see over here
that with the ability to adjust those tensions,
we can get a really perfect stitch
and it looks absolutely perfect.
So I'm going to show you how I set up that stitch
and then also, because we're using the BERNINA L 860,
how I can save that stitch to use it again.
So let's go over to the overlocker,
and we're gonna start
by selecting the four-thread overlocker,
the four-thread overlock stitch.
And I've got it selected here.
So now I want to thread the machine.
Now this machine does have a guided mode.
So if you would like to have assistance walking you
through threading the machine step-by-step,
you can use the guided mode
and it will actually give you animations
and everything you need step-by-step to do that.
But I've already got my stitch set up
and I'm just gonna go ahead and thread it.
So that you can see what I'm doing here,
I'm going to open up both doors
and I'm gonna start with the upper looper.
Now you actually can thread in any order,
but I just want to happen to start with the upper looper
'cause that's my decorative thread here.
And what I'm going to do is fit that into my tension.
There's a little back tension here that it needs to go in,
and then we're going to use the air threader.
So with the air threader,
you just want to make sure you have plenty of length
so that it can travel through the threader.
You turn the air threading nozzles,
which closes the pipes so that the thread can pass through.
And then what I love about
the BERNINA one-step air threader is
you use the foot control to activate it,
and then you simply pass the thread
over the air threader nozzle, and it comes out the other side.
So now we'll go ahead and thread the lower looper, same way.
I'm using Isacord thread for my stitching here
because I wanted a nice, shiny, decorative stitch.
But you could use any serger thread that you wanted to use.
And now I'm going to thread my needles.
So here, threading the needles.
There actually on the L 860 is a built-in needle threader,
and it works with both needles.
And so I'm gonna first do it with the green
or the right needle.
And when I do that, I'm going to switch the knob,
and there's a little window that's green that tells me
I'm using the correct needle threader.
So I'm going to thread that.
And then we can thread the left needle.
And again, we'll use the needle threader,
but this time, we're gonna switch to yellow.
Okay.
And now we've got all our threads,
get them all under the foot there,
and we are ready to stitch.
So now that we're ready to stitch,
I'm going to open the air threader pipes again
and close everything up.
And put on the...
Shut that up good.
Put on the bin.
So now, again, we're using the four-thread,
but as I mentioned, I'm gonna make some adjustments
to this stitch to make exactly the way I want.
And what adjustments I made is I increased
the lower looper tension,
and I can use this button on the front of the machine,
or I can actually do it on screen.
But I increased the lower looper tension.
I also increased the left needle tension,
and that's what I found worked perfect
for this particular combination.
And then, because I really wanted to show off the thread,
I made the stitch length a little bit shorter.
Okay, now what's awesome about this machine is
I've set up those settings,
now, if I want to come back and do this again,
or come back to this stitch later,
normally I'd have to write down all those settings
and remember them.
But with this machine, I can actually save them.
So I've got everything set the way I want it.
So now, if we want to go to our saved stitches,
we touch the little heart and we can see the stitch
that we've already saved, the notebook.
So we select it and we're ready to stitch.
So you'll want to do a test sew.
I've already test stitched this
to make sure it's exactly how I want it to go.
And I'm going to sew this in four distinct lines.
So I'm gonna sew one short edge,
I'm gonna sew the other short edge,
and then I'm gonna sew the two long edges.
So we're just going to get that under the foot.
I'm using the free hand system,
which I love to be able to lift the foot
and get things right where I want them to go.
And then we are just going to start sewing.
[sewing machine whirring]
Now as I'm chaining off here, I'm using the thread cutter
and that's gonna give me a nice, long tail,
which I'm going to use later.
So now when we're done,
we've got these tails hanging off our corners
that we need to take care of.
We don't want to just cut these off
because this could come unraveled.
So what we're gonna do is flip over to the backside
and we're going to use a big yarn needle
with a great big eye,
and tuck that into the overlocker stitches on one side.
You want to tuck the eye side out first.
So that the eye's coming out here,
and then you want to thread the eye with your tail.
And then you're just gonna pull that through.
And then you can clip here at the edge.
So when you're done,
now, you're going to have a neat little corner
and your tails are secured.
So now you just insert the front and back covers
into your composition book cover,
and you've got a completed project.
You've used the longarm, the embroidery machine,
and the serger all in one quick and easy project.
>> HI.
I'M DEANNA SPRINGER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN WITH
CHRISTY BURCHAM.
WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE CHRISTY
WITH US TODAY FOR LIVE Q & A.
HI, CHRISTY.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> WONDERFUL.
WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME AT THE
QUILT SHOW THIS WEEK.
AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS ROLLING IN
ABOUT YOUR DEMONSTRATION, YOUR
LECTURE.
IT'S BEEN REALLY ENJOYABLE
WATCHING YOU COMBINE YOU A THE
DIFFERENT MACHINES TO MAKE ONE
PROJECT.
SO I'LL SHARE QUESTIONS WITH YOU
THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
SUE A. IS ASKING WHAT PEN ARE
YOU USING WHEN YOU WERE MARKING
YOUR FIRST LINES BEFORE YOU DID
YOUR RULER WORK?
>> I USE CHALKER LINER.
WHEN IT COMES TO PENS, EVERYONE
HAS THEIR FAVORITE, BUT I
FREQUENTLY WILL USE THE FRICTION
PENS, WHICH CAN REMOVE AWAY WITH
HEAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
SOMETIMES WITH THOSE, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU LIVE IN A COLD CLIMATE,
BECAUSE THE INK CAN COME BACK.
OR YOU CAN USE A CHALK LINER AS
WELL.
EITHER OF THOSE WORK REALLY
GREAT.
>> THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TIPS
ON THAT.
NEXT QUESTION IS FROM EVELYN IN
THE CHAT.
IS BSR SPECIFIC TO YOUR MACHINE
AND CAN YOU PLEASE DEFINE THE
ACRONYM FOR HER?
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO BSR STANDS FOR BERNINA STITCH
REGULATOR.
THE BSR IS SPECIFIC TO BERNINA.
EVERY MACHINE DOES IT A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
SO THE BERNINA STITCH REGULATOR
IS AN OPTICAL SENSOR THAT IS
READING THE FABRIC AND SEEING
THAT FABRIC MOVE.
IF YOU'RE USING IT ON A DOMESTIC
MACHINE, IT'S READING IT FROM
THE TOP.
THE LONGER MACHINES READ IT FROM
UNDERNEATH.
IT'S SEEING THAT FABRIC MOVE AND
BASED ON HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU
MOVE THE FABRIC IT'S GOING TO
USE THE NEEDLE APPROPRIATELY.
>> IT'S A GREAT HELP TO REGULATE
YOUR STITCHES.
YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO DO IT
YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE GUIDED HELP FROM THE
MACHINE.
IT'S A GREAT FEATURE.
AND LOIS IS ASKING DID YOU PUT
QUILT BATTING BETWEEN YOUR
FABRICS?
>> I DID.
I DID.
I USED A LOW-LOFT COTTON
BATTING.
WITH THIS PROJECT YOU WOULD
DEFINITELY WANT TO USE A
LOW-LOFT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING
TO BE SURGING THOSE EDGES WHEN
YOU'RE DONE.
<!32768> HOW
>> HOW DO YOU KEEP THE NEEDLE
FROM CATCHING WHEN YOU'RE SEWING
THROUGH THE STABILIZER?
>> I FOUND WITH THE STABLE STICK
IT DOESN'T GUM UP THE NEEDLE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH
ONE THAT IS KIND OF STICKING AND
GUMMING UP YOUR NEEDLE, THERE'S
A COUPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO.
ONE IS IF YOU USE A TITANIUM OR
CHROME-COATED NEEDLE, IT DOESN'T
STICK TO THAT NEEDLE AS MUCH.
YOU CAN JUST WIPE THAT NEEDLE
OFF AFTER EACH COLOR CHANGE.
AND I LIKE TO USE THE LITTLE
ALCOHOL PREP PADS FOR LIKE WHEN
YOU HAVE A CUT.
JUST SWIPE DOWN THAT NEEDLE AND
IT WILL CLEAN THAT STICKY RIGHT
OFF.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND LOIS IS ASKING COULD YOU
TELL US AGAIN WHICH STABILIZER
YOU'RE USING?
>> YES.
THIS IS THE SESD STABLE STICK
TEAR-AWAY.
SO IT'S AN ADHESIVE STABILIZER
WITH A PAPERBACKING AND YOU CAN
PEEL THAT AWAY TO EXPOSE THE
ADHESIVE.
>> BETH IS SHARING A COMMENT.
SHE SAYS, TRUE CONFESSIONS.
SHE ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE STICKY
BACK STABILIZER IN THE HOOP
UPSIDE DOWN AND SCORED IT AND
REMOVED THE STABILIZER AND IT
DIDN'T WORK SO WELL.
SHE SAID SHE'LL ONLY DO THAT
ONCE AND IT WILL REMIND HER FOR
FUTURE STITCHING THAT SHE WON'T
DO THAT AGAIN.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND ONE WAY YOU CAN DO THIS,
SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE, IF YOU WANT
TO, YOU CAN PEEL THAT PAPER OFF
BEFOREHAND.
THE ONLY DISADVANTAGE TO THAT IS
IT DOES SOMETIMES LEAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF RESIDUE ON THE INSIDE
RING OF YOUR HOOP AND THEN YOU'D
HAVE TO CLEAN THAT OFF.
>> GREAT TIP.
AND JO IS ASKING IS THERE A LINK
TO YOUR PATTERN OR DIMENSIONS?
AND SHE LOVES HER BEER BERNINAS.
>> I LOVE MINE, TOO.
THERE'S NO LINK TO THIS PATTERN,
BUT THE DIMENSIONS ARE GOING TO
DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF YOUR
NOTEBOOK COVER.
YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE THE TOP
TO BOTTOM OF THE NOTEBOOK COVER
AND ADD A HALF-INCH AND THEN
YOU'RE GOING TO MEASURE, WRAP
AROUND YOUR NOTEBOOK COVER AND
YOU'RE GOING TO ADD AN INCH.
SO IF IT'S 15 INCHES, ADD AN
INCH TO MAKE IT 16 AND ADD A
HALF-INCH TO THE TOP DIMENSION.
YOU CAN DO IT WITH ANY NOTEBOOK
COVER JUST BY MEASURING YOUR
COVER.
>> GREAT TO KNOW.
WE CAN ALSO REWATCH YOUR VIDEO,
TOO, AVAILABLE FOR MANY MONTHS
TO COME, AND MAKE SOME NOTES
EVEN IF WE WANT TO.
ON FACEBOOK IT'S MORE OF A
COMMENT, ACTUALLY.
SUCH A GOOD TEACHER.
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS EACH STEP.
SHE'S GIVING YOU AN A PLUS.
I'M THINKING SHE MAYBE IS A
TEACHER HERSELF.
>> WELL, THANKS.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
>> AND JUDY IS SAYING THE SAME
THING.
SHE REALLY LIKES YOUR DETAILED
INSTRUCTIONS AND YOUR DEMO
STYLE.
AND KELLY IS SAYING, WOW, I LOVE
THIS.
I HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE FOR
GIFTS FOR AN EVENT THAT'S COMING
UP AND THESE WILL BE PERFECT.
AND YOU REALLY COULD CUSTOMIZE
THESE FOR DIFFERENT FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THE UPCOMING
HOLIDAYS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU TOTALLY COULD.
YOU COULD MAKE THEM WITH
DIFFERENT MONOGRAMS OR DO AN
EMBROIDERY DESIGN AND CHOOSE
SOMETHING THAT IF YOU WANTED TO
MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM IN A
ROW, YOU COULD CHOOSE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD WORK FOR ANYBODY.
>> YOU COULD CHANGE UP YOUR
FABRICS AND SWITCH YOUR THREAD
COLORS AND MAKE CUSTOM GIFTS AND
EACH ONE WILL BE SPECIAL ON
THEIR OWN.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> LESLIE IS ASKING AGAIN ABOUT
STABILIZERS.
OESC?
>> OESD LIKE DOG.
OKLAHOMA EMBROIDERY DESIGN AND
SUPPLY.
>> THOSE THOSE STABILIZERS ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AND WE CAN HEAD
OVER TO THE VENDOR MALL AND
CLICK ON BERNINA AND LEARN MORE
ABOUT THOSE, TOO, AND ABOUT THE
MACHINES.
BETH IS ASKING DO YOU PLEASE
EXPLAIN ONCE AGAIN HOW TO GET
THE RIGHT MEASUREMENTS FOR THE
COVER?
>> OKAY.
SURE THING.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TOP
TO BOTTOM OF THE COVER IF YOU'VE
GOT IT LAYING IN FRONT OF YOU.
TOP TO BOTTOM, MEASURE THAT.
ADD A HALF-INCH.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR
NOTEBOOK COVER AND FROM THE
RIGHT SIDE COVER, TAKE A CLOTH,
TAPE MEASURE, WRAP AROUND IT TO
SEE HOW IT IS.
BECAUSE EVERY ONE IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
SO YOU NEED TO GET THE
MEASUREMENT AROUND THE OUTSIDE
EDGE.
AND THEN ADD ONE INCH TO THAT.
>> SO IT'S REALLY CUSTOMIZING IT
TO OUR EACH INDIVIDUAL NOTEBOOK.
SO MAYBE DO A LITTLE TEST, CUT
IT A LITTLE BIGGER THAN YOU
THINK AND DO A TEST RUN BEFORE
YOU DO YOUR STITCHING SO YOU
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SIZE YOU NEED
TO MAKE FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND ONE THING I HAVE FOUND WITH
THESE, I'VE MADE COMPOSITION
NOTEBOOK COVERS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS
ON IT.
IT USED TO BE THAT A COMPOSITION
BOOK WAS LIKE THE SAME SIZE.
IF YOU BOUGHT ONE AT ONE STORE,
IT WAS THE SAME SIZE AS ANOTHER
STORE.
IT'S NOT SO CONSISTENT ANYMORE,
SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO
MEASURE THE BOOK THAT YOU'RE
MAKING IT FOR.
>> GREAT TIPS.
AND IT COULD BE FOR A BOOK, TOO,
A BOOK COVER OR A NOTEBOOK
COVER.
IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.
AND THE QUILT BEHIND YOU, I'M
ADMIRING.
IT'S A DRESSEN QUILT IN FALL
COLORS WEDGES.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EM BROIRY
UNIT WITH OUR MACHINE, WE COULD
DO SOME QUILTING AND MAKE A
COVER THAT WAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU COULD MAKE ORPHAN BLOCKS
THAT WAY, TOO.
>> I ENJOY HOW YOU TAKE ALL
THREE MACHINES, SEWING MACHINE,
SERGER, LONG LONG-ARM MACHINE AND
MAKING PROJECTS.
EVERYONE KNOWS WE CAN MAKE
QUILTS WITH A LONG-ARM MACHINE,
BUT IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU DO
SMALLER PROJECTS AND IT REALLY
DEMONSTRATES HOW THE MACHINE
WORKS AND LOOPING ALL THOSE
MACHINES TOGETHER IS REALLY
INSPIRING.
>> YEAH.
IT REALLY IS.
WITH THIS PROJECT IT REALLY DOES
SHOW THAT WHEN EVERY MACHINE IS
DOING WHAT IT'S BEST AT, IT DOES
SAVE YOU TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN DO WORK ON
A DOMESTIC MACHINE AND IF THAT'S
ALL YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU,
YOU COULD TOTALLY DO THOSE
PROJECTS WITH A DOMESTIC
MACHINE.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A LONG-ARM,
IT'S SET UP, READY TO GO, YOU'VE
GOT THAT EXTRA ROOM SO YOU'RE
NOT CRAMPED IN WHILE YOU'RE
DOING THAT WORK.
IT SETS EVERYTHING WAS
PERFECTLY.
OF COURSE OUR EMBROIDERY RIGHT
ON OUR HOME MACHINE IS PERFECT
TO GET THAT CUSTOMIZATION.
MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS PROJECT
IS THE SERGE EDGE.
IT'S SO CUTE.
I LOVE USING THAT THREAD.
IT'S SO PRETTY.
AND IT'S SO FAST.
IT JUST GOES TOGETHER SO FAST
WHEN YOU FINISH IT ON THE
SERGER.
>> AND IT FINISHES THE EDGES
BEAUTIFULLY.
WHEN YOU FIRST SHOWED THIS
PROJECT, I THOUGHT IT WAS BIAS
BINDING, BUT IT WAS SERGER
THREAD.
THAT'S OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM
JUDY.
WHEN YOU SERGED THE EDGES, DID
YOU CUT SOME FABRIC AWAY?
AND, IF SO, HOW MUCH?
>> SO I DIDN'T CUT VERY MUCH
FABRIC AWAY, JUST A HAIR,
BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY CUT IT TO
BE EXACTLY THE SIZE I WANTED IT
FOR MY COVER.
IF YOU WANTED THAT, IF YOU'RE
NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SEWING
RIGHT ON THE EDGE, YOU COULD CUT
IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND
MEASURE THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE
CUTTING OFF.
BUT NO.
I DIDN'T.
I JUST ACTUALLY LET IT SKIM.
I DID USE A KNIFE, BUT LET THE
EDGE OF THE FABRIC SKIM OFF SO
JUST A HAIR IS COMING OFF WHEN
YOU'RE SERGING IT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BECKY ON
FACEBOOK AND SHE'S ASKING HOW
WIDE DID YOU MAKE THE POCKETS ON
THE INSIDE?
>> FIVE INCHES DEEP, WHICH IS
GREAT FOR PRETTY AVERAGE
COMPOSITION BOOK COVER.
REMEMBER IT'S A FOLDED PIECE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO FOLD OVER A
FABRIC THAT'S TWICE THAT WIDTH
THAT YOU WANT.
SO MINE WAS 10 BY 10 1/2.
IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE
MEASUREMENT OF YOUR BOOK.
>> AND THEN IT'S FOLDED SO THAT
INSIDE EDGE IS FINISHED OFF
DESPITE A FOLD.
WE HAVE CURIOUS COMMENTS.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN
SEWING?
>> WELL, MY MOM WAS A SEWER.
SHE WAS A TAILOR, SO I WAS
ALWAYS AROUND SEWING WHEN I WAS
A KID.
MY VERY FIRST JOB WAS AT A
BERNINA STORE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
I STARTED AS A CASHIER.
I DIDN'T SEW MUCH WHEN I STARTED
AT THE STORE, BUT I COULDN'T BE
AROUND ALL THAT GREAT STUFF
WITHOUT STARTING SEWING.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I STARTED
LEARNING TO SEW, BUT ALSO HOW I
STARTED MY CAREER IN SEWING AS
WELL.
>> WELL, YOU'RE SUCH AN
INSPIRATION FOR US.
IF YOU STARTED FROM BEGINNING
AND YOU'RE THIS ACCOMPLISHED,
YOU'RE REALLY GIVING US THE
ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP STITCHING
AND PRACTICING OUR TECHNIQUES.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
IT'S BEEN A DELIGHT.
>> AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE
TUNING IN TODAY FOR CHRISTY'S
LECTURE AND BE SURE TO HEAD OVER
TO quiltshow.com AND CLICK ON
THE VENDOR MALL AND FIND HER
THROUGH THE BER BERNINA BOOTH AND
SEE ALL THE EXCITING THINGS
THEY'RE DOING WITH STITCHING AND
QUILTING.
BE SURE TO TAKE IN THE QUILT
EXHIBITS, TOO.
ENJOY.
>> THANKS.
- Deanna Springer: Thanks again for joining us.
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