Here's another of the projects I've been working on for my Bernina University class. It's the Smashing Smock from Anna Maria Horner's book Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing. I made mine just like the one in the book, except that I used French Seams to sew the sides so the raw edges would be hidden, and I added a pocket to the front. To sew the French seams I used Patchwork Foot with Guide #57, stitching the front and back wrong sides together with a 1/4" seam. Then I trimmed the seam allowances to 1/8", turned the tube inside out, and stitched the side seams again, this time with right sides together. All those raw edges are enclosed inside the seam, so there's no unraveling.

I also embroidered a dragon on the front before I stitched it together. It was so simple to embroider while it was still flat - no need to worry about catching the back in the stitching! I used the artista 630 to do my embroidery - check out the new limited edition 630 Platinum at your local BERNINA store - but any embroidery system could be used.

The dragon is design FB290_48 from Zenscapes pack #12185. You can purchase the single design or the entire pack from www.embroideryonline.com or your local Embroidery Take-Out dealer (who might also be your local Bernina store).