Here's a note from Erika Mulvenna, host of WeAllSew.com:

I hope you've had a chance to visit the WeAllSew.com website since my last visit here at the Bernina Blog. Did you know that you can keep up with We All Sew at our Twitter feed and Facebook fan page?

Working with the WeAllSew.com project has opened my eyes to the many charities that depend on help from sewers like us. In fact, there is a whole list of these organizations on the Sew to Serve page at WeAllSew.com. And, the list keeps growning as new charity organizations are added to the list weekly!

I decided it was time for me to start volunteering my sewing time and looked to the Sew to Serve list to get started. I found the American Patchwork & Quilting's 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge. What a great volunterring idea! Sew pillowcases (and after all, it's so easy anyone can do it!) and donate them to help make a difference. Check the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge website for all kinds of great information, like the free pillowcase patterns, or how to find a participating shop near you. After you donate pillowcases, you can add how many pillowcases you made to help reach the goal of 1 million!

I downloaded the Pillowcase with Ruffled Trim PDF pattern and during my last craft group meet-up stitched 6 pillowcases, yay! The pillowcase went together so quickly, it was really fun! I am challenging everyone in my crafting group to sew up at least one pillowcase at our next meeting.

Why not get started sewing for others and stitch some pillowcases along with me? And while you're at it, join in on the We All Sew Facebook fan page creative pillowcase challenge to win a Bernina goody-bag full of sewing goodness! Just join us on the WeAllSew.com Facebook fanpage and post a picture of your most creative pillowcase made for charily between now and March 31st. The most creative pillowcase wins! Read more about the contest at the WeAllSew.com fanpage!

Have you checked out Bernina's new We All Sew website? It's a gathering of all sorts of great sewing inspiration and resources. Looking for free stuff? There's a section for that. Want to sew up some hats & scarves and donate them to a worthy cause? There's a section for that, too. Looking for sewing videos? You'll find links to educational and inspirational videos here. Plus links to favorite Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and Flickr photostreams, and sewing blogs.

Welcome back to Erika Mulvenna, who's working on a new project here at BERNINA of America:

Hello fellow sewers! Check this out, there's a new place on the web to find anything and everything about sewing, www.WeAllSew.com. This is the best sewing stuff on the web, from blogs, Facebook pages, how-to videos, Flickr feeds and even Twitter handles, all sewn up in one place!

WeAllSew.com highlights Sew to Serve, connecting you directly with organizations and projects that need sewing volunteers. Marine Comfort Quilts (http://www.MarineComfortQuilts.us) is dedicated to bringing some comfort and love to families of military men and women lost in service to our country through quilts and quilting. Find many more worthy places to sew some love by clicking on Sew To Serve!

Free stuff! Yup, there's even a whole section of links to free sewing stuff, like these embroidery designs (http://FreeEmbroideryStuff.EmbroideryDesigns.com/), quilt patterns (http://www.FreeQuiltingPatterns.info/), and projects like these great fabric containers (http://TheLuckyDucks.blogspot.com/2009/10/scrap-buster-scrap-bags.html). And talk about fresh, new links are being added to WeAllSew.com weekly, so always expect to see the newest sewing stuff!

Stay in the sewing loop by joining us on our Facebook WeAllSew.com fanpage and our @weallsew Twitter feed, and enjoy the sewing love.

Because, after all, I sew, you sew, we all sew! 

I had another wonderful week in Beachwood, Ohio with Pokey Bolton on the set of a future series for Quilting Arts TV! The diversity of the artists who come in for filming is amazing! I stand as close as I can to them in hopes some of it will rub off on me!

I can't let the cat out of the bag, but here are a few names that many of us recognize - Shelly Stokes, Sarah Vedeler, Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero, Teri Lucas, Natalya Aikens, Paula Press, Carol Taylor, Michele Muska, Beryl Taylor, and many more. I left quite a few off the list, but every artist shines in her (or his) area of expertise.

Left to right: Sarah Vedeler, Susan Brubaker Knapp, Jeanne Delpit, Dianne Giancola, and Natalya Aikens.

Yours truly did projects on interchangeable handbags, and what fun I had!

The Ellen Medlock kits were a blast to work with and inspired my creativity. Of course, the right handbag is just as important as the right shoes, so no lady should be without a collection of her own!

This one is the Ellen Medlock Preppy Tote. Instead of sewing the handle fabric straight into the bag, I inserted separating zippers to each side so I could create new bottoms and just zip them in place as my mood suits!

A rendition of the Ellen Medlock Wooden Bagette kit. For this one I used hook-and-loop tape to interchange the covers.

This is the Retro "Groovy" Bag by Lila Tueller Designs, but I made it completely reversible. The back side has embroidery in the Jumbo Hoop on the BERNINA 830 and decorative stitching.

The yellow side is the reverse side of the Retro "Groovy" Bag, with free-motion thread painting using the BERNINA Stitch Regulator as well as some embroidery in the 830 Jumbo Hoop.

I also had the honor of working with Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero and her kaleidoscope motifs to show how embellishing with embroidery or the BERNINA Stitch Regulator can enhance the variety of designs she prints out. Talk about letting my imagination run wild! Of course, using the BERNINA 830 made it even easier!

The instructions for the projects in this session will be available once the new series airs. This recent taping is to air in December, so watch the Quilting Arts TV website for the opportunities to watch in your market.

Here are a few more photos from Jeanne's week with Pokey at the Quilting Arts TV shoot!

Bernina - the star of the show!

Pokey stitching on her Bernina sewing machine.

Pokey and Catherine Nicholls.