Ever wonder what to do with all those little bits & pieces of leftover ribbon, trim, buttons, etc. that are just too nice to throw away? Here's a project from Susan Beck, Executive Editor at BERNINA of America, Inc., featuring four different notecard designs that you can stitch on your sewing machine. BERNINA's updated Button Sew-On Foot #18 with its "sticky" rubber sole grips buttons and keeps them from slipping as they're stitched to your project.

Who knew that the scrapbooking business had it's own holiday?! Today is International Scrapbooking Industry Day. (It's also National Grammar Day, so I'll be sure to proof this blog twice.) In honor of the day I've pulled something from one of my moving boxes, a stitched scrapbook page using photos from the days when I was a singer in a band. (Bet ya didn't know that, either!) In keeping with our girl group theme, and with a nod to the textile industry, we were The Fabulous Acrylix ;)

I created with page with scraps of fabric, buttons, and clear vinyl, couched metallic cords, and a rotary cutter with a wavy blade. Stitched on my faithful BERNINA sewing machine, of course. Click here for instructions for the techniques I used to create this page.