The very groovy winners of the Benartex Piece, Love & Quilts contest featuring the "Woodstock" fabric line are posted at www.benartex.com; to see them and several other entries - over 30 quilts! - click HERE. The grand prize winning quilt, shown here, is "Walking on Sunshine" by Serena Brooks of Los Angeles, CA. Way to go, Serena!

One of the projects I've been working with the last couple of years was development and testing of BERNINA's new My Label 3-D Pattern Software - I finally have patterns for pants that fit! - which has been available here in the USA for a just a few weeks now. After you enter your measurements into My Label the software creates a 3-D model of your body. A frighteningly accurate model in my case, showing all the bumps and bulges that have developed over the last decade or so. But, since I want clothes that fit THIS body, not the one I wish I had, this accurate rendering is important. There are 20 basic garment patterns to choose from - pants, skirts, tops, dresses, jackets - each of which can be customized by adjusting the width and length of various baseline pattern measurements. You can see how this works at www.berninaMyLabel.com. I plan to spend part of my Thanksgiving weekend creating patterns for my winter wardrobe; I have a tub of deconstructed thrift store suit jackets waiting to be reassembled into a My Label Jacket!

Being a BERNINA employee, I can't enter the My Label Software Challenge, but it'd be great if some of our bloggers did - and won! You have just over three months to create your entry. There are several categories and two sets of prizes - Viewers' Choice, decided by visitors to the My Label website (winners receive a $100 gift box or gift certificate),  and Best in Category, decided by a panel of judges (prizes include aurora sewing machines, BERNINA Embroidery Software, and a 1300MDC serger).