Bernina USA Sewing Trends Blog Tag Feed for 'contest' http://www.berninausablog.com Discover the Bernina USA Blog, a place to discuss and learn about sewing, serging, quilting, embroidery and more. Take time to browse our free projects filled with trendy designs and unique patterns. en-us Copyright BERNINA of America, Inc. http://www.berninausablog.com/template/bernina/images/rss-logo.gif Bernina USA Sewing Trends Blog Tag Feed for 'contest' http://www.berninausablog.com Discover the Bernina USA Blog, a place to discuss and learn about sewing, serging, quilting, embroidery and more. Take time to browse our free projects filled with trendy designs and unique patterns. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html PostZinger/r.189 Walking on Sunshine http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/walking-on-sunshine Games & Hobbies - Hobbies 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,... Jo Leichte 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!


piece love & quilts benartex woodstock quilt contest grand prize serena brooks ]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:24:08 -0500 http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/walking-on-sunshine Piece, Love and Quilts! http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/piece-love-and-quilts Games & Hobbies - Hobbies Did you know Benartex is having a contest featuring their new Woodstock and City Girl fabric collections? I've been collecting fat quarters - I'm especially partial to the brown & blue & green City Girl colorway (back right). This... Jo Leichte Did you know Benartex is having a contest featuring their new Woodstock and City Girl fabric collections? I've been collecting fat quarters - I'm especially partial to the brown & blue & green City Girl colorway (back right). This stack might become a lightweight throw - something to take out on the porch on chilly spring evenings - with big blocks, maybe just rectangles with a layer of flannel in the middle. I love the bright colors of the Woodstock fabrics, too (left & front) - these go great in my office - maybe I need a little quilt in here, too? Too bad I'm not eligible to enter the competition! Contest prizes include a BERNINA aurora 440QE, a trip to Quilt Festival, deluxe software from Electric Quilt, and - just imagine! - a year's worth of fabrics from Benartex. Visit www.benartex.com for more information on The Piece, Love and Quilts Contest.
benartex bernina contest woodstock city girl fabric aurora 440 quilt festival electric quilt piece love & quilts ]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:59:38 -0600 http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/piece-love-and-quilts My Label Garment Software Challenge Starts! http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/my-label-garment-software-challenge-starts Games & Hobbies - Hobbies 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... Jo Leichte jo's ML jacketOne 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).


my label fashion jacket contest software challenge jo leichte ]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.berninausablog.com/rss-read/my-label-garment-software-challenge-starts