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Pheasant Run Denim Skirt Hours to complete: approximately 4+ Hours   Do you enjoy embroidering and sewing garments? If so, you'll love this skirt project created from the My Label™ software and one of BERNINA's latest design collections, Silk Road Elegance.

Reversible Bibs Hours to complete:  approximately 2 hours   The colorful bibs embellished with embroidery are a snap to make using the BERNINA® Binder Attachment #84 to finish the edges and make the ties in one easy step.

Monogrammed Dresser Scarf Hours to complete: approximately 4+ hours   Create a beautiful monogrammed dresser scarf by combining traditional heirloom techniques with today's embroidery technology.

Little Boy Blue Hours to complete: approximately 4 hours   Create this fun and unique bubble for that special little boy! Incorporate traditional heirloom techniques such as decorative feather stitching, fagotting and creating perfectly matched piping into the perfect outfit. Your "Little Boy Blue" will be sure to be the best dressed!

Punchy Pincushion Hours to complete: approximately 2 hours   This project is related to the Stitch Recipe, "Punchy Stitches". In this stitch recipe, fun fabric was created using wool fabrics and fibers, the Needle Punch Accessory set and decorative stitches. The "Punchy Pincushion" is constructed from the stitch recipe fabric.

BERNINA Blossoms Hours to complete: approximately 4+ hours   This bouquet of blue blossoms from Becky Goldsmith is appliquéd and quilted using freemotion stitching techniques.

All About Lilies Tablecloth Hours to complete: approximately 2 hours (plus embroidery)   As mentioned in Through the Needle, Issue 21, explore the embroidery creation possibilities with the BERNINA Border Embroidery set and your favorite embroidery machine. Using a "blank" tablecloth and your favorite thread colors, customize and easily create a unique embroidered border.

Confetti Vest Hours to complete: approximately 2 hours   Needle-felting is popular with yarn and fiber enthusiasts, who use a single barbed needle to tangle and felt fibers by hand. You can achieve the same effect, embellishing a purchased wool vest in a fraction of the time using your BERNINA sewing machine!

Swirls of Color Jacket Hours to complete: approximately 2 hours (plus embroidery)   Combine the new Freemotion Couching Foot 43 with embroidered outline quilting designs and create striking designs to embellish a variety of projects. Use Foot 43 instead of the usual embroidery foot (15 or 26) and couch during the embroidery process - it's a one-step wonder!

Fancywork Handkerchief Hours to complete: approximately 3 hours   This beautiful hanky will become an heirloom to carry at weddings and hand down to future generations. Drawn thread work combined with wing needle stitching add an "antique" look to a simple square of pristine linen.

Cowhide 4-Patch Pillow Hours to complete: approximately 4 hours (plus embroidery)   Using 2 colors of leather to make a four-patch square adds interest to this simple pillow embellished with embroidery. This pillow is a companion to one featured in Issue 17 of Through the Needle magazine.

activa ART 230 Create your own art using any BERNINA® sewing machine, even the activa models. Look for step-by-step directions for a companion art piece made with the activa 210 model in Through The Needle magazine, Issue 23. Remember, these fun pieces can be created using any BERNINA® sewing machine!

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