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inspiration NO. 49 SPRING 2011

SWITZERLAND CHF 6.90 EUROPE € 4.60 GREAT BRITAIN £ 4.45 UNITED STATES $ 6.95 INCL. VAT ISSN 1664-5987

PARTNER LOOK MOTHER-ANDDAUGHTER PARKA

TOPS BOLD YET COMFORTABLE EASTER CHEERY DECORATIONS FOR YOUR EASTER TABLE ACCESSORIES BAG, GLASSES CASE OR KEYRING PENDANT SWEET TEMPTATION VERSATILE STRAWBERRY DECOR

LOTS OF D PATTERNS AN EAS HOME DEC ID FOR SPRING

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Give free rein to your creativity with fabrics from Swafing!

As a complete service provider, Swafing offers the right collection for every application, from ‚Basic‘ to ‚Haute Couture‘. Check out the sewing projects with Swafing fabrics in this issue of BERNINA inspiration!

Hans-Gerd Swafing e.K. Bentheimer Strasse 175-179 D-48529 Nordhorn Tel.: +49 5921 3053-0 Fax: +49 5921 3053-33 www.swafing.com

PREFACE

Blooming marvellous!

We're looking forward to the spring. Soon the first buds will be unfurling. Fashion, too, becomes more colourful, as we emerge from our winter wraps. In addition to the well-established natural shades, blue and green are particularly big just now.

We're not just talking dark and royal blue or apple and bottle green, either; mixed shades right up to petrol are well represented. Moreover, since not every colour is everyone's cup of tea, once again it's up to you which project to make in what colour. Or simply choose our white waistcoat, and jazz it up with colourful embroidery! That way you'll have something for every occasion.

Spring is on the way, so it's only natural that you'll also want to smarten up your home a bit. We'd especially like to draw your attention to our “tasty” strawberries, where in addition to shades of red and pink, you'll also find plenty of fresh green!

We hope you'll succumb to the temptation.

In this issue you'll find projects for advanced hobby sewers – for instance the parkas – but also quite easy, quick-to-make items such as the jumper or jewellery, which will have you champing at the bit for more of the same. We've been busily working with decorative stitches and special presser feet, and embroidering and cutworking too, of course. But even simple appliqués that can be done on any machine – such as our strawberries – now look good enough to eat.

Your BERNINA is your trusty companion for all your projects. A machine equipped with a variety of accessories makes sewing, embroidering and embellishing even more fun. Just check out our wide selection of accessories on the Web at www.bernina.com, for instance. There, you'll find our entire range, as well as videos highlighting the endless possibilities of both the software and many of the individual presser feet.

Wishing you hours of enjoyment reading and creating, Your Editorial Team and Claudia Giesser, Editor-in-Chief

Don't forget!

You'll find all the i-Tips at www.bernina.com/inspiration under News, and the embroidery-pattern downloads in the same place under Downloads.

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6 Fashion and Accessories 6 Your Choice Partner look – Mother-and-daughter parkas 8 Bold yet comfortable Tops for all occasions 10 Woman at Work Pert dress for the office 12 Caribbean mood Waistcoat and jeans in upbeat colours 14 Accessories First flowers of spring on bags big and small 22 Jewellery Exclusive bling for neck, arm and fingers

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9 News and Notes 16 BERNINA News Walking-foot sole with central guide 21 BERNINA Notes What's on at the Creative Center, plus other events

Tips For sewing, embroidering and overlocking 17 Tapering with the BERNINA 820/830 18 CutWork's myriad options 20 Closure on women's parka and at www.bernina.com under “Creative World”, “Inspiration”, “Inspiration News”: i-Tips – Alternative handle for bag

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Living 24 Easter Hens or Easter Bunny 26 Sleep well Feel on top of the world 28 Sweet temptation Strawberries 30 Practical projects for hobby sewers Cosy room divider and other decorative accessories

Quilt 32 Textile news – Spotlight on small formats

Young Look 34 Colourful cosmetics bag

Reader Service 35 Our Gift; Masthead

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Bold yet comfy With Overlocker 4914 Jumper This jumper is finished in no time flat, and boasts a blissfully soft feel and elegant colour. Its asymmetric hem edge also lengthens the figure.

Pintuck Foot no. 46

4915 Top Here too we've used a simple cut. The top gets its special “oomph� from its sophisticated neckline, which is easier to sew than it looks.

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Tops are always a fashion highlight.

With just a few eye-catching garments, you'll jazz up your wardrobe in a jiffy.

4912 Long top Top or dress? Difficult to say for sure.

It goes great with skinny jeans or leggings – or the new fashion fusion, jeggings – but trendy young things can also wear it as a dress. However you define it, though, this garment is deliciously comfortable, and good at hiding the odd extra pound.

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ACCESSORIES

First Flowers of Spring 4925 Small Shopper Whether for the office or for a quick shop, this bag is a real eyecatcher. The colour scheme – gold faux leather with rivets on a fresh wintergreen background – is bold yet classy.

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Spring not yet in sight? Then make a few signs of the season yourself! Our flowers here won't fade with the passing months – and the CutWork software makes the whole process an absolute breeze.

With CutWork and Presser Foot no. 44

4926 Glasses case Don't worry, you don't have to sew on these tiny flowers yourself – spacing them correctly would be a real chore. Instead, let your BERNINA and the CutWork software do all the hard work! You'll find the bag for your lens cloth on the back.

4927 Keyring pendant Like the glasses case, the keyring pendant is multifunctional – on the back, you'll find a little pocket for your shopping-trolley coin.

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Jewellery 4930 Necklace Your embroidery computer will do the embroidery and cutwork for you, after which it only remains for you to sew your “beads� individually or in groups on a cord using a bartack program.

With CutWork and Embroidery Software

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4931 Bracelet Two types of trim and a chain clasp is the secret of this classy item.

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4932 Bracelet Fabulous or what, this amazing elastic trim that doesn't even require a clasp! Just sew together with the overlocker and you have an unusual piece of jewellery.

Jewelleery neeedn't alw ways cost an arm m and a leg g. Th hough you'll need a few w chain linkks and a clasp, you can conjure up th he rest with min nim mal expenditure. Depeendin ng on your wardrobe,, opt for colour, or fo or shadess of black and grey for a moree sop phisticatted look.

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4935 Necklace, 4936 Bracelet and 4937 Ring Here we've cut little snippets from faux-leather remnants and scattered them at random over water-soluble stabiliser. Now use the BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR System) to sew it all together. What you do next depends on the item of jewellery you're constructing.

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4932 With BERNINA Stitch Regulator (BSR System)

Faux leather: Swafing

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Cosy sewing corner

With BERNINA CutWork 4957 Pin cushion A plant that not only doesn't make any demands on you in terms of care, but even doubles as a pincushion!

Either simply cut out felt flowers, or first embroider the double-layered felt and let the CutWork tool do the cutting out, if preferred.

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With Binder Attachment 4956 Machine cover This practical, highly decorative lined machine cover is useful for those rare occasions when your BERNINA is out of use for any length of time. This model fits the artista 630/640, but with slight alterations in the measurements is also suitable for other BERNINAs.

Subtle grey with a dash of colour decoratively separates the sewing corner from the rest of the room. Here, everything has been designed to create a cosy atmosphere.

With Embroidery Module

4955 Room divider and accessory holder Well equipped is half the battle! The main benefit of this divider is that it frees up space in your drawers.

And what could be more practical than being able to simply reach out and grab the most commonly used sewing tools? What's more, you can see at first glance where every last item belongs. The choice is yours whether to embroider or simply appliquĂŠ on the sewing accessories.

Fabrics: Swafing

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