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  • 4 Tips for Unpicking Sewn Stitches

    4 Tips for Unpicking Sewn Stitches

    It doesn’t matter how experienced of a sewist or quilter you are—you will, at some point, need to rip out stitches. Unpicking stitches has very little to do with skill level, experience, or the number of years you’ve devoted to working on your BERNINA machine. Mistakes are inevitable, and the most practiced quilters and sewists

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  • back to basics: Sewing a perfectly straight line

    back to basics: Sewing a perfectly straight line

    Today we’re reviewing one of the core basics of quilting and sewing—sewing a perfectly straight line. It is an essential skill that every sewist and quilter has to learn, and even for practiced pros, it doesn’t hurt to get a little refresh! There are two big factors that influence the lines you get:  Keep consistent

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  • Taking care of your sewing machine

    Taking care of your sewing machine

    No matter how much you use it, your sewing machine is a tool that is helping you to do a job. Just like any other tool, your sewing machine needs to be maintained and cleaned on a regular basis in order to keep it running at peak effectiveness. You can do most of the maintenance

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