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Finished embroidered hand towels created in the Quilt Direct BERNINA Studio using the BERNINA 700 Embroidery Machine

Creating Embroidered Towels Using the BERNINA 700


Katherine Letherby
Personalised embroidered towels are a beautiful project and a brilliant way to get the most from your BERNINA 700. In this step-by-step guide, our BERNINA Studio team at Quilt Direct walks you through everything — from stabiliser choice and hooping towelling fabric to loading your design and achieving a crisp, professional stitch-out.
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A pink and white heart-themed quilt hanging on a wall alongside a matching heart cushion, sewing notions, and pink roses on a table, set against a pastel purple and blue background with watercolour hearts and the Quilt Direct logo

Learning to Quilt: Our First Half Square Triangle Project


Charlie Avent
Three members of the Quilt Direct team set out to learn quilting from scratch. Their first project: half square triangles, triangles-on-a-roll, and a race to finish a Valentine's Day quilt on the BERNINA Q20. Here's how they got on.
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Finished embroidered cat cushion made by a complete beginner at the Quilt Direct BERNINA Studio in Tavistock

A Complete Beginner at the Quilt Direct BERNINA Studio


Katherine Letherby

Alexandria had never picked up a needle in her life. A few hours at the Quilt Direct BERNINA Studio later, she'd made a personalised embroidered cat cushion for her friend's newborn babay girl. This is her story.

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Children making a Halloween window garland in the Quilt Direct BERNINA Studio using the AccuQuilt GO! Halloween Medley die

Spooky Halloween Fun in the BERNINA Studio


Katherine Letherby
A half-term holiday tradition at Quilt Direct - Katherine invited the team's children into the BERNINA Studio to make a spooky Halloween window garland using the AccuQuilt GO! Halloween Medley die.
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