Bernina!! Yes, you heard right, I’m shopping for a Bernina sewing machine. I know, I’ve been a confirmed Pfaff girl forever, and even my mom said “But you don’t like those machines, I thought!” when I told her. So here’s the deal: Pfaff machines have always done what I wanted without fuss, and done it better. However, when I tried the new Bernina 440 at the Museum workshop with Diane Gaudynski, it had some features that I really liked that Pfaff doesn’t have.

I’ve been thinking about that dratted machine ever since, plotting and planning how to get my hot little hands on one SOON! I really can’t justify another machine at the moment. No way. But I can sell one of the ones I have so I can get the Bernina that will get used more! I have a Pfaff 2124 embroidery machine that I bought two years ago in the States when I went on a machine embroidery kick, and despite the fact that I have absolutely everything that goes with it to make it truly wonderful, it just doesn’t get used enough. I think I’ve actually used it about five times all told. So here it is, up for sale:

Pfaff 2124 sewing machine with embroidery attachment included
Pfaff creative 3D Software Suite
creative smart card station
Personal smart card
creative Grand Hoop
creative Round Hoop 120mm
all original accessories and packaging included

Software modules included in creative Suite:

creative 3D Embroidery
creative 3D Vision
creative 3D Organizer
creative 3D Stitch Editor
creative 3D Design Splitter
creative 3D Digitizing
creative 3D Font Digitizing
creative 3D PictureStitch
creative 3D Cross Stitcher
creative 3D Stitch Artist
creative 3D File Assistant
creative 3D Fabric Decorator

Retail on all of the above is about $4500, but I’m letting it go for $2900, and all of it’s barely used. Interested? Shoot me an email, and we’ll chat! If you’re not in Germany, don’t despair, I can ship the whole kit and kaboodle to you!

**UPDATE** Sold!

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It’s National Quilting Day on Saturday, March 17th! What will you do to celebrate? Here’s a few ideas:

Visit the National Quilting Association website to find out more about National Quilting Day. Visit the Virginia Consortium of Quilters for a list of Games for National Quilting Day (these would be great for a quilt retreat too!).

Go to a quilt show! Check out the Dallas Quilt Celebration, The Cabin Branch and Stone House Quilters Quilt Show, The Glendale Quilt Guild Quilt Show, The Broward Quilt Expo, The Seaway Trail Foundation’s Quilt Show, or The Quilters Anonymous Quilt Show, just for starters. If you’re in my area, check out the Gussy Goose Craft Shop’s Quilt Show! Yes, despite the fact that the big spring bazaar is going full steam this weekend and the parking situation is madness (more than the usual madness at Patch Barracks!), the Gussy Goose is open, and presenting their annual Quilt Show.

Can’t get there? Grab some friends and have a Quilting Bee! Visit your LQS and buy fabric to start a new quilt project, then spend the rest of the weekend quilting! Or, get out a UFO or WISP (I know you have them!) and quilt all weekend so you can make some progress.

At the very least, snuggle up under a quilt and watch a movie like How to Make an American Quilt or read a book like The Quiltmaker’s Gift with your child.

What will I be doing? Hangin’ out at the Gussy Goose, presenting machine quilting demonstrations, signing books and CD’s, and then later, hosting a Quilt ‘til You Wilt with my quilting buddies until the wee hours on Sunday! I’ll also be machine quilting a UFO: an Irish Chain quilt that I pieced for a class a few years ago, and I marked it and started the quilting while I was in the States with Dawn for the Gaudynski workshop (I’m showing a sneak peek of the quilting that I already have done here). Whatever you do for the day, stop back by and share!

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So, it’s that time again, and this year, it’s the big 4-0 coming up this month. Now, despite the fact that I told DH exactly what I wanted some time ago (it’s a car thing, not a quilt thing, so don’t be surprised when you look at it!), he still looked at me across the dinner table the other night, and asked “What do you want for your birthday??” GRRR. Should be pretty obvious why I usually just buy what I want when I want it. Why wait?

On the other hand, I was really excited when an unexpected package showed up in the mail from my friend Liz! Liz went to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show to see her quilt that was in the show! She started this quilt when she lived here in Germany after taking a class with the Black Forest Quilt Guild, I think, and I’m so happy that it’s finished and she took the plunge and entered it into Mid-Atlantic!

I can’t for the life of me remember what she named this quilt (sorry Liz!), but it’s beautiful! edit: She named it City Lights. This was her first entry into a major show, and it’s so cool that she was able to go to the show to see it there. It’s so exciting to see your own quilt hanging in a show with so many other beautiful ones. Oh, and the package? She shopped while she was at the show, of course, and here’s what she found for me:

I love it! Liz always knows just what I’ll like! These batiks are so yummy, and I LOVE variegated threads. These just may find their way right into my next project! And check out the card:

Now THAT is cool! Definitely one of my favorite things to do: shopping! The card is dimensional, with lots of different textures and gizmos, like the little handles on the shopping bags. Thanks Liz!

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