This new quilt is called Floral Elegance. It’s a beautiful set of designs that I am confident you will enjoy stitching. The embroidery design collection can be found here. And the original quilt as designed by Judy Nowicki is shown below.

This is the original design. However, I am making some changes. Big surprise, huh? ;) I am inserting a center medallion, enlarging the entire quilt, adding a few decorative stitches and moving design elements around a bit. Therefore, the designing process is taking a bit longer than my desire, but it is getting there. Below I have a few photos from what I’ve stitched and am still in the process of designing.

I am stitching my blocks on ivory satin in shades of purple, but of course, you can choose your own fabric and colors. I’ve stitched this block on fairy frost fabrics which I absolutely love using and it’s just as beautiful!

The class start date is March 1st! All the class info with fabric requirements, kits, schedule, etc. will be available by February 1st. As with my previous online classes, this will be a monthly class that will take a year to complete. You’ll learn more valuable stitching techniques in addition to creating another heirloom quilt to add to your collection!

So mark your calendar for March 1st to being a brand new and exciting quilt!

Wow! I’m amazed at what Internet technology allows us to do! Did you know that Bernina offers webinars on their website teaching you about different techniques on embroidery software, different models of machines and lots of different projects?!?!?! Do you know that that means? You can sit at home, in front of your computer and learn new stuff that your software or machine can do!! Yay!!! In fact, right now, I’m listening/watching a embroidery software lesson on applique–it’s great!

Now, the software and machine classes are showing you techniques and features on Bernina machines, but many of the same functions are very similar to other machines, so even if you don’t own a Bernina, you can still gain from watching these webinars. You can see the list of webinars being offered at berninausa.com and you’ll receive the latest news if you’re signed up for Bernina’s newsletter list. One of the even greater things is that these webinars are usually scheduled for one day, but at several times that day. AND they are live! Which means as you are watching and a question pops in your mind?? Simply use the email link in the webinar window and ask your question! How great is that?!

But sometime those times don’t always match our schedules or you’ve registered and it’s totally slipped your mind until 50 minutes already into the webinar! So, guess what?! Those webinars are archived for two weeks to two months on Bernina’s website so you can watch them later at a time that works better for you!

And the even better thing about these webinars? I can watch those while I’m doing something else! Ummm, hmmm….if you’re a multi-tasker (and let’s face it, who isn’t?), it’s a perfect solution for squeezing one more thing you want to do into a day!

Isn’t the online world great?!

The Latte Quilt Lessons on DVD are up and coming! Pre-order now for a special discounted price of $129.99! Sets will start shipping November 1st!

The Latte Quilt is an embroidered quilt pattern that is a timeless heirloom with its elegant embroidery and decorative stitches. Although Kerrie Hay provides instructions in her book, the Latte Quilt, for completing the project, it’s always helpful to stitch the quilt as someone is leading you through it step-by-step. This DVD is an additional tool to her book to give you the confidence to complete this quilt. Every area of creating the quilt will be covered, from picking out fabrics to the quilting, binding and label!

Fabric cutting and preparation.
Print embroidery templates.
Easy hooping techniques.
Embroidery design stitching tips and placement.
Helpful hints for decorative stitches.

This series of 12 lessons consists of written handouts with clear illustrations in addition to step-by-step instructions on DVD to assist you in completing this quilt project! Plus revised embroidery designs with added placement stitches making it simple to stitch each block!

Anyone from a novice to advanced machine embroider will find it easy to stitch this quilt with these lessons! If you’ve found this quilt intimidating before, fear no longer! With Serena’s onscreen directions showing you how to complete each step, you’ll be stitching block after block in no time!

As an added bonus, discover Serena’s favorite products for machine embroidery and her own tips and techniques she has learned. You will gain loads of information that you can use with many other projects.

After teaching two online Latte Quilt classes and many requests from you, I’m making available to you the exact same lessons on DVD!! You will have access to everything on this series of 8 DVDs just as though you were taking the class! Plus you’ll also receive a bonus cd with ALL my written instructions that you can print for yourself AND my revised embroidery designs for the quilt with added placement stitches! In addition to all that, this set also includes Kerrie Hay’s Latte Quilt Book and embroidery cd! You’ll have all the tools you need to complete the quilt!

Pre-order now for a special discounted price of $129.99! Sets will start shipping November 1st! Order your copy before the November 1st deadline to save $50! Sets will ship in the order received.

Set includes:
8 DVD discs with onscreen videos
Bonus cd with written instructions & revised embroidery designs
Latte Quilt book & original embroidery cd

Get your Latte Quilt DVD set today and start stitching!

A quick update over the last couple of months….May was an exciting month, of course! I was thrilled to be marrying my husband, Luke, on the 21st. What an incredibly, fast and wonderful, exciting day! Then we flew to Hawaii for a week for our honeymoon, which was a fun-filled journey! Next up? We packed up ALL my stuff (business and office included), drove to Colorado and then unpacked it all. And then I spent weeks really, truly unpacking. But that was a fun process! :)

And now, what you’re really wanting to see? I know, wedding photos. :) Keep scrolling. You’ll see them. :)

I know you’ve all been wondering about classes and when I’m going to start the next quilt class. I’m getting final details together on that and will be making an announcement in the next couple of weeks. Also, the Latte Quilt class DVD is just about ready, so stay tuned for that as well. I know you’re waiting and it’s coming…..soon, soon, soon! :)

And now….for pics…..here you go! Enjoy! :)

Oh….one more thing. Name change. Still the same person whether you are seeing Serena Smith or Serena Nabeta. ;)

Getting ready….:)

Outside park photos! :)

My adorable flower girls and ring bearer!

Bridal party

Yes, we were happy. Very happy!

Photo credit to Heartland Photography.

Have a blessed start to the summer!!! And keep on stitching!!
Serena

I had a ton of fun matching different ribbons with different sets of ribbon! I found some combos that stitch together beautifully and others that just don’t quite “go”. You know those….;)

Here’s a few fun photos!

love those decorative stitches!

magnetic snap!

fun closure!

love the striped bias binding! :)

Plus be sure to check out the new product section–there’s some brand new inventory that you haven’t seen listed before!! Check it out here!

Be sure to take a peek at these items….
Hardanger Embroidery Designs
Chantilly Lace Ensemble by Michelle’s Designs
Bronze Fairy Frost
Blizzard Fairy Frost
Brand NEW Lamour Satins

Thank you for your patience over the past week!

I’m working to correct this error and sort through orders just as fast as I can, but I can only get through so many orders at one time. If you believe there has been an error or duplication with your order, you can drop me an email. I am double checking orders as I’m sorting through and processing each one to ensure each item and amount is correct. And that you are being charged the correct amount; if there is an error be reassured that it will be corrected or refunded to you.

If you have questions regarding your order, feel free to drop me an email, but it may be a while before you get a response. I’m working on orders/emails as they come into me. And as of right now I’m still on yesterday’s list.

Right now online ordering has been disabled. I will send out an email when all is back up and running again! Hopefully soon!

Thank you for your patience in this!