Its Competition Time At Bernina Chatswood

It h It has been a while since we have held a competition for our Bernina Ladies at Chatswood. So we feel tha that with all our faithful members and the ever increasing number of new members that the time has come to i to inspire you to embellish a project of your choice. We are keeping the idea open to appeal to all sewers, be it apparel, home furnishings and more. The project must be made and embellished by machine.

All All entries must be labeled and received by Wednesday the 30th June by 5.00pm. All entries will be pla displayed in the store to be judged by a representative from Bernina Australia. 1st 1st prize Merrylock SP 1000 embellishing machine valued at $499.00.

Attention ALL Bernina 820 and 830 Customers

Please check the website for a second update available for your machine. It is always advisable to keep updates current in order to get the maximum benefits from your new sewing machine. Simply go to www.bernina.com/downloads, click on the English flag and download onto an empty Bernina USB stick and follow the instructions.

Attention all Bernina Artista Software Owners

Version 6 software update will be available February / March. So check it out. New features include:

· CorelDraw essentials 4

· 500 new embroidery designs

· Automatic digitizing

· Specialty stitch effects

· Quilt Block Design Program and much more.

Check out the website for further information.

Year 12 HSC Textiles Major Works

Bernina Chatswood has sponsored year 12 students at Davidson High School and sent Julie along to judge the major works for 2009. Julie was overwhelmed by the variety and standard of students work. It came down to three projects 1 apparel and 2 textiles wearable arts pieces. After careful and agonizing thought, the textile wearable arts piece by Sacha Lorge was awarded a Bernette 92c sewing machine . Come in and see this great piece of work which incorporates so many fabric embellishment and manipulation techniques. Come in and be inspired for our competition.

Bernina Club Benefits

We have recently had many new members joining, so for your benefit we will outline what Bernina club can do for you.

Our club session times are listed above and we do ask that you ring and book in so that we can make sure the numbers are even for each session.

Bernina Club membership is only $55. You can join at any time and your membership is a full 12 months from that date. Membership entitles you to 10% discount off all accessories, threads, needles & haberdashery every day of the week.

On club day we have extra specials for you and 20% discount off items & accessories relevant to the project for that month. Each month we demonstrate a new technique or a project for you to try using lots of different sewing feet and accessories to stimulate your interest and help you get the most out of your sewing machine and overlocker. Meetings are friendly & informal and you will find yourself forming new and lasting friendships.