Bernina World of Sewing

A World of Stitching at Your Fingertips!
Oak Park Shopping Center    6013 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC 27612-2601 Raleigh Phone:  (919) 782-2945   Hours:  Mon-Sat 10-5,Sun 1-5	Wilmington: 4403F Oleander Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403 Wilmington Phone: (910) 769-2775    Hours:  Mon-Sat 10-5

Welcome!   New fabrics are arriving daily! Come by and let us stir your imagination.  Your creative muse is just waiting for you.  Our classes are many and varied and we are sure you will find something to inspire you!  We are a full service quilting store with over 4,000 bolts of quality cotton fabrics and the full line of Bernina products.  Our knowledgeable staff has over 100 years of combined sewing experience with Bernina sewing machines.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

News Psst.... Machine Sale in-store Availability and Prices will never be better than NOW. Machine availability is a challenge - however, we continue to have great machines for you to try; call or eMail us with a request for a sit-together time at the store. Phone: 919 782 2945 eMail: TryBeforeYouBuy at Bernina World of Sewing dotcom Are you heading into using Trial Version of BERNINA Embroidery Software V9? If so and want to share some experiences-of with me, please browse this Web page, below. FQTIO. What, you ask, is that? Well- FQTIO is: "Favorite Quilt That I Own". We need ten Participants for distributing prize gift-certificates -- and, as of now, we have just eight. If this may be of interest to you, please take a look at: FQTIO Webpage In-Store Weekly Specials Jan. 24 - 30 End of Bolt Sale 20% Off When Buy All Fabric on a Bolt Our Bernina Studio Now is in Full-Swing for Classes and Events. Questions/Comment? - eMail us at: send mail to: BerninaStudio at Bernina World of Sewing dot com To go directly to our Web calendar, click below: Class/Event Calendar

Have a GREAT start to 2022! January 2022 is Here and We Look Forward to it: With You Now -thru- February 28 Free Gifts with Purchase of B800 Plus or B 790 Plus Purchase a BERNINA 880 PLUS or a BERNINA 790 PLUS and receive: XL Machine Suitcase XL Module Suitcase BERNINA Embroidery Bundle Box 50% off MSRP on BERNINA Embroidery Software V9 Financing Opportunities (ask, for particulars) 48 months Thru Feb. 28 January Foot of the Month BERNINA Sew-on-Foot #18 25% off in-store For Sewing on buttons and hooks The rubberized sole holds the button firmly in place For 5.5 MM and 9 MM Machines If you have questions at his time, please eMail us at: send mail to: CurrentSpecials at Bernina World of Sewing dot com With improving-each-week machine-arriving inventory this Fall, it will be a great time to purchase a new machine. A good step in your moving forward with this event would be for you to fill out the pre-buy Webform at: Some matters to keep in mind....

Recent Fabrics Five of the most recent fabrics that we have added to the store and to the online site include: (Click on the following to see some of the selections in a large-sized image. To see all the fabrics, go to our online site using site navigation at the top of this page). From The Heart - EESchenck 100% Cotton $11.60 Per Yard From The Heart Web Shopping Flora And Fauna - andover 100% Cotton $12.25 Per Yard Flora And Fauna Web Shopping Partyline - Blank Quilting 100% Cotton $12.25 Per Yard Partyline Web Shopping Starlight Gathering - moda United Notions 100% Cotton $12.49 Per Yard Starlight Gathering Web Shopping Ambrosia - EE Schenck 100% Cotton $11.99 Per Yard Ambrosia Web Shopping To see more selected Just-Arrived fabrics, click on: Coming Soon! Stay tuned for Availability Kit: Moonlight - Wilmington Prints, Featuring Wilmington Batiks 95" x 95" Quilt Sonja has completed the Store Sample at the Raleigh store; stop by and see it. The Kit will soon be available for ordering. Ready for Quilting Completed Questions? eMail us at: send mail to: StoreSamples at Bernina World of Sewing dot com Owl Arabesque - Quilting Treasures 100% Cotton $11.60 Per Yard Owl Arabesque Web Shopping Hoot Stars Pattern and Kit Web Shopping Hoot Stars 47" x 47" Wall Hanging Sonja has completed the Store Sample at the Raleigh store. It was fun to see the Wall Hanging come about. Questions? eMail us at: send mail to: StoreSamples at Bernina World of Sewing dot com A reminder: We have a good selection of fabrics in our "Inventory Reduction" area that are marked 30% (at least) off. We have also selected panels in this area. Fabrics are added to this Sale area regularly as we aim at keeping the number of fabrics in this area at a sufficient level to make room for new fabric that is currently arriving and on the way! Stop by and check-out the Fabric Sale area.

Special Events, Sales and More Stay tuned for information - However: Always know that the store has the LATEST information. Stop by!

Interested in Embroidery Software? Specifically - BERNINA Embroidery Software V9 Give it a Look / Try Before you Buy Now: Free Trial via BERNINA USA Website SOON: Purchase - at our store: Bernina World of Sewing, Raleigh or Wilmington Comment from Webmaster: If you are interested in a work-in-progress example of my using the V9 Trial Version software, go to: bwos Webmaster's BERNINA Embroidery Software V9 Work-in-Progress Example Questions/Comment? Just send me an eMail: BerninaEmbroiderySoftware9 at Bernina World of Sewing dot com and I will get back to you. Special note: The above is not intended as a QandA "service" - as I use V9 I will have no/little knowledge and experience-with other versions of embroidery software. Sorry! If you have questions about any of the above, please eMail us at: send mail to: BerninaEmbroiderySoftware9 at Bernina World of Sewing dot com BERNINA Toolbox Are you headed down the path - or, You are thinking about heading down the path - or: You have been down the path in the past and did not continue the path for some reason - Of: Embroidery Software? Let's try the BERNINA Toolbox soon. Priced right, with a free 30-day trial available: Now. For information, go to the BERNINA Website at: BERNINA USA Website for Toolbox Information Don't hesitate to let us know how your progress goes and if there is something we can do to assist you. We look forward to working with you. If you have feedback, please eMail us at: Any questions or comments, please: send mail to: BWOSToolbox at Bernina World of Sewing What The Example Worked With - If interested-in, See Pointer-to, below. We used Toolbox to: Modify a previously-digitized design's information for stitching out "just" the 3" Star for use in a quilt piece being created during our store's Quilt Along 2021. The 3" Star will be stitched on the project's Background fabric (trimmed to 3 1/2") for placing into the four-outer squares of the 4th-month borders of the Quilt Along project. (Click on the Following to see): Webmaster's July 2021 Toolbox Example

Upcoming Classes NOTE: Please visit the store's official Website at: Store Classes and Events For the latest. Thank you. Please be aware that the IN-STORE Calendar is the only official calendar! Don't hesitate to call the store (919 782 2945) or, of course, stop by the store - for the latest information. ---- BWOS Calendar: (Note the class Location is color coded) Raleigh and Wilmington ---- ---- If you have any questions or otherwise, please: send mail to: Webmaster regarding classes at Bernina World of Sewing ----

Our Store's BERNINA Machine Mastery Videos Have you bought a new BERNINA 4 through 7 series and need help getting started?  Do you already have a BERNINA 4 through 7 series and need a refresher on sewing or embroidery?  Then check out our YouTube channel for some BRAND NEW videos showing you the ins and outs of operating your sewing machine.  Topics include:  Machine Mastery, Introduction to Machine Embroidery, and Machine Maintenance Basics.  And our very own Ann, Stephanie, and Sylvia are featured in these videos sharing their many years of experience and expertise with you. No need to lug your machine into the store for a class - it's all on our store YouTube channel. Stay tuned: We plan on additional videos, including a Bernina 3 series Mastery Video coming soon. For our store's Machine Mastery videos via a Web page that points to the on-YouTube videos, click on the following:

BERNINA L890 Overlocker Truly a revolution in Overlock and Coverstitching One-Step BERNINA Air Threader Intuitive operation via touch screen Fast, precise & quiet Extremely convenient Total Stitch Control for more information via the BERNINA Website, go to:: L890 Info on BERNINA USA Website BERNINA L860 Overlocker Overlocker with color touch screen One-Step BERNINA Air Threader Easy on-screen stitch selection Convenient freearm Total Stitch Control Grand sewing space for more information via the BERNINA Website, go to:: L860 Info on BERNINA USA Website BERNINA L850 Overlocker The ultimate Overlocker One-step BERNINA Air Threader Extremely fast, precise and quiet Convenient freearm Total Stitch Control for perfect seams Grand sewing space for more information via the BERNINA Website, go to:: L850 Info on BERNINA USA Website BERNINA USA L8 Series Press Announcement Aug 11, 2020 If you have questions about the above, please call the Raleigh store: 919 782 2945 or eMail us at: send mail to: L8Overlockers at Bernina World of Sewing dot com

We look forward to seeing all your beautiful work.

Note: You MUST be pre-registered to participate in the monthly Gatherings. Just "Show-Ups" the day/evening of the Gathering will not be allowed. Sorry!

Those who signed up and are participating in the Gatherings have been contacted via eMail. For those participating and have been contacted, the next in-store session for the Daytime Gathering is: Tuesday, 10:00am - 4:00pm February 15, 2022 at the store's Bernina Studio and the next in-store session for the Evening Gathering is: Monday, 5:00pm - 8:30pm February 21, 2022 (note this one-time change of day-of-month) and is also held at the store's Bernina Studio. Again: Please do NOT show up for the Gathering if you have not been contacted. Sorry!

If the Gathering is full and you wish to be placed on the Wait List for either of the Gatherings - or, to be notified if an opening comes about a Gathering, please send mail to: GatheringInfo at Bernina World of Sewing dot com

Current Month Summaries

2022 Daytime Gathering January-thru-May's project is a Blooming 9-Patch using the pattern inspired by the book: Tradition With A Twist Book By Blanche Young & Dalene Young Stone and/or supplemented by a class handout developed by Sonja. We had an absolutely perfect “First Gathering” Day at the Studio after two years of Zooming, etc. Everyone was excited and ready to start this project’s Blooming 9-Patch quilt.  It was fun to see everyone’s color combinations, talking to friends that we had not seen in awhile – and getting to know the new members of the group.  Wonderful. The new Studio works well; everyone had their own table with “social distancing” and the sun peeking through the window was an extra bonus. I look forward to seeing you in February if not before. Sonja

2022 Evening Gathering Using patterns from the Calendar: the ART of the QUILT 2022 By Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio Our first Evening Gathering of 2022 was held on Monday at the new Bernina Educaton Center.  We had a great turnout and everyone commented on the spaciousness and the great lighting of the new space.  We listened to the Classic Rock station on Pandora, and Joan happened to have her dancing shoes on and broke out into a dance to the BeeGee's.  A couple of members brought their Feathered Friends quilts to show, and everyone got a good start on their modern quilts from their "Art of the Quilt" calendar.  Our February meeting was scheduled for Feb 14 (Valentine's Day)  so we decided to delay one week in case any of us happen to be invited out to dinner.  Amy

For more information about the 2022 Gatherings, go to the following Web page: Our 2022 Gatherings Web page and BLOG pointer The most-recent Comment added to the Gathering BLOG was: January 15, 2022

Archived Gatherings:

Just go to: Archived Gatherings Web page.