Books by Mary Lou Nall

Just Needling With Bernina. Double needles! Five Sizes! Single and Double Wing! A Triple Needle! Where does one use them? How? Threading? Complicated? Simple? A few simple rules and the special needles become common place. This book is intended as an introduction to special needles. The possibilities are up to you!. Get a supply of needles, use good thread, use your imagination and start creating!

Eyelets With Bernina. The Bernina English Eyelet Embroidery Kit enables us to sew machine eyelets that rival fine hand stitched eyelets. It will stitch six sizes, from tiny baby size to one big enough for heavy lacing. By experimenting with machine patterns, decorative eyelets are possible. Eyelets are smart and elegant and are proper on everything. Baby Clothes, Linens, Sports Wear, Sports Equipment, and Crafts. It is a simple, easy procedure. Three eyelets for practice and you are a pro.

Handlooms With Bernina. If you do Heirloom Sewing you will use "Handlooms". Handlooms are the beautiful embroidered insertion strips that you see set into a yoke, sleeve, skirt or bodice. A wide variety of lovely handlooms are available and can be purchased by the yard. Why not create your own Handloom? Your Bernina will help you make your own, very personal originals. Not only will your pattern be your own... You can have any color you like. Purchased Handlooms usually are found with ecru or white background fabric. By making your own, you can have Robin's egg blue, baby blue, sunshine yellow or any other of the wide range of colors. Handlooms are possible with all Bernina models. A hand embroidered look can be created with the decorative stitches on the 730, 830 930, 1030 and other manual Bernina's. The 1130, 1230, 1530 and 1630 offer an even wider variety with the stitch patterns, mirror image, double stitch, memory storing and endless combination possibilities. Have Fun!

Heirloom Sewing with Bernina. There are three ways to do Heirloom Sewing: By hand, by machine and by Bernina. The wonderful Bernina, with it's wide variety of presser feet; the stitch selection and combination possibilities, let you get exactly the look you want; the hand made look, a nd in a very short length of time. Heirloom sewing can be achieved with any Bernina model. The manual models, 730, 830, 930 and 1030 will do all the basic techniques and some handlooms that look hand embroidered. The 1130, 1230 and 1530 with more designer stitches and programming possibilities allow a wider range of creativity. Practice a little, make your samples, believe you can do it. If you have a Bernina you can do Heirloom sewing and do it beautifully. This book is only a beginner primer. The possib ilities are endless. Happy Heirloom Sewing!

Foot Book - I with Bernina. The number of feet available for the Bernina expands it's capabilities to the limit of one's imagination. Each foot is created for a special purpose. That purpose can be extended to many other techniques. This book will explore a few of the possibilities. As you a quaint yourself with each foot you will discover other uses. This book is an introduction to some of the optional Bernina presser feet. Your sewing time will be more productive and more professional if you will spend a little time getting to kno w the accessories. Happy Footwork!

Foot Book - II with Bernina. Foot book - II will introduce you to some more of the wonderful Bernina presser feet. The ideas are only a hint of the possibilities. The versatility of the optional Bernina feet will expand the realm of creativity only to the limit of you imagination. En joy!