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From John

Happy Thanksgiving!  As we are composing this email, Nancy and Judy are both home Cooking, and Arthene, Robert, Twilah and I are minding the store!  It has been a very busy month, with several new products being introduced.   I am expecting my first shipment of KOALA SEWING STUDIOS to arrive at any time.  KOALA is making their Furniture in Chicago, and it looks Great.  Come in soon, and you’ll see what I mean.  The SERVICE DEPARTMENT says they have been very busy lately, keeping your machines in great shape, so there is currently about a 2 week wait on service and repairs.  They are working as hard as they can to keep up and will get your machines out as soon as possible.
Don’t miss the Holiday Open House on December 10th.  In place of BERNINA Sewing Clubs during December, we have a party with refreshments, specials, and activities for you and your sewing friends.  Plan to come by and visit with your BERNINA friends!
Best Wishes for a Great Holiday season!
John Ramsey

Charlotte Hickman teaching at the Quilt Show

She will be at the OKC Winter Quilt Show on January 14th(#WOK-15 Renaissance #1 Second Floor) teaching a class called Picture Perfect Floral Design. Here’s a summary:

Since flowers are Charlotte’s specialty, she will guide you in making of an easy applique floral wall hanging using specialty stitches on the Bernina sewing machine.  Charlotte will provide the original pattern and kit.  The kit will contain all that you will need; come and enjoy making this beautiful flower that can be finished with binding or placed in a frame.

The kit fee is $15 and you need to bring to class a rotary cutter, cutting mat, paper scissors, fabric scissors, seam ripper, 24″ ruler, and a fabric marking pencil.

The class itself is $45.00 and is from 9:00AM to 12:00PM.

Dear Customers,

Nancy, Judy, and I just returned from BERNINA University, our dealer conference, in San Fransisco. The city was great, the restaurants wonderful, and there were many new things to see and learn about. The new Bernina software and cutwork accessory are just two of them. Bernina Embroidery Software Version 6 is scheduled to arrive about the time you are seeing this, and we will have been through training on it as well! It is fantastic, with many new features, and is much easier to use! Be sure to check out the new Cutwork accessory for BERNINA embroidery machines! Cuts in single or multiple layers, for cutwork, quilting, and scrapbooking shapes too!

July marked the 1 year anniversary of the introduction of the new Bernina 830 sewing/embroidery system! It has been exciting! Now, Bernina has introduced the ultimate quilting and sewing machine, the Bernina 820! The 820 has many of the same features as the 830, including the Bernina Dual Feed. We have them both, in stock and ready to fullfill your sewing dreams!

Back in 1986, my dad was the proud recipient of the Bernina Top 5 Dealer award. This is a national award for recognizing excellent sales and customer service performance. Now, 23 years and a lot of work later, we have earned this award again! I have to say a grateful thanks to my loyal customers and employees for making this recognition possible. This is truly one of the highlights of my Bernina career.

Thank you!

John Ramsey

Martha Sheriff

Martha is not new to teaching but she is new to our group of specialty class teachers here at Bernina.  To welcome her we thought we would introduce her properly.

Martha has been sewing almost all her life.  Before she could actually use the machine, she played in the button box on the bed as her mother sewed up beautiful dresses for her and her sister.

In 1976, Bea Ramsey was teaching a free-motion embroidery class at Ramsey’s Fabrics in Edmond.  Bea got Martha hooked on this intriguing process.

In the 80s when Martha’s sister asked for help with her new business in commercial embroidery, Martha quickly said “Yes!”.  For over 20 years Martha has been involved in the commercial embroidery business while still sewing along the way.  Because she is so inquisitive and wants to know how and why things work the way they do, she found herself at the forefront of technology in the business.  She made machines and software do things people didn’t think they could do.  She learned what products needed to be used to achieve the best looking embroidery.  Soon people in the industry started asking her for advice.  She has written many manuals for embroidery software, equipment, supplies and coauthored two books.

Martha has recent left OESD and is venturing in to some new avenues of the sewing and embroidery industry.  She is presently going to school full time to learn how to help develop websites for sewing businesses.  She and her daughter have a business, Madcow Creationz.(Mothers and Daughters Crafters of the World)