Bernina Sewing
Bernina sewing machines have been a favorite in the garment sewing and quilting community for years. The company continues to keep both groups in mind as they come out with new technologies.
One of the popular features of the Bernina machines that keeps sewers coming back model after model is the knee lift.
This feature allows you to lift the presser foot and lower the feed dogs with just a nudge of your knee, so you can keep your hands on your fabric.
Imagine how handy this is in machine quilting, constructing garments of more slippery fabrics, and even when sewing patches on children’s uniforms! Quilters, especially, love this feature.
The newer machines have even more features that impress even long-term Bernina sewing lovers.
One such feature is a touch screen control panel that allows you choose stitch lengths, types, etc. all in one place.
The onboard computer even remembers which stitch settings you’ve been using, so if your garment or project requires you to switch back and forth between zig zag and straight, for instance, the machine will remember which stitch lengths and widths you’ve used recently.
Another feature that people like is the Bernina foot pedal. Their pedal is larger than many others in the industry, so it doesn’t slide around as much. And, true to the tradition of letting you keep your hands on the fabric, you can use the back part of the pedal to raise and lower the needle in and out of the fabric.
It takes some getting used to, this ballet of foot on the different parts of the pedal while the knee controls the foot and dogs, but Bernina sewing aficionados claim it’s a very short learning curve, and the time it saves in just a short while using it more than makes up for the initial awkwardness.
It may seem like a small feature, but some of the Bernina machines also have the ability to begin sewing right after inserting the bobbin – it automatically picks up the bobbin thread!
Bernina sewing seems to pride itself on all these little features that add up to a lot of saved time and ease of motion.
