artista 730E, 640E, 640, 630E and 630

The artista 730E comes with 855 stitches including 267 decorative, 27 practical, 31 quilting, 9 alphabets, 10 buttonhole styles, 111 sideways motion stitches and a basting stitch program. 11 presser feet come standard including the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR). The 9mm stitch width makes your stitches larger and more dramatic. Stitches can be sewn in any of the 11 needle positions giving you complete control of each stitch. The Cool Fluorescent Sewing Light gives optimal visibility while sewing on all fabric colors. A Start/Stop button allows you to sew with the touch of a button, instead of a foot control, when doing freemotion quilting with the BSR. The slide on embroidery module is easy to attach. 100 designs and 10 built-in alphabets come standard along with 3 hoop sizes - Large 255x145mm, Medium 130x100mm and Small 72x50mm. A USB stick loaded with designs and memory for saving additional designs is also included. With the automatic thread cutter and built-in needle threader, changing colors is fast and easy. The multi-function knobs help you infinitely scale, position and rotate designs or scroll through the onscreen tutorial. A separate bobbin winder motor allows you to wind bobbins while you stitch out your embroidery. USB technology allows you to interface with your computer through Bernina Embroidery Software and save designs to a USB stick in the ART format. Purchased designs from Bernina, OESD or Great Notion design collections in USB format can be plugged directly into the machine for easy embroidering.
 

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The artista 640E includes all of the wonderful 640 sewing features and opens up the creative world of embroidery. The slide on embroidery module is easy to attach. 90 built-in embroidery designs and 7 built-in alphabets come standard, making it easy to personalize your embroidery projects. The automatic thread cutter and built-in needle threader make changing color fast and easy. The multi-function knobs help you infinitely scale, position and rotate designs or scroll through the onscreen tutorial. A separate bobbin winder motor allows you to wind bobbins while you stitch out your embroidery. USB technology allows you to directly interface with your computer through Bernina Embroidery Software or save designs to a USB stick, making it easy to create your own embroidery or edit existing designs to add a personal touch.
 

The artista 640 comes with 570 stitches including 234 decorative, 27 practical, 28 quilting, 5 alphabets, 8 buttonhole styles and a basting stitch program. The 9mm stitch width makes your stitches larger and more dramatic. It’s 9 standard presser feet are designed to get perfect results from any sewing application. Stitches can be sewn in any of the 11 needle positions giving you complete control of each stitch. An automatic thread cutter perfectly trims your threads at the end of stitching or a buttonhole or decorative stitch. A Start/Stop button and slide speed control allows you to sew with the touch of a button instead of a foot control, which is particularly helpful when doing free-motion with the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR) an optional attachment for the artista 640. The multi-function knobs make sewing easy by adjusting stitch length and stitch width as well as bobbin winding speed.
 

The artista 630E includes all of the wonderful 630 sewing features and opens up the creative world of embroidery. The slide on embroidery module is easy to attach. 70 designs come standard, giving a wide selection to choose from. The 5 built-in alphabets make it easy to personalize your embroidery projects or monogram that special gift. With the automatic needle threader changing color is fast and easy. The multi-function knobs help you infinitely scale, position and rotate designs or scroll through the onscreen tutorial. A separate bobbin winder motor allows you to wind bobbins while you stitch out your embroidery design. USB technology allows you to interface with your computer through Bernina Embroidery Software and save designs to a USB stick in the ART format. Purchased designs from Bernina, OESD or Great Notion design collections in USB format can be plugged directly into the machine for easy embroidering.
 

The artista 630 comes with 480 stitches including 188 decorative, 27 practical, 25 quilting, 4 alphabets and 7 buttonhole styles. Stitches can be sewn in any of the 11 needle positions giving you complete control of each stitch. 9 presser feet come standard, with the ability to use over 70 optional feet including the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR). The Start/Stop button and slide speed control allows you to sew with the touch of a button instead of a foot control, which is particularly helpful when doing freemotion or using the BSR. A personal program allows you to store all your favorite or most used stitches in one easy place. Each stitch can be adjusted by stitch length, width and needle position to truly make it yours. The multi-function knobs make sewing easy by adjusting stitch length and stitch width as well as bobbin winding speed.

aurora 440QEE, 440QE, 430E and 430

The aurora 440QEE includes all of the wonderful 440QE sewing features and opens up the creative world of embroidery. The slide on embroidery module and direct computer interface make it easy to customize designs with the Editor Lite software. Editor Lite includes 65 embroidery designs, 19 quilt designs and 5 built-in alphabets. Quilting with your embroidery hoop is a real time saver, only you know you didn’t do it stitch by stitch. The 440QEE comes with a Large Oval hoop (10” x 5.7”), however 3 optional hoops are available - Small (2 7/8” x 2”), Medium (5 1/8” x 4”) or Mega (15 3/4” x 6”). With the built-in needle threader, changing color is fast and easy. A separate bobbin winder motor allows you to wind bobbins while embroidering.
 

The aurora 440QE was created with the Quilter in mind, providing quilting stitches and presser feet to make your next quilting project a breeze. There are 379 stitches including 124 decorative, 21 utility, 32 quilting, 3 alphabets and 7 buttonhole styles. Nine presser feet come standard including the 1/4” Patchwork foot, Walking foot and Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR). Stitches can be sewn in any of the 11 needle positions giving you complete control of each stitch. Stitch memory stores up to 90 stitches making it easy to create quilt labels. A Start/Stop button and slide speed control allows you to sew with the touch of a button instead of a foot control which is particularly helpful when doing free-motion with the BSR. An exclusive time saving feature like Temporary Altered Stitch Memory, stores altered stitches in temporary memory, allowing you to toggle between stitches without having to reset them each time. The knee activated presser foot lifter (free hand system) allows you to keep your hands on your project at all times for easy pivoting with appliqué and turning corners.
 

The aurora 430E includes all of the wonderful 430 sewing features and opens up the creative world of embroidery. The slide on embroidery module and direct computer interface make it easy to customize designs with the Editor Lite software. Editor Lite includes 65 embroidery designs and 5 built-in alphabets to personalize your embroidery projects. The 430E comes with a Large Oval hoop (10” x 5.7”), however 3 optional hoops are available - Small (2 7/8” x 2”), Medium (5 1/8” x 4”) or Mega (15 3/4” x 6”). With the built-in needle threader, changing color is fast and easy. A separate bobbin winder motor allows you to wind bobbins while embroidering. The USB technology makes it easy to use purchased design collections from Bernina, OESD and Great Notions to expand your design library.
 

The aurora 430 comes with 283 stitches including 104 decorative, 20 utility, 18 quilting, 2 alphabets and 6 buttonhole styles. Stitches can be sewn in any of the 11 needle positions giving you complete control of each stitch. Stitch memory stores up to 60 stitches making it easy to create quilt labels. A Start/Stop button and slide speed control allows you to sew with the touch of a button instead of a foot control, this is particularly helpful when doing free-motion with the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR) an optional attachment for the aurora 430. An exclusive time saving feature like Temporary Altered Stitch Memory, stores altered stitches in temporary memory, allowing you to toggle between stitches without having to reset them each time. The knee activated presser foot lifter (free hand system) allows you to keep your hands on your project at all times for easy pivoting with appliqué and turning corners.

activa 240, 230 PE and 220

The activa 240 is fully loaded with 256 stitches including a basting stitch, 5 buttonhole styles, 10 quilting stitches and 3 alphabets. The Free Hand System, standard with the 240, allows you to lift your presser foot when needed without lifting a finger, giving you full control of your fabric in all sewing applications. The long term buttonhole memory and automatic buttonhole function remembers your selected size and allows you to repeat as many as you need, all as perfect as the first. The “Dial-a-Stitch” technology makes it easy to select the stitch you want from home dec scallops to dainty flowers. The perfect choice is there to personalize any project. The front load CB bobbin system gives you precision stitches every time. The DC motor with 2 motor speeds provides instant action the minute you start or stop sewing. 7 presser feet come standard with the 240, however all 70+ available Bernina feet and accessories can be used.
 

The activa 230 PE is geared to the Quilter with its presser feet selection and stitches. It offers 204 stitches including a basting stitch, 3 buttonhole styles and 10 quilting stitches.  The 2 built-in alphabets make it easy to create that special quilt label. With the “Dial-a-Stitch” technology it is easy to select the quilting stitch you want for appliqué, stippling or hand look quilting. Having 2 motor speeds allows you to slow down the machine when sewing intricate areas. The 9 needle positions allow you full control of any stitch for perfect appliqué or attaching binding. Seven presser feet come standard including the 1/4” Patchwork foot for perfect piecing every time. With 70+ optional feet and accessories to choose from, you can have the perfect tool for any technique.
 

The activa 220 is a great entry-level machine for someone just beginning to sew or one who wants to add a machine to travel with or take to their next sewing retreat. It offers 118 stitches including a basting stitch, 2 buttonhole styles, 5 quilting stitches and a block alphabet. This simple computerized machine with it’s “Dial-a-Stitch” technology is like dialing a telephone, making it easy to select the stitch you want. The front load CB bobbin system makes it easy to change thread color and gives you precision stitches every time. 2 motor speeds allow you to slow the machine down when needed giving you full control of your sewing. Five presser feet come standard making it easy to get started with any basic sewing application, however all 70+ Bernina feet and accessories can be used with this great little machine. 

Bernina Embroidery Software

Bernina v5 Designer Plus Embroidery Software is packed with new features. Hundreds of ready-to-stitch designs and 60 alphabets are included. The new Multi-hooping feature allows you to stitch out large designs and the software will automatically give you set points to line up each hoop as you go. Only Bernina has the ability to do Advanced Appliqué making it easy to add appliqué to parts of your embroidery. Advanced Monogramming gives you several options to choose from and the ability to create your own monogram borders to add that special touch. Create your own embroidery quickly and easily using the many manual digitizing tools. No detail has to be compromised. Fancy and texture fills, holes, candlewicking, lacework, blackwork, textured edge fill, stipple fill, wave effect and create pattern fills are just a few of the digitizing features packed in this fabulous software. Powerful lettering tools like elastic lettering, baseline and justification options, reshape and kern individual letters, change individual letter color, and remove lettering overlay allow you to have full control when adding lettering to any embroidery project. With v5 you can easily remove overlaps, resequence by color, rescale in picture mode, add tie in/off and closest join stitches making your digitizing capabilities limitless. The design may call for Sulky thread, however you have Isacord in your stash at home. No problem, simply match thread color with 1 simple click and all colors in your design change from Sulky to Isacord in seconds.

Bernina v5 Editor Plus Embroidery Software is so simple to use with it’s many editing and customizing tools. It has hundreds of ready-to-stitch designs and 55 alphabets to choose from.  On one screen you can edit, add lettering and customize your embroidery, if you change your mind, simply go back to the design and change all or any of it you prefer, no hassle with having to start over from the original file. Do simple auto-digitizing with the magic wand and simple line artwork. Tutorials are built in for added practice along with the on screen manual making it easy to learn the technique to complete your project. Lettering and simple monogramming is a breeze. Open and save designs in many formats allowing you to work with designs to fit any embroidery machine.

v5 Update to Editor Plus or Designer Plus Embroidery Software is for anyone who would like to add all of the v5 capabilities to their next embroidery project. Simply by purchasing an update box and with a dongle transfer, anyone with v1 or v2 Customizer-Designer, v3 Editor-Designer Plus or v4 Editor Lite-Designer Plus can easily update to v5 in either level of this fabulous software.

Sergers

The 1300MDC is Bernina’s top of the line serger. With the exclusive new Micro Thread Control (MTC) knob, you can fine tune over-edge thread length to perfectly adjust every seam for tight, clean results. Only Bernina has a handwheel position indicator to help easily convert from overlock to coverstitch. This 5 thread serger gives you the ability to do a 2 needle narrow, 2 needle wide or 3 needle coverstitch giving your project that professional finish. There are 24 stitch variations built-in and 4 presser feet are standard, giving you the stitches and tools to complete any project. The LCD screen displays your stitch selection, needle position, cutting width, tension settings, stitch length, differential and more. All your settings are visible, you can even save personal settings. The patented swing-out presser foot allows full visibility when threading needles. Accessories like tweezers, screw driver and needles are stored neatly in the looper cover. Threading is easy with the lay-in tensions and color-coded threading paths and diagram.

The 1150MDA comes with the exclusive Micro Thread Control (MTC) knob you can fine tune over-edge thread length to perfectly adjust every seam for tight, clean results. The automatic built-in needle threader, lower looper threader, lay-in tensions and color-coded threading paths make threading a breeze. Three & four thread overlock, rolled hem and 2 thread chain stitch combinations are easy to set with the flow chart included in the manual. Differential feed gives you nice flat seams on all types of stretchy fabrics. Three presser feet are standard, giving you the ability to feed elastic or do a blindstitch. The accessories you use the most are easy to store in the looper cover, just open the front cover and there they are ready to access.

The 800DL is a great entry level serger with differential feed and stitch length knobs on the right side of the machine for easy adjustment. rolled hem and other stitch selections can be done quickly and easily. The lay-in tensions and lower looper threader make it easy to thread. The sliding tension dial is great for fine tuning your tension adjustments when using decorative threads or wooly nylon. A standard serger presser foot comes with the machine, however other optional feet are available to allow you to add elastic, gather ruffles and add beading or piping. This little serger is a great addition to any sewing room to help speed up the construction process or add a special touch of flatlocking. 

The 009DCC is a coverstitch only serger. Differential feed makes every coverstitch hem lay nice and flat with all types of stretchy fabrics. The stitch length adjustment knob is found on the right side for easy access. An automatic lower looper threader and color-coded threading paths make threading fast and easy. Since the machine is always set for a two needle wide coverstitch, it is ready to add a professional hem to your next project.