Jeff is the best in the industry. I had my old 830 in the shop here in Colorado Springs and they could not seem to fix it. I contacted Jeff, he told me what to do...even with pictures. I did it and it was fixed in no time. Wonderful and knowledgeable bernina mechanic. Recommend him to everyone.
Good practical information. I would add something that I think I heard you say once. Before you change your needle, cover the hole in the stitch plate with something (I use one of my leaders) so that a loose needle doesn’t fall into the machine.
When you got to not sewing something too thick, it reminded me of the day I accidentally sewed my small cutting mat to the back of my quilt. My older Bernina sewed it to the quilt just fine, but it did make a strange thumping noise while sewing. The stitches were so perfect, I needed to use my seam ripper to remove the mat from the quilt. Machine sewed just fine after.
Thanks Jeff! Even if we know most of these rules, it never hurts to hear them again. We depend on you to keep us on the "straight (stitch) and narrow!"
Thank you for your always helpful information. I especially appreciate your explaining the reasoning behind your instruction. It definitely helps me remember to do things the correct way. 😊
I teach basic sewing skills and at my workplace we have several different brands of entry level machines. Bobbin mix up was an issue until I eventually thought to use a Sharpie and actually mark the bobbins (yes I know, I'm slow!) as to the machine they fit, and also write this along the front of the machine.. Even then people are lazy and would rather try and cram an already full random Class 15 bobbin into a drop in bobbin race rather than wind a new one. It's one of the very first things I tell my students, to use the correct bobbins and use decent quality needles and threads. It's a constant uphill struggle though, other people besides myself use these machines for other classes and I'm constantly having to trouble shoot them for the simplest of issues.
Thanks for all the info. I’m hoping you can kind of direct in a direction to go in with a small issue. I have an older Bernina Artista 185 ( my first machine)! I have it serviced regularly and clean it after every 3 projects. It is suddenly developing an issue with skipped stitches on zigzag only. No other stitches seem to be a problem. I’ve cleaned, oiled, changed needle, and changed thread. It will zigzag for 4-5 stitches and then skip, zigzag 4-5 stitches a day skip (continues on this way). Any idea what I might look at to fix? Appreciate any advice you can share with me.
I don’t know the why for my answer, but if I leave the foot and needle down on my Bernina 570QE when I turn the machine off, the next time I turn the machine on, I get a picture on my screen that seems to indicate that I need to put the needle and foot up before the machine will finish booting up correctly..
@@Carol_Sews the machine needs to find its starting position and instead of just turning itself which could hurt or damage it wants the operator to turn it to position.
