Comments on: Bernina Aurora 440 QE: Free-motion Quilting – Part 2 of 2 – The BSR!

By: robyn

robyn — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:54:58 +0000

Natalie, I’m so glad the BSR post was helpful to you! Any pictures of what you used the BSR to create? Always looking for new inspiration!

-Robyn

By: Natalie Price

Natalie Price — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:21:12 +0000

I have had my 440QE for several years and am just now getting to using it. I was trying to use the BSR and could not get BSR active symbol to appear so typed into Google “Bernina BSR active symbol does not appear” and bingo, here I am and have spent the whole afternoon on your site. Thanks so much for the great presentations, pictures and all. And thanks for telling me what the manual did not!!!

By: jo

jo — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:05:19 +0000

My dealer is replacing my stitch regulator! Problem solved!

By: jo

jo — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:23:11 +0000

My stitch regulator wires have come loose. Has anyone else had this problem?
What did you do to fix it?

By: Anne Greene

Anne Greene — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:08:15 +0000

All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. I have only had my QE 440 a little over a month and there is a lot I still need to learn as I have never had a sewing machine with a computer before. You answered a very basic question I had about getting the BSR into mode 2. When I get the time I am going to read everything on this website.

By: Vicki F

Vicki F — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:07:18 +0000

The BSR is skipping stitches. I have changed tension, and needles. Nothing is working. The quilting is going fine, then all of a sudden it skips stitches. I am quilting a “string” quilt, and there are spots where the quilt top is thicker (due to seam allowances) than in other areas. But the skipping doesn’t seem to be related. I just can’t figure this problem out. Any suggestions

By: Pam Taylor

Pam Taylor — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:05:07 +0000

Hi Robyn!
I love your tutorials! My hubby just bought me the 440 qe for our 30th anniversary/Mother’s Day present. It’s hard to explain how exciting it is to get a new (beautiful) sewing machine! You captured how I feel perfectly. I’m waiting for my machine to show up (hurry Mr. Postman!). Your “unwrapping” photos were so fun!
I do have a question for you… I bought the embroidery module to go with my 440 and I was wondering what laptop I should buy to go with it. I am a teacher and I own an awesome new MacBook, which will not work with my 440 . I would prefer to not spend huge $$$ for a new laptop. So what would you suggest? Thanks Robyn! Pam

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:02:09 +0000

Thanks so much for your informative tutorial. Just got my 440 and spent ages last night trying to get the bsr to work. Found the manual very hard to follow and was getting very disappointed. Have followed your instructions and its working like a dream. Bernina should definitely employ you to write their manual. Very interesting discussion too.Thanks again.

By: robyn

robyn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:56:49 +0000

Thanks Kathy! I read that Bernina article just now, and I can’t wait to try it. I like their approach of trying different stitch lengths and balancing so you can see the differences. Maybe a more systematic approach will help me to see its magic!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:03:03 +0000

You mentioned the scales icon that is for stitch balancing. I was curious about it too, so I checked the Bernina site. It is used to calibrate the feed length for various fabrics.

They showed an example of manipulating the stipple stitch to look more like one you would do freehand. See here:
http://www.berninausa.com/faq_detail-n239-i2174-sUS.html

I’ll have to try that out. BTW, you do great tutorials!