Comments on: Bernina 440 QE: Button Hole Tutorial

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:52:12 +0000

Please help?!!!!

My daughter and I have followed your instructions religiously and attempted at least 50 buttoholes but for some reason after we set the length and the machine begins to sew back up towards starting point it just keeps sewing – backwards, backwards, backwards! It won’t sew the first bar tack let alone the remainder of the hole. The screen shows that it’s sewing the bar tack and then the second bead but it’s not, it’s just sewing straight backwards. Any ideas? (Machine has just recently been serviced)

By: robyn

robyn — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:20:17 +0000

I don’t find the stitch length buttons to be an inconvenience at all, but I know old habits can die hard

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:45:10 +0000

Will I miss the ball dial on the 180 to change stitch length if I get the 440 with a button to change the length,etc?

By: robyn

robyn — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:29:30 +0000

Never used a 180, but the 440 is a true delight! If you buy a 3 year old classroom machine (which has probably gotten good use!) I would bargain with them to get it well under $2000. Good luck if you go for it! Let us know how your decision turns out

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:20:42 +0000

I have a Bernina 180—10 years old. I have the opportunity to buy a quilt shop 440qe that has been used for 3 years as a classroom machine—-$2225. Do I really want to get rid of my 180???

By: embroidery punching

embroidery punching — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:46:44 +0000

totally agree with karen

By: karen shortell

karen shortell — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:56:09 +0000

Wow!!! thanks for this tutorial. I have never seen anything as detailed and helpful as this. You should write a book and sell it for money!!! I know that anyone who has read any of your tutorials would buy it. I sure would.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:06:38 +0000

Thanks for the post. I am trying to see the different buttonholes advertised on Berninas but the straight one seems to be the main one shown. By the way–a buttonhole should be a tiny bit longer than the button is wide, to allow for easy buttoning and unbuttoning. To make it exactly the length of the button is usually only for decorative buttonholes.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:39:49 +0000

My buttonhole foot doesn’t seem to be working properly. The first bar is fine and, when I press the reverse stitch button, the straight stitch goes back, but then the stitches still just keep going back instead of finishing the buttonhole. Is it something I’m doing or do I need to replace my 3A foot? Can they be repaired?
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By: Estelle

Estelle — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:59:46 +0000

I have a 440 QE , using the 3A foot. First time trying to make a buttonhole and was hoping to automatically make the keyhole one, as I have about ten to make on a duvet cover.

I guess I don’t understand their thinking at Bernina.

I thought I could just punch in “No. 14″ and it would move along and do the automatic buttonhole.

Mine, however, does the first side up and down, including the keyhole, and then just stays at the top and makes a knobby knot. ?????How do I get it to move from the left side auto blinking?? Reading your tutorial, it sounds like I have to “make my own” keyhole one first,but I can’t even get it to do that. and THEN I get to make all the other automatic ones? Is that how it goes? Thanks for the help.