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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 7:27:23 PM
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Hello to you all tonight....... I just bought a Bernina 180 with the whole embroidery shabang on it. I'm having an anxiety attack. I've driven an old Viking for 20 years that goes forwards and backwards with a straight stitch. I don't even known how to thread this new thing.
Any recommendations on how to learn to use this. It's beautiful and it's a Bernina so I'm very excited but I'm kind of having buyers remorse because it's so fancy. (I have a treadle machine too)
I bought it off of craigslist for a killer deal and it appears to work great, the woman I bought it from was overwhelmed also with trying to use it.
Any websites, ideas?
"life is drab without a lab"
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 8:40:01 PM
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Did it come with a owner's manual? Guide? If not, might try Ebay and get one if you can find one. If it were me, I'd take a class from a Bernina dealer if you've got one available. It would put me over the edge to muddle through since it will do so much. I a Googler and that's where I would start. I would Google the model and owner's manual. I'm sure there's a Yahoo group for that machine and they'd be a real wealth of knowledge too.
Lucky find! Enjoy it girl!
Jami in WA
Farmgirl Sister #266
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 9:16:02 PM
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| you are one lucky lay! bernina is to me the mercedes benz of sewing machines! i have dreamed of owning one for years! peace connie in alaska |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 9:53:00 PM
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Hey Connie, just home from Fairbanks, the sun was actually shining there! We went bird hunting......
"life is drab without a lab"
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 10:22:09 PM
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| hmm we have had 2 days of sun in the last few months. you must have been here for very short hunting trip! peace connie in alaska |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2008 : 10:38:37 PM
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Hey it looked pretty sunny to me there this week! It was up to 70 degrees, I didn't feel that all summer here! jo
"life is drab without a lab"
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eskimobirdlady
True Blue Farmgirl
700 Posts
connie
fairbanks
ak
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 09:23:17 AM
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| of course the only 2 warm days we have had were the ones that we were trying to cut up caribou! peace connie in alaska |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
3003 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 2:58:54 PM
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I don't suppose you have any availability to classes where you are.
That would be my first suggestion, but since you got it off Craigslist, it doesn't come with any "backup" unfortunately. :(
Keep googling "Bernina" ~ email them for suggestions and explain your dilemna. If they have any kind of customer support, I'd think they'd want to keep you faithful to the brand.
 http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ BLOG
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 8:02:00 PM
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there should be a tutorial book you can get that takes you step by step through your new machine. a bernina dealer might be able to order you one and perhaps you could call and get them to order it and send it to you? Just a thought to try. beverley
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett
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girlwrangler
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Sheri
Lincoln
Montana
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2008 : 8:24:10 PM
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Jo,
I've had 2 180's - so I can walk you through just about anything you have questions on.
I also have a very good friend at a dealer so I can get you a manual.
Let me know how you want to get started!
I emailed you privately too!
Sheri |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 09:00:17 AM
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Lucky you!!!!! I have had a Bernina 930 for 20+ years. At the time when I bought it I too felt like it was too fancy but it has served me well. I would go to a dealer and ask them for help. When I bought mine they gave me classes on how to use it and then also had other classes on embroidery and other sewing classes. I found the dealers to be very helpful. Happy sewing. They are the Mercedes Benz of the sewing machines in my book. 
http://www.bboopster.blogspot.com
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2008 : 10:58:04 PM
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I picked it up today! It's so awesome, I just love it....... jo
"life is drab without a lab"
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 12:06:18 AM
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Congrats on the Bernina...check with your local sewing machine dealer if you have closeby..they always offer classes to get you up and running. Bernina is a wonderful machine..you'll love it once you realize all the great functions that it offers.
Hugs…
Stephanie
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