Bernina 5 Series, Workbook

Page 1: ...ion granted to copy and distribute in original form only Content may not be altered or used in any other form or under any other branding my BERNINA Embroidery Workbook Embroidery Machine Basics For all current BERNINA and bernette models ...

Page 2: ...hread 7 Stabilizers 8 Hoops 9 Hooping 11 Hoop Calibration 12 Accessing Designs 13 Trace Check 15 Virtual Positioning Absolute Check 16 Motif Center 17 Basting Boxes 18 Customizing Designs 19 Stitching a Design 20 Embroidery Sequence Control 22 Moving Rotating and Duplicating 24 Rescale and Mirror Image 27 Saving Deleting Designs 30 Lettering 32 Changing Letter Height 35 Changing Letter Spacing 37 ...

Page 3: ...ng and assist you in achieving success in all of your embroidery endeavors Once you have completed the exercises designated for your BERNINA machine keep this workbook as a reference guide as you use your machine and explore the creative possibilities it affords BERNINA of America strives to provide its customers not just with quality sewing machines but with informative publications and classes Y...

Page 4: ...mbroidery Machine Remove the sewing table to the left side Move the feed dog control to lower the feed dog b Insert the embroidery module connection into the machine connection port Push lightly until the module clicks into place Insert the plug into the embroidery module connector of the machine aligning the arrow on the plug a with the arrow on the machine b deco 340 Tips Always provide sufficie...

Page 5: ...e arm Slide module on from left until lugs engage in base plate Removing Module Remove cable plug from sewing embroidery computer Lift module slightly do NOT use the embroidery arm to lift the module slide the module to the left BERNINA 750 QE 770 QE 780 790 880 Embroidery Module Attaching the Module Place the machine on a flat surface such as a table or countertop sturdy enough to support the wei...

Page 6: ...cago deco 340 Needle Use the proper needle for the thread and fabric being used insert a new needle for each project Needle should be in the highest position when attaching the hoop to prevent snagging fabric and or bending the needle Straight Stitch Plate Reduces flagging of fabric resulting in improved stitching Standard accessory for B 780 790 880 790 Optional accessory for B 560 580 750 QE 770...

Page 7: ...the stabilizer resisting any adhesive residue Titanium needles are often gold colored and should be changed after 90 000 stitches Change your embroidery needle every 2 3 hours or about every 50 000 stitches This may seem frequent but remember how fast your embroidery machine runs and how many times that needle has to go through the fabric and through layers of stitches and stabilizer compared to r...

Page 8: ...stabilizer in the commercial embroidery market Does not break down under dense stitching due to the high fiber rather than paper content Excess stabilizer is trimmed away after stitching leave about of stabilizer around the edges Remaining stabilizer continues to support stitches throughout life of garment project Stabil Stick is available as a cut away stabilizer Available in fusible and non fusi...

Page 9: ...ll hoops come with template for centering designs on projects Mega Hoop 150mm x 400mm approximately 5 9 x 15 8 Jumbo Hoop 260mm x 400mm approximately 10 3 x 15 8 Large Oval Hoop 145mm x 255mm approximately 5 7 x 10 Medium Hoop 100mm x 130mm approximately 3 9 x 5 1 Small Hoop 72mm x 50mm approximately 2 7 x 2 Attaching and Removing BERNINA Hoops When attaching hoops seat the frame securely Release ...

Page 10: ... lock in place Large Hoop B 140mm x 200mm approx 5 5 x 8 Medium Hoop A 110mm x 126mm approx 4 25 x 5 Free arm C 50mm x 50mm approx 2 x 2 Round Hoop F Large Hoop 110mm x 170mm approx 4 5 x 6 7 Medium Hoop 100mm x 100mm approx 4 x 4 Attaching and Removing Chicago Hoops Raise the presser foot Place the embroidery hoop under the presser foot To attach the embroidery hoop slide the hoop connector into ...

Page 11: ... FABRIC when tightening the screw on the hoop Hooped fabric should be taut but not stretched or distorted Place template into hoop to ensure that the design is centered in the hoop Remove template before stitching Note There are finger holes to facilitate easy removal of the small and medium hoop templates special attachment clips are included with the Large Oval Mega and Jumbo hoop templates to f...

Page 12: ... holders attached lay the template on the fabric and calibrate Having fabric in the hoop takes the play out of the field when using the template with nothing hooped BERNINA 560 580 750 QE BERNINA 770 QE 780 790 880 B 560 580 750 QE 770 QE 780 790 880 Touch Setup Program icon Select Embroidery Setting option Select Calibrating Embroidery Hoop icon and desired hoop Place embroidery template into the...

Page 13: ... internal memory Lettering Choice of 3 fonts 2 and 3 letter monograms Design Cards USB Stick Toggle between built in designs and personal saved designs Chicago 7 Selection screen comes up automatically when machine is turned on and the embroidery module is attached Built in Designs Built in Lettering USB Stick Use the right left arrow buttons to select the desired choice and press the OK button ...

Page 14: ...t in motifs and 12 alphabets Alphabets Fonts Personally Saved Designs Built in Designs Library of all Sewing Stitches 560 580 750 QE 560 70 built in motifs and 4 alphabets 580 100 built in motifs and 7 alphabets 750 QE 70 built in motifs and 4 alphabets Alphabets Fonts Personally Saved Designs Built in Designs USB Stick USB Stick Built in Designs Personally Saved Designs Alphabets Fonts USB Stick ...

Page 15: ... The carriage will return to the starting position after tracing and the screen will return to the previous display B 560 580 750 QE Check Check confirms stitching area of the selected motif Select Hoop icon and then touch Check The hoop moves to lower left corner of stitching area touch OK to confirm Hoop moves to lower right corner touch OK Hoop moves to upper right corner touch OK Hoop moves to...

Page 16: ...ning icon touch Back Arrow Select a reference point on the design by touching that point on the screen of the machine The embroidery hoop moves so that the needle is positioned above the fabric in the location that the selected design reference point will stitch Continue selecting points along the edge or within the design To fine tune design placement use the Move Function Note Motif Center see p...

Page 17: ...n The exact motif center is displayed in the motif and the embroidery hoop moves to place the needle exactly over the center of the motif Touch the icon again and the first stitch of the embroi dery design is marked in the display again Center BERNINA 560 580 750 QE BERNINA 770 QE 780 790 880 ...

Page 18: ...the choice of basting around the outline of the hoop basting around the design or turning basting off A yellow outline indicates basting is activated B 770 QE 780 790 880 Touch the Needle icon to go to the stitching screen Touch the Basting Box icon toggle the icon between the choice of basting around the outline of the hoop basting around the design or turning basting off A yellow outline indicat...

Page 19: ...color changes and the entire motif will be stitched in one color If the symbol is inactive the machine will stop at color changes for thread changes On the bernette Chicago press the Single Multi Color Button on the front of the machine The onscreen indicator will show which mode is active Single Color Embroidery To stitch a multi colored design in one color set your machine to bypass color change...

Page 20: ...user to cut the thread tail After trimming the thread tail press the start stop button again to continue stitching Change thread colors as prompted onscreen When the motif is complete press the Carriage to Front icon to return the carriage to the stored position bernette Chicago 7 From the Built in Designs icon select Design 02 Jewel Flower Lower the presser foot and press the Start Stop button to...

Page 21: ...he right Design appears on the Embroidery Editing screen Touch Needle icon to go to Embroidery screen Press the Start Stop button to begin stitching Change thread colors as prompted onscreen When the motif is complete touch the green check B 770 QE checkered flag B 780 790 880 From the Built in Designs folder select the folder and design as referenced to the right Design appears on the Embroidery ...

Page 22: ...red depends on how many you cut out of your project Press the Cancel key then use the key in the Embroidery window to move the appropriate number of stitches back Press the Start Stop button to continue stitching deco 340 When the thread breaks the machine stops and the screen at left appears Raise the presser foot and remove the hoop snip away any excessive threads from back of the project Place ...

Page 23: ...o directly to a stitching position Touch Back icon to close display or begin stitching from this screen To resume stitching press the Start Stop button on head frame and the Embroidery screen reappears Embroidery Sequence Control B 770 QE 790 780 880 Touch the Embroidery Sequence Control icon the motif is enlarged for a better view of the exact place of the thread breakage and an Information Area ...

Page 24: ...s Move design to left and down Hold the rotate key for more than one second then use the plus and minus keys to adjust the flowers as desired bernette Chicago 7 The bernette Chicago model rotates designs in clockwise increments of 90º 1x 90º 2x 180º Onscreen duplication and combining of designs is not available on this model Select indicated motif To move the motif press the OK button first Then u...

Page 25: ...design in 1 increments using stitch width knobs or in 90 steps by touching the 90 rotate icon Select indicated motif from Built in Motifs butterfly Folder 3 Design 1 Select i or Edit icon select the Move function Using the Stitch Length and Width knobs or touch motif on screen move design to upper left of the hoop Touch Back arrow Select duplicate touch I on layer 2 touch Move function touch Cente...

Page 26: ...º and move into place TIP Using the breadcrumb navigation will allow the information menu to remain available open for during onscreen editing Move Rotate Duplicate B 880 Select Motif Folder 5 Design 18 Branch Move Motif 1 Drag and Drop to the upper left of the Oval hoop Select i and duplicate Rotate second motif 70º using the stitch width knob and move into place so that the stems at the center a...

Page 27: ...rows to move motif to the right and up arranging the four mo tifs as shown bernette Chicago 7 Select the motif 94 Deer Head Press the Resizing button on the front of the machine and the resiz ing display will open Use the arrow buttons reduce the size of the design to 80 the size will change in 5 increments each time you press the arrow button Press the OK button to save the new size and return to...

Page 28: ...elect Up Down Mirror Image Select Move function Select motif on screen and move duplicated motifs above original motifs as shown Use the Stitch Width and Length knobs to fine tune the position of motif Touch Back arrow two times and Select the Layer with All motifs no number Select i Select Move function Touch Center Touch Back arrow two times Touch Needle icon and embroider B 560 750 QE 770 QE Se...

Page 29: ...mb navigation will allow the information menu to remain available open for functions in the information screen during on screen editing Folder 5 Design 13 B 780 790 Select Motif Folder 10 Design 9 floral spray Select Hoop Selection and the Oval Hoop Close Select i and proportional rescale 90 move design left of center Select the i breadcrumb select Duplicate Select Mirror Image Left Right and move...

Page 30: ...to machine Touch the Personal Design Card Key 3 Touch File Name key to assign file name Key in file name Touch OK touch OK Deleting a Design Select Editing tab Touch Delete key symbol trashcan Retrieving a Saved Design Select Pattern Selection Window default Select from the Machine Personal Design Card or USB Stick Tabs For designs saved in the machine touch Built in Personal Designs Key 10 to tog...

Page 31: ...Insert the USB stick touch USB Stick icon in the Save screen Select the motif to be saved the embroidery motif is saved on the USB stick the Edit screen appears again Deleting a Design In the Embroidery Selection Menu select the Delete icon trashcan Select the USB Stick icon or Embroidery Machine My Designs folder Select the motif to be deleted in the opened screen In the Delete screen select the ...

Page 32: ... choose a letter Press the clr button to delete a letter To move forward or back by 3 letters press the up down arrow buttons Move the cursor to the icon at the lower right corner press the OK button to switch between upper case lower case special character and numbers symbols After editing move the cursor to the icon on the right side of the middle of the screen shown at left Press the OK button ...

Page 33: ...n with the stitched first name on the fabric touch Needle icon OK Stitch BERNINA 580 Select the Alphabet folder select desired font Enter your first name selecting upper and lower case letters as desired touch Green Check to confirm Select Hoops and select Oval hoop Touch Back arrow Touch Selection icon touch Add Motif enter last name using upper and lower case letters as de sired Touch Green Chec...

Page 34: ...case letters as desired Touch Green Check to confirm Select i and the Move Icon use the multifunction knobs to move the last name below the first name Select Hoops touch Show Grid icon 2x to activate grid Close the Hoops Window and Select i Select the Move function and use multi function knobs to arrange the lettering in a pleasing arrangement Select the lowest layer to select all motifs Select Mo...

Page 35: ... side of the display and press the OK button Press the Rescale button on the front of the machine Use the right or left arrows to increase or decrease the lettering by 5 increments from a minimum of 80 to a maximum of 120 Press OK to accept the size change and OK again to stitch out the lettering BERNINA 580 While lettering can t be resized directly on the 580 E the size of the lettering object ca...

Page 36: ...he Rescale Motif Width and Height to change the size of the lettering object In the Embroidery Selection Menu select Open New Motif select Alphabets folder select folder 1 Drifter font Enter BERNINA touch Green Check to confirm Select Hoop icon and select Oval Hoop close screen Touch i select Duplicate 2x to create 3 words total Move the text on screen by selecting on the touch screen or selecting...

Page 37: ...o create the combination This exercise involves changing the spacing between individual letters within a word The following machines have this feature BERNINA 580 780 790 and 880 BERNINA 580 780 790 880 only BERNINA 780 790 880 Select Alphabets folder select folder 1 Drifter alphabet Select Letters in Lower Case Enter bernina touch Green Check to confirm Touch the Hoop Icon and select Oval Hoop se...

Page 38: ...s moved closer together or further apart while the straight stitches under the design remained unchanged BERNINA 770QE 780 790 880 Select the Alphabets folder select folder 1 Drifter font Enter the letter B touch the Green Check to confirm Select Hoop icon and select Oval Hoop close screen Select i select the Rescale Proportionally icon and increase size of letter to 200 using the Stitch Width kno...

Page 39: ...e between each character Use the Stitch Length multi function knob to change the baseline Select Add Motif and add each of the following words one at a time selecting a desired font and using upper and lowercase choices Made to Create Select each word and manipulate the character spacing and baseline using the Letter Manipulation function Select Rotate icon for additional changes if desired To cen...

Page 40: ...s in mm Should more motifs be entered manually than will fit in the hoop the hoop appears in red Select Fit to Hoop to automatically adjust the size of the motifs so they all fit in the hoop Touch the field in the center to reset of any of these functions to reset BERNINA 780 790 880 In the Embroidery Menu select the Built in De signs Folder B 780 Select Folder 1 Design 11 B 790 Select Folder 11 D...

Page 41: ...ect the Oval Hoop Close to return to the Embroidery Edit Screen Touch i and select the Endless Embroidery icon Select Fit to Hoop and deselect the Registration Marks Touch the Green Check to confirm Touch i and select Duplicate then Mirror Image Left Right Use Drop and Drag to move the second set into place To center the combined design select the bottom grouped layer Select the Move Icon and sele...

Page 42: ... the Shaping icon Select the star shape Change size to 65 With the lock engaged the shape size is changed proportionately Unlock to change height and width independently Changing the size of the shape can provide spacing between motifs Change number of motifs to 5 Touch 90 one time Rotates each design 90 degrees selecting 90 again will provide a different arrangement Touch 90 once Touch 90 again ...

Page 43: ...sign 5 Select the Hoop icon and select the Medium hoop close Select i and the Shaping icon Select Circle 8 motifs Mirror Image Deactivate 90 Select Square Deactivate Mirror Image engage 90 one time Select Green Check to confirm Shape Designer BERNINA 880 only ...

Page 44: ... Change Thread palette icon Use the side arrows to scroll through thread colors until the desired color appears Select the color Thread colors can also be selected by color number via the 0 9 keyboard Changing Thread Brand B 770QE 780 790 880 In the Embroidery Menu select the Built in Designs Folder Select a multi color design of choice In the Colors Menu touch the Thread Color icon Use the arrow ...

Page 45: ...otate the Stitch Width knob to change the color palette of the design Adjust the brightness of the design by moving the slider at the bottom of the screen left or right The new thread colors are automatically assigned When satisfied with the new color way select the Embroidery Stitch out needle tab to stitch Use the Color Wheel function to quickly change color ways of your motifs on screen the new...

Page 46: ...ser Foot Indicator Move View of Motif Alter Characters Word Art Embroidery Sequence Control Select Hoop Move View of Motif within the Hoop Change Stitch Type Cut Connecting Stitches Security Program Stitch Plate Zoom Plus 1 5x Endless Embroidery Color Numbers Feed Dog Up Down Zoom Minus 1 5x Shaping Color Information Filling of Bobbin Add Embroidery Motif Duplicate Motif Change Thread Brand Edit R...

Page 47: ...ate Motif Color Information Filling of Bobbin Add Embroidery Motif Delete Motif Change Thread Brand Edit Rotate Motif Move Motif Move Hoop Convert Thread Brand to Another Embroidery Menu Rescale Motif in Height or Width Move Hoop to the Left Color Resequence Information Rescale Motif Proportionally Move Hoop to the Back Single Multi color Motif Back Motif Center Park Embroidery Module Embroidery S...

Page 48: ...ate Motif Color Information Filling of Bobbin Add Embroidery Motif Delete Motif Change Thread Brand Edit Rotate Motif Move Motif Move Hoop Convert Thread Brand to Another Embroidery Menu Rescale Motif in Height or Width Move Hoop to the Left Color Resequence Information Rescale Motif Proportionally Move Hoop to the Back Single Multi color Motif Back Motif Center Park Embroidery Module Embroidery S...

Page 49: ...titch Plate Needle Cancel Zoom Out 1 4x Basting Motif Hoop Presser Foot Indicator Move Motif Move View of Motif Embroidery Sequence Control Select Hoop Rescale Motif Proportionally Move View of Motif within the Hoop Cut Connecting Stitches Feed Dog Up Down Rotate Motif Show Grid Color Numbers Filling of Bobbin Alter Stitch Type Stitch Density Move Hoop to the Left Color Information Edit Mirror Ima...

Page 50: ... Menu Zoom Plus 1 5x Security Program Needle Stitch Plate Virtual Positioning Edit Zoom Minus 1 5x Presser Foot Indicator Basting Motif Hoop Embroidery Menu Mirror Image Left Right Select Hoop Cut Connecting Stitches Information Mirror Image Up Down Move Hoop Embroidery Sequence Control Back Move Motif Hoop Relocator Color Numbers Confirm Selection Rotate Motif Move Hoop to the Back Color Informat...

Page 51: ...licate Motif Zoom Plus Zoom Minus Move View of Motif within Hoop Rescale Motif Proportionally Rotate Motif Move Motif Mirror Image Left Right Mirror Image Up Down Alter Stitch Type Letter Manipulation Save Single Multi Color Motif Color Numbers Change Thread Brand Embroidery Sequence Control Edit Upper Thread Tension Embroidery Sequence Control Hoop Selection Grid Motif Center Check Hoop Motif Siz...

Page 52: ...ection Menu Delete Motif New Motif Rotate Motif Move Motif Zoom Plus Zoom Minus Move View of Motif within Hoop Rescale Motif Proportionally Mirror Image Left Right Mirror Image Up Down Color Numbers Change Thread Brand Single Multi Color Motif Edit Save Presser Foot Indicator Security Program Needle Stitch Plate Upper Thread Tension Embroidery Sequence Control Hoop Selection Basting Boxes Cut Jump...

Page 53: ...e Left Right Jog Keys Hoop Centering Mirror Image Up Down New Folder Return Carriage Rotate Motif Font Selection Image Key complete or separated by color Magnifier Letter Size small medium and large Jog Stitch Position Move Motif Letter Alignment Stitch Forward Backward Delete Motif Move Cursor Carriage to Front Save Motif Letter Delete Trace Close Upper Lower case Disable Thread Cutter OK Confirm...

Page 54: ...Go to Main Embroidery Screen Mirror Image Left Right Hoop Selection Resize Motif Rotate Motif Single Multi Color Embroidery Setup and Advanced Settings Trace Enter Editing Display from Lettering Screen OK Confirm Directional Arrow Buttons used for screen navigation and moving the motif bernette Chicago 7 Embroidery Functions Move through embroidery colors Move through embroidery stitch positions ...