Bernina Sewing Machine Presser Feet & books (Unfinished)
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| BERNINA ACCESSORY TRAY SPECIAL PURCHASE WITH ORGANIZER INSERTS these are relatively rare, because not many people could afford these luxurious sets for storing the Bernina presser feet, but if you invested in these incredible presser feet, you might as well have a great organizer to keep them easily accessible, so you can find the right presser foot, when you need it. For a dressmaker, costume sewing, any professional or couture sewing, this is almost ESSENTIAL to save time, and keep these precious tools readily available. (I purchased all of my Bernina machines, feet, and accessories second hand, when they were replaced by computerized machines, which required the NEW Bernina presser feet) |
Bernina created a presser foot system which is quickly changed, in as little as 3 seconds, with 1 hand! A tiny lever is lifted up, the presser foot top is fitted over a tiny metal cone, and the two little prongs on the front, hold it in place, while you tighten the little lever, to lock the presser foot solidly in place.
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| Left 2 are Bernina old old style. Right foot is old style, notice 2 narrow front prongs, or "pins" |
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| Left foot old style, 2 narrow prongs, 2 shoulders, this is the Bernina snap on presser foot shank which came with the 1008. Right foot with pink numbers, notch in center back, is new style. |
The earliest style of these Bernina presser feet are referred to as "old old style", or "ancient style" (depending on who you ask, lol!), but the early feet had two fat prongs at the top front of the foot, and these were for the 500, 600, 700, 800 series, and they even fit the 900 series models, but they will not fit the 1000 and higher models. These early feet often had a number engraved in the top front of the presser foot, to help identify them, some eventually had a white panel on the front, with a number written in black at the top of the white part, identifying each presser foot. These presser feet were made for models which only sewed up to a 4mm wide zigzag stitch, if I remember correctly. Some only have a single needle hole, like the lap hemmer foot, so you MUST position your needle properly, before beginning to sew.
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| Bernina OLD OLD STYLE FEET Notice that the two top prongs illustrated are FAT, the biggest identifier for early old old style Bernina presser feet. Some feet had numbers engrated at the top of the shank, others only had a single, double, or triple red painted line (Foot adapters to allow use of ruffler and binder, as well as other low shank presser feet). Notice the illustration here shows how the bottom of some presser feet are hollowed out, to allow cording, buttonholes, or zigzag satin stitches to feed more easily. Each unique foot was designed and created for special sewing techniques. The old old style of feet, usually only have one tab, or "shoulder", which was for the lever to attach them securely to the machine. |
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| Bernina's OLD STYLE presser feet fit everything from the 500 to the 1630, but fit the models from the 930 to the 1630 the best, having a wider zigzag needle opening, for the wider zigzag of the newer models. I believe it was 5 mm versus the earlier 4 mm Feed dogs and presser feet are wider for these models. |
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| Bernina Accessory Tray with the lid on. It has a pop up handle in the middle for easy carrying. |
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| This is actually the bed extension for the freearm 1000 to 1630 models, and includes the newer style of embroidery/darning hoop, which only fits the free arm beds of these Bernina models, the hem guide, seam ripper, cleaning brush, seam guide for attaching to the backs of each presser foot for parallel rows of sewing, and a buttonholer presser foot usually were a ccompanied by a small clear plastic bottle of sewing machine oil, with a red cap. A try for presser feet, sits on top of this organizer area, and has room for the needle changing tool, light bulb changer, 6 bobbins, a pack of needles, and 10 Bernina Old style presser feet. |
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BERNINA FEETWORKS and other educational materials by or featuring Bernina presser feet and classes! I purchased mine secondhand, on Ebay, and they still hold extremely high values due to so many people wanting them! Even the OLD Bernina educational materials are incredibly informative, and the special techniques can really raise your sewing to a couture level, if you want that quality of sewing in your repertoire!
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| Spring loaded hopping Bernina darning and quilting, free style embroidery presser feet in the Old style with the narrow prongs at the top, these feet have numbers engraved at the top, to help identify their special purpose. Note that besides the two narrow prongs at the top front, there are 2 tabs, or "shoulders" at the sides of the top of the presser foot. This was added to make it easier to hang the presser feet in the special organizers, and to help identify them as unique from the old old style, which only has a tab or shoulder on one side of the top of the presser foot, for securing the foot to the machine, using the lever. |
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| Bernina old style roller foot with the seam guide for guiding parallel lines of quilting or decorative stitches |
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| Bernina Old Style hopping darning foot #9 with a special D shaped opening |
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| Bernina old style walking presser foot. This has the 2 top narrow prongs, but it fits not only the old and old old style models of machines, it fits models 1000 to 1630, best, having a wider presser foot base, to fit the wider feed dogs, and wider zigzag needle opening, of these newer models. There are 2 seam guides to attach to the back of the walking foot, which can assist in guiding parallel rows of sewing and quilting. |
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| Bernina 830 shown with the knee bar for raising the presser foot hands free, the extension table, pedal, and cord, the Bernina accessory tray which was a special purchase, and you could purchase the individual racks or trays, to insert, which organized your presser feet, bobbins, needles, and other specialty Bernina presser feet and accessories. Walking foot in it's box, the extension bed organizer tray for the 1000 to 1630. This is the set I sent to my older sister, who does MUCH more specialty sewing than I do, so I felt the 830 and all of these treasures would be put to much better use, with her, since I still have a Bernina 731 and 910, I sold my sister the 830 which I had planned to keep as my "forever machine", I had even replaced the motor brushes, polished the commutator, and serviced the machine, with that in mind. |
Bernina had EXCELLENT educational materials available for their sewing machines and presser feet, FEETURES is so popular, the set still sells for anywhere from $50 to $150 for the 3 original spiral bound books, with instructions and photos for each specialty presser foot, giving tips on how to use it to it's best advantage.
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| Bernina Feetures set about how to use the various special presser feet, and several of my other favorite sewing books, which help you identify various presser feet, how to use them, and how to sew all kinds of special techniques and fabrics (this is a TINY fraction of my sewing book library!) |
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| Bernina Feetures books, volumes 1,2, & 3, as well as the Bernina Serger Technique Reference Book, another Bernina Footworks notebook, which I have filled with not only the original Footworks papers, but some stitch samples from some classes, and newsletters which teach a variety of other sewing techniques, and how to use special presser feet, attachments, and needles. |
A Former Bernina service technician is sharing their Google hard drive full of Bernina manuals for free online, hopefully it will stay available, without anyone messing it up-
Bernina Manuals Free to print
Bernina Manuals Free to print
