Computerised sewing machine bernette model Chicago 5

Today we'll be talking about the bernette Chicago 5 computerised sewing machine from BERNINA 

The bernette Chicago 5 is conquering the world of creative sewing ! . Fulfilling your own creative desire, it will also vow you with its robust construction and its appealing youthful design.

With the bernette sublime series, we offer high quality workmanship at a reasonable price - sewing machines that meet the expectations of both young and experienced creatives. 

A few features of the bernette Chicago 5

Versatile yet easy to operate

Thanks to its ergonomically arranged direct selection keys, the bernette Chicago 5 is straight forward to operate, making sewing and quilting a breeze. Creative people will be quick to appreciate the versatility of this sewing and quilting machine, whether using it for simple alternations and repairs, decorations with a personal touch, intricate free motion quilting or free hand embroidery, or larger sewing projects. 

The bernette Chicago 5 offers a wealth of options for giving creative expressions to your own ideas. Over 404 stitch designs including 150 decorative stitches, 20 quilting stitches, 2 alphabets, and satin and stretch stitches, with a maximum stitch width of 7 mm are guaranteed to set your creative pulse racing. And thanks to the automatic one-step buttonhole and a simple threading system, all sewing projects can be accomplished quickly and easily. 

Compact and Practical 

With its compact dimensions, the bernette Chicago 5 takes up less storage space in the home - good news for all households where space is at premium. Its handy size also makes it a popular companion on your travels, or at workshops  and courses. The free arm with built in slide-on provides a practical storage space for keeping the various presser feet and other accessories close to hand. The flip top lid not only protects against dust, but has a summary of all stitches and stitch patterns on its inside for quick selection. An LED lighting system provides bright illumination of the sewing around the needle, and the built in scissors holder at the front are always ready to hand to facilitate use during the sewing process. 

Other features of the bernette Chicago 5

Full rotary hook system with drop-in bobbin system

The bobbin unit lets you  simply drop the bobbin from the top - a clever and time saving touch. The arrow making on the gripper finger ensures easy, accurate threading. The slide bobbin cover means you're ready to resume sewing in no time flat. 

LCD display and infinitely adjustable speed control

Once the appropriate stitch pattern in selected, it appears in the LCD display with the recommended default setting. The speed control allows infinite adjustment of the maximum speed. The electronic monitor control ensures uniformly strong needle - penetration power.

Infinitely adjustable stitch width

Lets you perform even fiddly tasks with precision. 

1-step buttonhole

Perfect buttonholes matched to the size of the button in no time.

Needle stop up/down

Needle automatically stops in the 'up' or 'down' position, depending on the pre-setting. 

Thread cutter

One thread cutter on the head frame and a second one built into the needle plate on the left make the cutting the thread simplicity itself. 

Free arm

Removing the extension table gives access to the free arm, which enables you to sew sleeves and other closed or tubular textiles with ease. 

Feed-dog drop

Simply move the slide to lower the feed-dog for darning and free motion sewing.

Start/Stop button 

The start/stop button lets you operate your sewing machine without using the foot control- a particularly comfortable option when sewing for any length of time.

Semi-automatic threader

Quick and easy threading of the needle in next to no time. 

7 MM stitch width

Especially handy for decorative sewing. Create attractive borders and appliques with minimum effort. 

Flip-top lid

The flip-top lid protects against dust; open it to reveal an at-a-glance summary of all stitches and stitch patterns on its inside. 

Direct selection keys

The bernette Chicago 5 has the unique BERNINA - Dial a telephone system of direct selection keys which enable quick , easy and direct selection of several different sewing designs.

Scroll function

Four scroll buttons allow for quick and easy stitch selection. 

LED sewing light 

Optimized illumination of the sewing area- especially the area around the needle. 

Experience a bernette Chicago 5 today at a BERNINA dealership near you or hop on in to the BERNINA Creative Center for a obligation free demonstration today!

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Bernette Chicago 7 Computerised sewing and embroidery machine

Today we'll be talking about the bernette Chicago 7 computerised sewing and embroidery machine from BERNINA 


The bernette Chicago 7 is conquering the world of embroidery! As a computer controlled combo - machine, the bernette Chicago 7 is the first bernette sublime model that can both sew and embroider. Fulfilling your own creative desire, it will also vow you with its robust construction and its appealing youthful design.


View our lovely video tutorial set on the bernette Chicago 7 here


The bernette Chicago 7 sewing and embroidery machine boasts high quality workmanship at a reasonable price, and will meet the expectations of both the young and the experienced creative people

As a fully fledged sewing and embroidery machine, the bernette Chicago 7 leads a double life. Not only does it make sewing garments or home decor as well as patchwork and quilting a piece of cake but by simply attaching the embroidery module, the bernette Chicago 7 is transformed in seconds into an computerised embroidery machine. Selecting embroidery mode takes you to the embroidery area, where a selection of 100 stock embroidery designs and an embroidery fonts are available. All designs can be rotated or mirrored. and additional embroidery designs of your own can be added via a USB stick. The maximum embroidery area of 110 x 170 mm allows attractive custom-embroidered embellishments to be applied to homemade or purchased garments and furnishings. Compatibility with BERNINA CutWork gives the especially creative sewer the additional option of forging ahead in another creative dimension - creative cutting! Whether it's eyelet embroidery, openwork designs or stamping, the bernette Chicago 7 will wow you with its versatility. 

A few features of the bernette Chicago 7

Versatile yet easy to use 

Thanks to its ergonomically arranged direct selection keys, the bernette Chicago 7 is straight forward to operate, making sewing and embroidery a breeze. Creative people will be quick to appreciate the versatility of this sewing and embroidery machine, whether using it for simple alternations and repairs, decorations with a personal touch, intricate embroidery, or larger sewing projects. 

The bernette Chicago 7 offers a wealth of options for giving creative expressions to your own ideas. Over 404 stitch designs including 150 decorative stitches, 20 quilting stitches, 2 alphabets, and satin and stretch stitches, as well as 100 stock embroidery designs with a maximum stitch width of 7 mm are guaranteed to set your creative pulse racing. And thanks to the automatic one-step buttonhole and a simple threading system, all sewing projects can be accomplished quickly and easily. 

Compact and Practical

With its compact dimensions, the bernette Chicago 7 takes up less storage space in the home - good news for all households where space is at premium. Its handy size also makes it a popular companion on your travels, or at workshops  and courses. The free arm with built in slide-on provides a practical storage space for keeping the various presser feet and other accessories close to hand. The flip top lid not only protects against dust, but has a summary of all stitches and stitch patterns on its inside for quick selection. An LED lighting system provides bright illumination of the sewing around the needle, and the built in scissors holder at the front are always ready to hand to facilitate use during the sewing process. 

Other features of the bernette Chicago 7

Full rotary hook system with drop-in bobbin system

The bobbin unit lets you  simply drop the bobbin from the top - a clever and time saving touch. The arrow making on the gripper finger ensures easy, accurate threading. The slide bobbin cover means you're ready to resume sewing in no time flat. 

LCD display and infinitely adjustable speed control

Once the appropriate stitch pattern in selected, it appears in the LCD display with the recommended default setting. The speed control allows infinite adjustment of the maximum speed. The electronic monitor control ensures uniformly strong needle - penetration power.

Infinitely adjustable stitch width

Lets you perform even fiddly tasks with precision. 

1-step buttonhole

Perfect buttonholes matched to the size of the button in no time.

Needle stop up/down

Needle automatically stops in the 'up' or 'down' position, depending on the pre-setting. 

Thread cutter

One thread cutter on the head frame and a second one built into the needle plate on the left make the cutting the thread simplicity itself. 

Free arm

Removing the extension table gives access to the free arm, which enables you to sew sleeves and other closed or tubular textiles with ease. 

Feed-dog drop

Simply move the slide to lower the feed-dog for darning and free motion sewing. 

Start/Stop button 

The start/stop button lets you operate your sewing machine without using the foot control- a particularly comfortable option when sewing for any length of time.

Semi-automatic threader

Quick and easy threading of the needle in next to no time. 

7 MM stitch width

Especially handy for decorative sewing. Create attractive borders and appliques with minimum effort. 

Flip-top lid

The flip-top lid protects against dust; open it to reveal an at-a-glance summary of all stitches and stitch patterns on its inside. 

Direct selection keys

The bernette Chicago 7 has the unique BERNINA - Dial a telephone system of direct selection keys which enable quick , easy and direct selection of several different sewing designs.

Scroll function

Four scroll buttons allow for quick and easy stitch selection. 

LED sewing light 

Optimized illumination of the sewing area- especially the area around the needle. 

Flexibility with USB sticks 

Benefit from the vast range of compatible BERNINA embroidery designs on USB sticks. Commercially available USB sticks can also be used to transfer your own designs from PC to the embroidery machine. 

100 fabulous embroidery motifs

Avail yourself of the 100 exclusive built - in stock embroidery designs and enjoy the fine, precise embroidering quality of the bernette Chicago 7

Special compartment for scissors

A built in holder for the embroidery scissors is handily located within easy reach. The holder is roomy enough to accommodate both the scissors supplied with the machine and your current favorite pair

Upper-thread indicator and lower-thread check

The upper thread indicator automatically stops the embroidery process if the upper thread breaks or when the spool is empty. The lower-thread spool is also checked before each embroidery process

Embroidery module

Once the slide-on table has been removed, the embroidery module offering a maximum embroidery area of 110 MM x 170 MM is straight forward and quick to attach. 

The bernette Chicago 7 is compatible to all the optional accessories which can be previewed here

Experience a bernette Chicago 7 today at a BERNINA dealership near you or hop on in to the BERNINA Creative Center for a obligation free demonstration today!

BERNINA 3 Series Computerised sewing machine models B380 , B350PE , B330 , introduction

Today we'll be discussing the BERNINA 3 Series with you 

Under the BERNINA 3 Series, we'll be covering the B 380, the B 350 PE and the B 330.

The BERNINA 3 Series is a perfect fit for the beginners who are looking forward to excel in the art of sewing, quilting and embroidery. It opens up a wide range of creative possibilities for the budding artists and help to grow in this field. 


Here's a small video of the BERNINA 3 Series

View our BERNINA 3 Series video tutorials set here 

BERNINA 380

A spacious sewing surface is a top priority with the BERNINA 380. The easy-to-attach extension table extends the sewing machine’s work area, ensuring better control over your sewing project. This means that the BERNINA 380 always affords you a clear view of your fabric, even with larger sewing projects. And should you want to use the free arm, the extension table can be removed from the sewing machine as easily as it was attached.

A few features of the BERNINA 380

The BERNINA Free Hand System for Extra Comfort

Offering ambitious sewers and quilters an amazing range of functions, the BERNINA 380 will thrill you with its many innovative features. The 380’s ease of handling makes working with it a genuine pleasure, and allows even beginning sewers to produce precise, high-quality sewing projects. One of its cleverest features is the BERNINA Free Hand System (FHS), which ensures greater efficiency when sewing. Thanks to the BERNINA 380’s FHS knee lever, you can leave your hands on your project while you raise the presser foot and lower the feed-dog. This outstanding functionality is a genuine technical highlight allowing you more control over your fabric, especially when turning your project: your hands remain free to guide the fabric accurately and reliably, thereby preventing accidental slipping of the fabric when the presser foot is raised.

Memory Function for 30 Stitch Settings and Combinations

The BERNINA 380’s internal memory boasts 30 free locations where you can permanently save your own stitches. Now, if your work is interrupted, your personal stitch combinations will no longer be lost: the next time you turn on your BERNINA 380 sewing machine, the programmed stitch patterns will be available once more at the touch of a button – exactly as you’ve saved them. This intelligent memory function of the BERNINA 380 makes jotting down notes unnecessary, and ensures that you can be sewing in no time flat, without first having to reset the machine. In this way, the 221 built-in stitch patterns can be effortlessly expanded by your own personal creative combinations or stitch settings. What’s more, the simple direct selection of the stitch programs ensures a quick switch between your own combinations and built-in stitch patterns, making for smooth transitions.

Creative Plus: Mirror function at the touch of a button 

The BERNINA 380’s automatic mirror function significantly expands the already wide range of stitch patterns that come as standard. At the touch of a button, the built-in stitch patterns can also be sewn in mirror image. This wide variety of attractive stitch combinations is possible not only with practical sewing, but also with decorative stitching. In this way, the BERNINA 380 sewing machine offers a plus in functionality which leaves plenty of room for your individual creativity – further testimony to the outstanding price/performance ratio of the popular top model of the 3 Series.

Additional Features of the BERNINA 380

Along with the feature of pattern mirroring and Free Hand System (FHS), the BERNINA 380 has a built in function to start/end a pattern. It also boasts of a Automatic Buttonhole Length Measuring System, and automatic buttonhole to aid you to reduce your work time. If you want to choose to manually stitch a button, a multi step button hole feature is available too. A button sew on program is fixed in the system as well. 

With a total number of 221 stitch patterns which include alphabets, it also features 20 utility stitches in total and 5 buttonholes including eyelet. It touts a total of 91 decorative stitches with 12 quilting stitches, 4 cross stitch programs and 2 sewing alphabets to use at different occasions. 

BERNINA 350 PE

The BERNINA 350 PE counts among its features a free-arm extension table enabling you to increase your work area quickly, affording you greater ease when sewing, and allowing for optimum control in guiding your project. Together with the bright LED sewing light, this provides you with the perfect view of your project. Large-format projects in particular can be handled effortlessly – and once you are done, remove the BERNINA 350 PE’s extension table with the push of a button to return to free-arm sewing.

A few features of the BERNINA 350 PE

High precision automatic buttonhole function 

Sew buttonholes with precise accuracy! With the BERNINA 350 PE’s automatic buttonhole function, it could hardly be simpler: the preset buttonhole length is stored in the internal memory, letting you sew buttonholes of the exact same length as often as you wish. Here the BERNINA 350PE solves a difficult problem, since sewing identical buttonholes can be a bit tricky. With the BERNINA 350PE, broken bobbin thread or buttonholes of different lengths are things of the past: the automatic buttonhole function gives you perfect results in no time flat. The BERNINA 350PE gives you a choice of two permanently programmed buttonhole styles to ensure that even beginners simply and nearly effortlessly achieve optimal results that will stand up to the most critical scrutiny.

Memory function with 30 storage locations

Sew buttonholes with precise accuracy! With the BERNINA 350 PE’s automatic buttonhole function, it could hardly be simpler: the preset buttonhole length is stored in the internal memory, letting you sew buttonholes of the exact same length as often as you wish. Here the BERNINA 350 PE solves a difficult problem, since sewing identical buttonholes can be a bit tricky. With the BERNINA 350 PE, broken bobbin thread or buttonholes of different lengths are things of the past: the automatic buttonhole function gives you perfect results in no time flat. The BERNINA 350 PE gives you a choice of two permanently programmed buttonhole styles to ensure that even beginners simply and nearly effortlessly achieve optimal results that will stand up to the most critical scrutiny.

191 Stitches for every situation

One of the most compelling arguments in favor of the BERNINA 350 PE is its extensive stitch library: 85 pre-programmed stitches, making the 350 PE a versatile precision tool. The direct-selection function and modern, bright LCD display allow you to switch between different stitch patterns in a matter of seconds. With 20 utility stitches, two buttonhole stitches, a full 52 decorative stitches, and 11 quilting stitches, the BERNINA 350 PE is an outstanding choice for everyday mending jobs and alterations, as well as creative sewing and quilting. The simple, intuitive handling, first-class functionality, and solid construction of the BERNINA 350 PE ensure that you will continue to enjoy working with this machine for a long time to come – even when you make the transition from simple to more demanding projects.

Additional Features of the BERNINA 350 PE 

Along with the feature of Free Hand System (FHS), the BERNINA 350 PE has a built in function to start/end a pattern. It also boasts of a Automatic Buttonhole Length Measuring System, and automatic buttonhole to aid you to reduce your work time. If you want to choose to manually stitch a button, a multi step button hole feature is available too. A button sew on program is fixed in the system as well. 

With a total number of 191 stitch patterns which include alphabets, it also features 18 utility stitches in total and 3 buttonholes including eyelet. It touts a total of 63 decorative stitches with 11 quilting stitches, 4 cross stitch programs and 2 sewing alphabets to use at different occasions. 

BERNINA 330

The BERNINA 330’s broad variety of 97 stitches are an invitation to try out and experiment, letting you create attractive stitch combinations that you’ll want to use again the next time you turn on your machine. Whereas in the past you’d need a notebook to jot down your stitch combinations, the BERNINA 330 offers a generous long-term memory with 30 free locations for your own stitch creations. This ensures that your favorite or most frequently used stitch combinations are immediately available again at the press of a button. The BERNINA 330 offers an extra touch of luxury missing from many entry-level machines – room for your own creativity. The memory function is also a useful aid when the BERNINA 330 is being used as a sewing machine for sewing classes, since it ensures that required stitch combinations are also available again in the next class, exactly as they were saved. This saves time and guarantees identical results. 

These are the features of the BERNINA 330

Threading made easy

Inexperienced sewers in particular often find it difficult to rethread the machine correctly when changing thread. The BERNINA 330’s built-in needle threader saves you time and effort, making thread changes easy and hassle-free and minimizing the risk of error. No complicated thread guiding, no looking-up in the user manual – the BERNINA 330 pares down the threading process to the bare essentials and prevents problems before they occur, letting you get back to your sewing project faster and leaving you free to focus entirely on the creative side of things.

Bright LED sewing light for greater sewing comfort

The BERNINA 330’s bright LED sewing light let you achieve precise results and affords you a clear view of your project at all times, even with poor ambient lighting. Particularly during longer sewing sessions, an LED sewing light represents an essential feature, enabling you to sew for long periods without eye fatigue. The BERNINA 330 therefore also scores with an ergonomic advantage: – intricate sewing projects can be optimally controlled and the user’s eyes are spared thanks to the even, glare-free illumination of the work area. Here, the neutral light characteristic of the LED sewing light guarantees your ability to judge the color effect of the thread used even while you are sewing, entirely without distortions from external light sources with a color cast, such as neon tubes or lightbulbs. A small detail with a big impact!

BERNINA's Automatic Buttonhole function

Buttonholes can be a challenge even for experienced sewers and quilters. With the BERNINA 330, you’ll sew perfect buttonholes of the exact same length right from the start – thanks to the automatic buttonhole function. Simply set the desired length and sew; the settings are automatically saved in the BERNINA 330’s memory and are immediately available again for the next buttonhole, however many you sew in a row. The automatic buttonhole function guarantees completely identical buttonholes for instant sewing success. The BERNINA 330 provides even novices with an easy introduction to an advanced technique.

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Wishing everybody a happy world quilting day !