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Contents Sewing
Stabilizer 84
Cord 85
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Ideal cords 85
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Cord with the automatic Buttonhole foot No. 3A 85
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Cord with the Buttonhole foot No. 3C
(optional accessory) 85
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Fixing the cord 85
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Cutting buttonholes open with the seam ripper 85
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Cutting open buttonholes with the buttonhole cutter
(optional accessory) 85
Altering the balance 86
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Balance with direct entry length buttonholes 86
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Balance with direct entry length keyhole or round
buttonholes 86
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Balance for manual keyhole or round buttonhole 86
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Balance for manual standard buttonhole 86
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Balance for stitch counter buttonhole 86
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Clear Balance 86
Programming Buttonholes 87
Standard and stretch buttonhole with auto-length,
automatically 87
Automatic with Direct Entry Length 88
Automatic with Button measuring 88
Automatic round and keyhole buttonhole 89
Buttonhole with double pointed bartack and
decorative buttonhole with double pointed bartack 90
Heirloom Buttonhole 91
Stitch Counter Buttonhole 91
Buttonhole in Long Term Memory 92
7- or 5-step Buttonhole, manually 94
Button sew-on program 95
Eyelet Program 96
Decorative Stitches 97
Overview Decorative Stitches 97
Application 97
Tapering 98
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Altering angle 98
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Programming the length of section 2 99
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Programming the length of section 2 by
Entering mm 99
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Manual setting the Length of Section 2 99
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Back 99
Application examples of
Decorative stitches 100
Cross Stitch 100
Pintucks 101
Bobbin-Play sewing 102
Quilt Stitches 103
Overview Quilt Stitches 103
Application examples of Quilt stitches 104
Handlook quilt stitch 104
Free-motion quilting 105
BSR (BERNINA Stitch Regulator) 106
Quilting with BSR 106
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BSR-Function 106
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BSR function with straight stitch No. 1 106
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BSR function with zig-zag No. 2 106
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Two different BSR modes 106
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Preparation 107
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Remove presser foot sole 107
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Attaching the presser foot sole 107
Functions in the BSR mode 108
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Needle stop down (standard) 108
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Needle stop up 108
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Raising or lowering the needle 108
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Securing with «Start/Stop»-button (only Mode 1) 108
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Securing function (only Mode 2) 108
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Free motion quilting (only Mode 2) 108
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Free motion quilting without BSR activation 108
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Beeper (audio signal) activation/deactivation 109
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Selecting sound for BSR in the Setup Program 109
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Selecting sound for BSR in the «BSR»-Display 109
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Activating BSR Sewing Function 110
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Deactivating BSR Sewing Function by using
«Start/Stop»-button 110
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BSR Function deactivation 110
BERNINA Dual Feed 111
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Presser Feet Selection 111
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Switching on BERNINA Dual Feed 111
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Switching off BERNINA Dual Feed 111
Fabrics 112
Alphabets 113
Overview Alphabet 113
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Lettering 113
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Perfect stitch formation 113
Combining characters 114
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Selecting the next letter 114
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Large view of the Display 114
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Corrections 114
Correcting the combination 115
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Inserting character 115
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Deleting Letters 115
Alphabet in combination with functions 115
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Selecting lower case letters 115
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Altering font size 115
Monograms 116
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Monogram Sizes 117
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Balance 117