The New Bernina 830 – Too Good To Be True!
Steve and I just returned home from Bernina University in Kansas City where they introduced the new Bernina 830 and Bernina 820 Series machines! The Swiss engineers are taking the new Bernina machines to a level that no other sewing machine company has gone before. They have stepped out of the norm and reinvented the sewing machine as we know it today.
Click here to watch the Bernina 830′s LIVE webcast introduction!
At first I could not believe what they were showing me! It was too good to be true!
On July 17, 2008, my knowledge and understanding of a regular sewing machine changed! As I sat in front of the Bernina 830 for a very first time, I realized how BIG it really was. While sitting in the audience during its debut, it was not obvious how this new gentle GIANT was going to change my sewing life! How big is it? The new throat space is a full 12” long.
(I had to take this picture with another Bernina sewing machine, otherwise I knew you would not believe me). Heck, I couldn’t believe it either until I saw it myself!
I stepped on the foot control at first slowly to make sure it still had the smooth, like silk feeling, that I have always known a Bernina to have. It hummed. Then as I sewed faster, its top speed was more like an industrial sewing machine! WOW! It is fast! Its top sewing speed is 1,100 stitches per minute. And for our active BSR users, the Bernina 830′s new top speed also works with the Bernina Stitch Regulator foot!
As I began to select different stitches, the screen reacted so fast I almost thought it was reading my mind. The responsiveness to the simple touch was instantaneous. I began selecting stitches faster and faster just to see if it could keep up with me. This new Bernina 830 and I began to dance gracefully together, like a waltz, as it followed my lead through its many layers of new sewing capability.
And then I stopped. I had to peek at the revolutionary new JUMBO bobbin. It holds up to 60% more thread then a regular bobbin. Its new bobbin delivery system (no longer a tradition bobbin, bobbin case and hook) flips 180 degrees from the back of the bobbin area and pushes out toward me exposing the new JUMBO bobbin. People will no longer have to ask, “When will they make a sewing machine with a larger bobbin?” It even shows on screen the percentage of thread remaining on the bobbin counting down from 20% down to 2% in small increments. Because of its new JUMBO size, it also allows the user to select how full to wind the bobbin: 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% full.
The new Bernina Dual Feed is an intergraded feeding system to use in addition to the traditional Bernina walking foot. It fits comfortably as part of the machine and can be engaged for extra precision, visibility, and maneuverability on difficult fabrics.
Even the threading of the machine has changed. First, check out the built-in multi-thread stand fully intergraded into the right front side of the machine. Next, there is no take up lever to thread. (You know the standard threading path of down, up and down?) There is a take up lever in the machine, but the machine threads it automatically. No more “missing” the take up lever or having the thread come out of it. The threading is as simple is it could get including the new one-touch needle threader. No more fumbling with a needle threader. It takes the thread and puts it in the needle for you! Can you imagine how great that would be for embroidery?
Speaking of embroidery, it embroiders so FAST it was just a blur! My eyes could not even focus, it was embroidering so fast. The newly designed embroidery unit offers the largest embroidery field without turning the hoop. It cuts its own jump stitches, offers a life like view of the embroidery design, stitches in the Mega Hoop without repositioning and has built in endless embroidery with any hoop! (Just a note, it uses the same Mega Hoop that is currently available for all other Bernina embroidery machines).
This gal reached out her arm and said, “Look, the embroidery unit is longer than my arm!” I just had to take a picture.
The Bernina 830 is all about choices. From machine set up to the ability to program the machine to cut the threads after it secures the stitch to sewing in a full 360 degree (one degree increments) directional sewing of ALL decorative stitches. Love to satin stitch? The auto tapering feature creates the perfect taper angle and taper length with just a turn of a knob. Again, there are no limits to the taper angle or length! I love it!
Have you ever forgotten which needle is currently in the sewing machine? The new “Needle Minder” can be set with the exact needle type and size and will be displayed when the sewing machine is turned on each time.
And better yet, have you ever lost track of time? The Bernina 830 has a clock with programmable alarm. Never forget to pick up the kids or fix dinner just because you were engrossed in your sewing project.
Click here to watch the Bernina 830′s LIVE webcast introduction!
An option that Bernina spoke about was a wireless foot control. How cool would that be? No more cords to get in the way!
There are actually two machines as part of the new Bernina 8 Series. The Bernina 820 is the same as the Bernina 830 but without embroidery. This will be the perfect sewing machine for a quilter or avid sewer.
This is just the information I could remember after driving home from Kansas City today. There are many other great features that you will just have to come and see to believe!
When will the Bernina 830 and 820 be available? We have not received exact shipping dates at this time. Bernina of Switzerland is saying it will be available late fall 2008. The Bernina 820 will be available the first part of 2009.
Do you want to see it now? I personally have in my possession a computer simulator of the Bernina 830! It it like sitting right in front of the machine. Come touch the screen, sew on it and embroider on it in a virtual world. We will also have life-size poster in our store around August 1st.
Since there will be a limited supply of these machines, we will be offering delivery on a first come, first serve basis. If you would like to be one of the first to own a Bernina 830 when they become available, please come in a talk to Steve, Judeen or myself. We have some extra special offerings to those who may be interested in this machine prior to its actual arrival.
Come experience a sewing machine like no other!
It has already changed my whole concept of sewing life – it will change yours!
Click here to watch the Bernina 830′s LIVE webcast introduction!
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