Bernina Needle Threader Tips / Do's and Dont's

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This video shows the tips and trick with using the BERNINA semi Automatic needle threader. Many of my customers have difficulties at first when using the needle threader so I point out what my customers have problems with threading the needle and tips to help thread that needle.

[@sherrystacey7720]

Thank you!!!! The Bernina sellers need to be trained by you!

[@janetimberlake3302]

Thank you for the tutorial!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So Happy I could help. :)

[@jacquelinebates7776]

I cannot wait to try these tips. I often have a problem with the needle threader and I know it's me!

[@cathyblow9572]

I’ve struggled all day trying to get the semi automatic needle threader to work for me on my new BERNINA This video showed me what I was doing wrong. Thanks!!

[@GardenGrammie28]

I couldn't get it until I watched you do it !!! Thank you !!!

[@MrFloydroy]

After you pull the thread through the slot and it clicks under the little hook, you can actually just let go of the thread and then slowly release the lever. I’ve always wondered why and how the threaders get damaged. That’s good info on why not hold that thread tight.

[@mrsseasea]

Your videos are so clear and informative, new sub. ty

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am so happy I am able to help with my videos thats why love making them. If you have any suggestions on new videos let me know. :)

[@PiefacePete46]

Thank's for this! My wife has bought a second-hand machine today, and we were struggling with the threader. After watching your video, we realised that the hook was not coming through the eye. I popped the little threader unit off it's shaft, and under a magnifying glass could see a small ball of thread around the hook which was stopping it going through the eye. I carefully removed it, and following your excellent tutorial, everything worked great. Liked. :o)

[@leesmith1662]

Thank you I can finally use my needle threader after 3 years of Bernina ownership.

[@kaylinboeckman3881]

Best video I’ve seen for this. Thank you!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

That's wonderful to hear, glad you found the video. Thanks for the positive comment. :)

[@cst4444]

Finally! Thank you! I had tried hundreds of times without success. Watched your video a couple of times and everything clicked :-)

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am so happy to hear that. So glad my video helped you. :)

[@andreamarshall9677]

Very clear directions and photo angles!! Best tutorials around

[@melaniewhaley6942]

Thank you for that simple way to thread! With your instructions I did it the first time!

[@almosatmorris]

I had struggled and given up on my threader. After viewing your video on the first attempt I was successful. Thank you so much.

[@elizabethberry2214]

This is by far the best and clearest explanation I've seen/heard. A real sanity saver.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So happy to hear that 🥰. Glad it was helpful.

[@rowdy_red]

I have avoided my needle threader for the longest time… I was holding the thread to tight at the end! You saved me!!!!💙💙💙

[@connieprince9718]

Thank you - purchased my Bernina 770QE E mid-Covid last July. It was shipped to me from my out of town Bernina dealer. Alas no Bernina dealers near me! Have relied on you-tube tutorials to educate me. Glad I found your videos - showing the mistakes as you go along helps so much!

[@butterburns]

Dude, thank you. I couldn’t figure out the diagram for this in my Bernina’s instruction manual.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So glad my video could help you 😀😀

[@Wannabecrafting247]

WOW! That was the best help ever on using the needle threader. Thank You!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So happy it was able to help you. So many people struggle at first with the needle threader, you are not alone.

[@karinm1889]

Totally helpful! Thank you for this. Also for pointing out what not to do, as well as what to do.

[@mashaburovaa]

Thank you so much!!! I’ve done it after 10 years with my Bernina machine))) I never bothered about this tool!! It seems too complicated 😅But today I decided to do it, you helped me so much 🎉Thank you! Since childhood I was doing my creations and it’s never stop, always creating 😊

[@cap4life1]

So much more helpful than the tutorial from Bernina. Thank you!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So happy it was helpful. :)

[@Didee1701d]

Oh my goodness...and I thought that I was the only one who couldn’t use the threader! Thank you Cody and Pete. I had my Bernina B480 for over a year and just couldn’t for the life of me get the hang of this. After watching your video..I’ve got it!!!! Spent all day practicing and getting very excited that I can do it now! I also remembered the instructor in my intro class note that the B480 has a thread cutter on the right hand side that ‘holds’ the thread while it is being threaded...very helpful. She said that would also make it a bit easier...and she was correct on that part. Thanks for sharing.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Yes some of the machines ( new 5 and 4 series) have a thread cutter under the throat of the machine. That DOES make it so much easier. :) So Happy my video helped you out. :)

[@mabelgoddard5813]

I just found you! Great videos! Thank you Cody And Pete👏👏💕

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Wonderful. Thank you. Hope you find the videos helpful.

[@skqnsea]

Excellent video, thank you for the tip about the hooks for threading the needle. ❤

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

You are so welcome. So happy it helped. :)

[@nwitcher3629]

Wish I had seen this before watching the "official" video! I just had to buy a new threader for my new machine. I now understand what I did wrong, which made the spring pop! Thanks! Will definitely check out your other videos when I need some guidance!!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

:( I am sorry your new machines needle threader broke. But happy you found my video and figured out what when wrong.

[@pamelaz1408]

Thank you so much. I finally gave up on the official Bernina video, which I might add, did not help me one bit. Your video is the best! Two tries and got it!! Thanks!!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am so happy my video was able to teach you how to use the needle thread. :)

[@marshalindquist5540]

WOW...thank you soooo much! This is the best demo for threading the needle!

[@meditationandinspiration6350]

Thank you thank you thank you I have been struggling and done it for the first time after watching this video one time... thanks again God bless 🙌

[@marciabyrd292]

I watched several videos on how to thread this and was still struggling. I watched yours and it worked perfect the 1st time! Thank you!!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I’m so happy my video was the one that did the trick!! 😀. Hopefully no more fussing with it. 😊

[@LarryD766]

Dear Cody, thank you so much for your excellent advice and explanation.

[@mirjamvonthile2376]

Helpful video, everything is visible and well explained. I wish you had threaded into the upper guide above the needle, next to the sewing light!

[@superfoxyjo]

I just got a new machine and I was struggling with this. Thank you for this tutorial. Now I can get on with my life😂😂👍🏻

[@jillyeo9257]

Jo Beacham exactly the same here - well actually only 4 days ago but yes, definitely struggling. This has helped a lot.

[@marianvandaalen3518]

Game changer! Got my Bernina recently and have been struggling with this. Watched your video twice and bingo - I can do this now! Thank you so much 🙏😊

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So Happy to hear that you have mastered the needle threader. :)

[@christinamoody4941]

This is the very first time it worked for me, first time! That was such a great video - short and sweet but now I know what I’ve been doing wrong! Thank you x

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am happy you found the video helpful 😀😀😀

[@Jo81562]

Thank you....... I was taking the thread in the wrong direction and have been frustrated for weeks lol. I am really enjoying your videos. Thanks again🇨🇦Jane

[@jodypowell7169]

I lower my presser foot so that the tension discs close up over the thread. That keeps tension on the thread so that I don't keep pulling out extra thread if I have to make a few attempts at this.

[@cr2884]

It has been such a hit and miss. Idk about the grove on right side. That may help. I saw it pop when in the grove. Thank you for helping.

[@williamcherko3650]

I haven’t been able to use the needle threader. One try and it worked.

[@elaineriley2331]

OMG it finally worked. Thank you so much.

[@ep5036]

Thank you so much. This was really helpful. I watched another video about threading up these machines and the video rushed through this last bit. This was video was really detailed and clear. Perfect.

[@barbarastraley7608]

I have been struggling with the needle threader on my 380. Sometimes I could get it to work and sometimes not. These tips made all the difference! Thank you so much for this! 🥰

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

With out knowing those tips yes it makes it difficult to get the needle threaded every time. So happy my video was able to help 😀

[@cr2884]

@@sewingwithcodyandpete8651 I appreciate all the tips you offer. Don’t take it for granted we already know. We may be acquainted with one tip and then not know 5. I’m sure most to all appreciate the reminders and knowledge. So appreciate all you do to keep us sewing.

[@beckyscloud]

FINALLY, I get it - and it's easy! Thank-you!! What a struggle it has been to find instructions that are clear! Now I love this feature, thanks to you.

[@ruthburke50]

You are my hero! I’m a new Bernina user and I didn’t understand all the nuances of the 97D foot ... AND I had no idea what the small metal piece was - the guide!!!! Suggestion ... another video on 97 showed me that I needed to engage the dual feed thing on the back ... I was using the standard attachment and didn’t connect the dual feed to the foot. 🤦‍♀️ Thank you for this video

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So glad I was able to help. You will love your bernina the possibilities are endless of what you can do. :)

[@joc5882]

Great tutorial - so easy to follow. Hopefully my love/hate relationship with my needle threader will now stay at love! 😂

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Hope you are still loving your needle threader. :)

[@kristenefuran8133]

Cody -- I have been able to use my needle threader just fine -- but not exactly the way you showed it in this video -- until I got my new 590. I just followed the instructions you gave and it worked perfectly on the 590. The way I was doing it worked on the 780 and the 440; strange. In any case, thank you for the detailed instruction because I was really thinking I was CRAZY for a while there!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

It's crazy how some machine that look almost identical rect slightly different. Yes the 590 does thread just a little different from your 780 and 440. Glad you have mastered using the needle thread. :)

[@elisabetdelgadovilar2757]

Thanks to this video I managed to thread my Bernina 🥳 thanks a lot for such a good close up and instructions! 👏🏻

[@dakotalake9084]

Thanks to your wonderful video, I was FINALLY able to use my needle threader! I watched it twice and that did it, thank you so much!

[@mceria1912]

Thank you so much for this tutorial Cody! I’m supernew with my Bernina and I was struggling using the threader. This video saved me 😊

[@claudinegeoffroy1049]

I am French . I don't unterstand very well english but i can say your explication is very good. Thank you very match.

[@slorichardson18]

Cody, you are a lifesaver!

[@MesEmissions]

I’m a very happy woman. After watching this I have finally managed, for the first time, to thread my 720 with the needle threader 😺 Thank you.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

So happy to hear that. Glad my video was able to help you use the needle threader. Don’t feel bad you’re not the only person who struggled with using it.

[@shulamussnug7120]

How helpful! I’ve been doing this wrong since I bought this Bernina. 🎉Threading using the threader makes sense now. Thanks!

[@marilynrn711]

Your video is the only one that I have had success with when trying to use my needle threader. I have had my machine 2 yrs and just now figured it out. So helpful! Thanks.

[@MsLightfairy]

Very precise and clear!

[@eileenjasper-pottage9425]

Thank you to for tutoring of the auto threader. I have Bernia 435 machine and find this so difficult to do. Will keep practising. When will you be doing a tutoring on the Bernia 435. Thank you Eileen.

[@lindag3663]

That's really helpful! Thank you!

[@CatDeMeow]

Omg I finally got it! THANK YOU!!!

[@SecretSlayertheHybrid.]

Well done! Thank you! 😁🤗😘😍I wish the ladies who gave the "Free" class to those who purchased their Bernina machines from Life's A Stitch in De Pere, Wisconsin knew about and watched this video before trying to teach a class on using this machine. So sorry that I wasted my day off with them.😫😡😢

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am sorry your store isn't able to provide you with all the help you should be getting. But this is alway why I create these videos is so all the BERNINA customers worldwide can benefit it also makes the brand I love so much stronger. So happy I am able to help. :)

[@msbethmildhyperbaricoxygen6392]

Fingers crossed I can master this after 2 years of trying

[@happypuppy297]

Great videos!!! Keep them coming please. I have a problem with my bernina 770QE. The thread is forever popping out from the last thread guide next to the needle...no matter what I do, I can’t prevent it. Anyone know why this happens and how to fix it?

[@bobriddle1965]

Great demonstration

[@edbalko3082]

EXCELLENT WOW...THANK YOU SO MUCH...AMAZING

[@charlotteouimet2032]

Perfect help

[@patriciadepue5322]

Thank you Cody. My upper thread comes out of both guides while sewing. Any suggestions as to what I may be doing to cause this?

[@ritasokol646]

Is that darling bird a Sun Conure? We had 2, Petey and Penelope! He’s just adorable! Thank you for your 790 tutorials, they are VERY helpful!

[@Ladybellefiske]

Thanks so much... how do you put the stuff back on that you took off??? I don't know how! But thank you!

[@joannecava2418]

super helpful = thanks!

[@joannestamper8411]

Thank you!!!!

[@jeanninelanzetta8945]

Thanks Cody

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

You’re welcome hope it helped 😀

[@sewingmachines6369]

Good job 👍

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Thank You :)

[@leighh5435]

Thank you so much

[@ScrapFabricLove]

Thank you!!

[@leonietaurozzi-stout750]

Thank you do much!!

[@skipclaiborne218]

Thank you.

[@risenshine2783]

Thank you!

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

You're welcome hopefully the videos are helping. :)

[@sioux9468]

I didn't read ALL the comments to see if this was mentioned, but if you press the NEEDLE DOWN button (and it goes down) and then press it AGAIN (so it goes up), then the needle is in the correct position to use the threader. Otherwise, the needle could be too high or too low for the tiny hook to go through the eye. If you position it manually, turn the wheel so it is all the way UP. Also, the presser foot should be DOWN if you don't remove it while threading the needle.

[@jumper123910]

Hi Cody, Your videos are some of the best. Is there a minimum needle size that the needle threader will work with? Somewhere on the internet someone was saying an 80/12 is the minimum for Bernina's. Is this correct?

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

I am glad you enjoy my videos. So the smallest needle the works perfectly with the needle threader is the 75/11. The 70/10 is when you will start having issues using it. 😀. Good question.

[@Ladybellefiske]

Plastic part of needle threader pulls off the stem. Is it broken???

[@primitiveseasons1]

I have a Bernina 570 QE with 5.5 stitch width. If I wanted to upgrade which machines would I consider at a reasonable price. Can't afford $10,000!!! And don't want a 9 mm machine. Many thanks.

[@sewingwithcodyandpete8651]

Your options are very limited. There is only one true option that is the BERNINA 535. The 535 has the larger bobbin, it has about an inch longer throat space than your 575, has an auto thread cutter and in embroidery if you were interested has slightly larger hoop but does have access to the free-arm in embroidery. There are some newer stitches in the 535 that the 575 5mm machine doesn't have but the 570 probably has more stitches. All of the other machines above this machine are all 9mm stitch width machines. So my advice is to stick with your current 575QE. If you have any more questions I will be super happy to answer them. :)

[@primitiveseasons1]

@@sewingwithcodyandpete8651 Thank you so much. Are you saying that ALL machines are now having the 9 mm. stitch width. I had a 730 years ago and hated it because I felt like it worked against me trying to do piecing accurately for a quilt. Is there any big plus now to the 9 mm that the old ones didn't have.

[@annnon5754]

Well for goodness sake! Thank you so much, my language will be less...primitive now.

[@LiliAquinas]

Is it...less colorful?!? My language now is filled with joyful rapture! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤣🤣

[@amyina68]

Thank you! I don't understand why such an expensive machine has such an annoying and POS needle threader.

[@jackvanrixel7881]

Mine keeps breaking dang it!

[@user-vj8wc1pm8i]

Большое спасибо !! Жаль что нет на русском языке ..

[@NESig]

Sure, they look cool. But in reality, the threaders are a hit and miss proposition at best. Good luck!

[@risenshine2783]

Thank you!!!!